Carleton has received $1.9 million for new research facilities from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI).
The investments will establish four “game-changing research facilities” which will address pressing problems in areas like energy and health, according to a Carleton press release issued Sept. 1.
The department of physics will receive $100,000 to create a lab for research into a cancer treatment using proton therapy beams.
This lab will be the only one in Canada to perform medical physics research called optically stimulated luminescence.
This type of new treatment promises to treat tumors more thoroughly than conventional radiotherapy.
Over $1 million will also go to the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering for a lab to improve the aerodynamics of wind energy.
A “sustainable energy house” will also be created and test unproven concepts in solar technology, according to the press release.
The remainder of the money will be given to a new chemistry lab to improve the surfaces of materials like Canadian coins.
The CFI, founded in 1997, is a government organization that provides funding for facilities and equipment to assist with Canadian research.
Funding from the CFI covers 40 per cent of infrastructure costs of each project. The remainder of the funding is leveraged by provincial and industrial partnerships.
This funding was part of a larger announcement of over $50 million for 207 projects at 42 different Canadian institutions.