Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

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Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Fact Sheet


Research Area/Focus	CIFAR tackles questions that address society, technology and the very nature of humanity and the universe in order to enrich Canada intellectually, socially and economically. All CIFAR research is aimed at questions that are ambitious, complex and globally significant and that demand expertise from many fields, and ideas from many people.
Number of Researchers	Currently supports more than 300 distinguished Canadian and international researchers
Awards/Recognition/Discoveries	Recently, CIFAR researchers: solved a decades-old mystery about the nature of superconductors, discovered the parts of chromosomes that contain genes linked to autism, confirmed the past existence of oceans on Mars and identified extremely powerful links between social contact and happiness They lead the world in fields as diverse as quantum computing, epigenetics, string theory, economics, microbial biology, climatology and much more.
Current Examples of Intitiatives	Current research programs consist of: Cosmology & Gravity; Earth System Evolution; ntegrated Microbial Biodiversity Experience-based Brain & Biological Development; Genetic Networks; Institutions, Organizations & Growth; Integrated Microbial Biodiversity; Nanoelectronics; Neural Computation; Quantum Information Processing; Quantum Materials (formerly called Superconductivity); Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being; Successful Societies
Video Innovation Profile	Bringing the World's Best Researchers to Toronto
Website	http://www.cifar.ca
Address	180 Dundas Street West, Suite 1400 Toronto, Ontario Canada M5G 1Z8