News Releases

April 8, 2020 - New Fund to Advance Strides Toward Vaccines and Treatments for Coronavirus A new, $5-million COVID-19 research fund through Research Manitoba was announced today by Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Cameron Friesen. “This new fund will support...

March 20, 2020 – Winnipeg, Manitoba Today Research Manitoba announced that they are partnering with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to invest $800,000 to support three research projects through the Canadian 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Rapid...

March 20, 2020Research Manitoba and the University of Manitoba Rady Faculty of Health Sciences are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Research Manitoba/Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Entrance Scholarship! All applicants are welcome to log into...

  Research Manitoba is actively monitoring the emerging and rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation. We are taking proactive measures to ensure that we maintain a safe environment for our staff, review committees, and stakeholders.  Visitors to Research Manitoba:The...

March 12, 2020 Given the rapidly changing situation involving COVID-19, Research Manitoba recognizes that there may be an impact on researchers with plans to travel for meetings or other research-related activities. Individuals may decide to cancel trips as a result...

March 10, 2020, Winnipeg, MB – Today, Research Manitoba and Mitacs announced the release of an Impact Report titled: Research Partnerships in Manitoba Leverage Innovation. Research Manitoba collaborated with Mitacs to develop this report to describe the results and...

How two professors and a local consultant teamed up to create a new business that uses machine learning to sort and classify satellite images It happened, as these things so often do, almost by chance. In 2013, Winnipeg business consultant Grant Barkman was looking to...

November 7, 2019 Investment in Red River College's Culinary Research Laboratory Supports Province's Dynamic Food Industry The Manitoba government is investing $1 million through Research Manitoba in  innovative culinary research at Red River College (RRC), Economic...

September 25, 2019 $1.24M Investment in research will support Master’s Students and Early Career Researchers Research Manitoba announced today $1,293,295 in research funding to support 25 Master’s students and 12 early career researchers in Manitoba. “By investing in...

March 14, 2019Funding our Future through Research Excellence Research Manitoba announced today $1,151,730 in research funding for seven University of Manitoba projects supported through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) of the Canada Foundation for Innovation...