Grant: Applied Research Tools and Instruments Grants

Camosun College is located in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia. Our two campuses serve approximately 19,000 learners a year in certificate, diploma, bachelor's degree and continuing education programs. Our impact as a college extends well beyond our highly skilled, job-ready graduates. We provide contract training opportunities for local business; research, innovation and prototyping services for industry; and well-trained co-op students for employers. With over 900 employees and an annual budget of $123 million, Camosun is one of our community's top employers and generates close to $1 billion in economic impact in our province every year. The funding received from the NSERC ARTI grant will be used to buy state of the art equipment for Camosun Innovates new Composite Research & Education Lab. The College, in its commitment to applied research and innovation, is providing 1830 square feet of existing industrial space at the Interurban campus. This will allow the college to expand education programing opportunities in mechanical engineering technologies and build capacity in the Camosun Technology Access Centre (CTAC) in the burgeoning field of composite manufacturing. The Composite Research & Education Lab is the first Project Lab to be created with a focus on composite innovation as part of the Babcock Interaction Lab, the new home of Camosun Innovates and CTAC. The composite lab will help support the development of new curriculum in the areas of composite material fabrication and process automation/control and robotics is a direct outcome of our applied research projects with local industry and will be designed to meet industry technology and training needs.