UBC Projects Receive Investment to Defend Against COVID-19

March 4, 2021

Canada’s Department of National Defence has announced its support for 48 research and development projects, valued at approximately $8.64 million, aimed at addressing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The projects were funded through the Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program.

Three projects led by UBC researchers received support for their projects through contribution agreements with the Department of National Defence.

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UBC-Led Projects

Modular Personal Protective Ensembles Utilizing Omniphobic and Antimicrobial Coatings for Enhanced Protection Against COVID-19
UBC Project Lead: Kevin Golovin (Engineering, Okanagan)         
Contribution value: $199,295

Development of an Air Surveillance Tool for Population-Wide COVID-19 Detection and Prediction
UBC Project Lead: Sepideh Pakpour (Engineering, Okanagan)
Contribution value: $200,000

An AI-based Tool for the Analysis of Public Health Policy Options in Response to COVID-19 and other Infectious Diseases
UBC Project Lead: Frank Wood (Computer Science)
Contribution Value: $199,985

See full list of projects

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that UBC’s two main campuses are situated within the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.

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