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Global Winnipeg: University of Manitoba receives ‘groundbreaking’ funding for vaccine, biomanufacturing research

May 7, 2024 —

The University of Manitoba, in partnership with the universities of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Calgary, is receiving a combined $57 million to conduct vaccine and biomanufacturing research, as well as for the construction of two research facilities in Winnipeg.

The funding was provided by the government of Canada and includes investments from the Canada Biomedical Research Fund and Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund.

To read the full article, please visit Global News Winnipeg.

Research at the University of Manitoba is partially supported by funding from the Government of Canada Research Support Fund.

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