Competition Results

Thirty-four new Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) were funded in the fourth competition. Nominations were carefully reviewed by external experts and a multidisciplinary selection board composed of distinguished Canadian and international research experts. Funding decisions were approved by the CERC steering committee.

Zenghu Chang
University of Ottawa | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Attosecond X-ray Photonics

Kalyan Das
University of Alberta | CIHR
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Antiviral Drug Design

Evelyne de Leeuw
Université de Montréal | CIHR
Canada Excellence Research Chair in One Urban Health

Trung Q. Duong
Memorial University of Newfoundland | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Next-Generation Communication Technologies

J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves
University of Toronto | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Intelligent Digital Infrastructures

Darren Grant
Simon Fraser University | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Astroparticle Physics

Sara Hart
University of Waterloo | SSHRC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Developmental Science

Jason Hessels
McGill University | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Transient Astrophysics

Niko Hildebrandt
McMaster University | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Nano-Optical Biosensing and Molecular Diagnostics

Rebecca Hull-Meichle
University of Alberta | CIHR
Canada Excellence Research Chair in the Islet Microenvironment

Heather Igloliorte
University of Victoria | SSHRC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Decolonial and Transformational Indigenous Art Practices

Thomas Jennewein
Simon Fraser University | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Global Quantum Internet Systems

Kayla King
The University of British Columbia | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Evolutionary Dynamics of Host-Pathogen Interactions

Robyn Klein
Western University | CIHR
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Neurovirology and Neuroimmunology

Paul Kubes
Queen’s University | CIHR
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Immunophysiology and Immunotherapy

Steven Laureys
Université Laval | CIHR
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Neuroplasticity

Frédérique Le Roux
Université de Montréal | CIHR
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Eco-Evo-Patho of Microbes in Nature

Leonard MacGillivray
Université de Sherbrooke | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Crystal Engineering for Green Chemistry and Sustainable Materials

David McCarthy
University of Guelph | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Waterborne Pathogens: Surveillance, Prediction and Mitigation

Deborah McGregor
University of Calgary | SSHRC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Indigenous Ways of Climate and Water Sustainability for Planetary Health and Well-being

Renée Miller
University of Waterloo | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Data Intelligence

Isla Myers-Smith
The University of British Columbia | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Global Change Ecology of Northern Ecosystems

Shinichi Nakagawa
University of Alberta | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Open Science and Synthesis in Ecology and Evolution

Nicholas Reo
Simon Fraser University | SSHRC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Coastal Relationalities and Regeneration

Patricia Romero-Lankao
University of Toronto | SSHRC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Sustainability Transitions

Carlos Silva Acuna
Université de Montréal | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Light-Matter Interactions in Photonic Materials

Urbasi Sinha
University of Calgary | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Photonic Quantum Science and Technologies

Dana Small
McGill University | CIHR
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Metabolism and the Brain

Karen Soldatić
Toronto Metropolitan University | CIHR
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Health Equity and Community Well-being

Corey Stephenson
The University of British Columbia | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Innovative Synthetic Methods for Translational Chemistry

Kanta Subbarao
Université Laval | CIHR
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Biology and Control of Zoonotic and Pandemic Respiratory Viruses

Maia Vergniory
Université de Sherbrooke | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Topological Quantum Matter

Darcy Wagner
McGill University | CIHR
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Lung Regenerative Medicine

Yanwen Zhang
Queen’s University | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Impact of Radiation in Energy and Advanced Technologies

Nine new Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) were funded in the third competition of the CERC program. Nominations were carefully reviewed by external experts, a review panel of Canadian and international experts, and a selection board composed of distinguished Canadian and international leaders. Funding decisions were approved by the CERC steering committee.

The following nine new Chairs have been announced as a result of this competition:

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
University of Manitoba | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Ice, Freshwater Marine Coupling and Climate Change

Ursula Eicker
Concordia University | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Communities and Cities

Lara Mahal
University of Alberta | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Glycomics

Katja Mombaur
University of Waterloo | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Human-Centred Robotics and Machine Intelligence

Vincent Mooser
McGill University | CIHR
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Genomic Medicine: Genes to Drug Targets for Next-Generation Therapies

Irina Rish
Université de Montréal | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Autonomous Artificial Intelligence

Orlando Rojas
The University of British Columbia | NSERC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Forest Bioproducts

Sriram Subramaniam
The University of British Columbia | CIHR
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Precision Cancer Drug Design

Anna Triandafyllidou
Ryerson University | SSHRC
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration

A total of 54 applications were reviewed by external experts, review panels of Canadian and international experts, and finally a selection board of distinguished Canadian and international leaders. Each application was assigned to one of the following review panels:

• environment, climate change, and clean and sustainable technologies;
• health and life sciences;
• information and communications technologies; and
• social inclusion and innovative society.

The CERC steering committee approved the final selection of 11 applications.

Institutions invited to submit nominations for Phase 2

The following institutions are invited to nominate world-leading researchers to fill the 11 proposed chairs listed:

Concordia University
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Communities and Cities

McGill University
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Genomic Medicine: Genes to drug targets for next-generation therapies

Ryerson University
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration

University of Alberta
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Glycomics

The University of British Columbia
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Forest Bioproducts
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Precision Cancer Drug Design

University of Manitoba
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Sea Ice, Freshwater-Marine Coupling and Climate Change

Université de Montréal
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Machine Learning for Artificial Intelligence

University of Toronto
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cardiac Regeneration
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Gravity of Fundamental Astrophysics Research

University of Waterloo
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Human-Centred Robotics and Machine Intelligence

Ten new Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) were funded in the second competition of the CERC Program. Nominations were carefully reviewed by external experts, a review panel of Canadian and international experts, and a selection board composed of distinguished Canadian and international leaders. Funding decisions were approved by the CERC steering committee. 

The following ten new chairs have been announced as a result of this competition:

Steven Bryant
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Materials Engineering for Unconventional Oil Reservoirs
University of Calgary

Luda Diatchenko
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Human Pain Genetics
McGill University

Vincenzo Di Marzo
Canada Research Excellence Chair in the Microbiome-Endocannabinoidome Axis in Metabolic Health
Université Laval

Gilles Gerbier
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Astroparticle Physics
Queen’s University

Jennifer Hoffman
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Materials and Devices Based on Oxide Heterostructures
The University of British Columbia

Leon Kochian
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Food Systems and Security
University of Saskatchewan

Andrea Lodi
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Data Science for Real-Time Decision-Making
Polytechnique Montréal

Pierre Marquet
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Neurophotonics
Université Laval

Robin Rogers
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Green Chemistry and Green Chemicals
McGill University

Erik Snowberg
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Data-Intensive Methods in Economics
The University of British Columbia