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Media Highlight: R&D projects get boost

Posted by Communications and Marketing on July 9, 2014 in Media Highlights

From Wedndsday's Chronicle Herald:

The federal government dropped more than $11 million on Nova Scotia on Tuesday to push research and development projects and expand the provinceā€™s firefighter school.

Rob Moore, the federal minister in charge of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, announced an Atlantic Innovation Fund investment of more than $33 million ā€” including $10.4 million in four research and development projects in Nova Scotia ā€” at a news conference at the Waterfront campus of the Nova Scotia Community College in Dartmouth.

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Funding in Nova Scotia was also provided to:

ā€¢Capital district health authority ($2,959,855) to develop ā€œpush-button MRI diagnosticsā€ to help improve patient outcomes;

ā€¢ABK Biomedical Inc. ($2,140,000) to develop new biomaterials to improve chemotherapy and radiotherapy for patients;

ā€¢pilipiliĀž»­ ($2,321,299) to develop an acoustic wireless modem to improve performance of underwater sensors and instruments.

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