Grant: Alliance Grants

The Canadian Light Source, a national research facility of the University of Saskatchewan, enables academic, industry and government researchers from across Canada and around the world to probe the structure of matter with unique-in-Canada advanced techniques. Over 5,000 scientists - including 3,300 students - from 44 countries and 55 Canadian institutions have used the CLS, enabling over 1,000 international research collaborations and more than 6,000 academic publications, as well as the commercialization of discoveries. This investment will enable thousands of researchers to advance science in sectors vital to Canada's economic development, by strengthening research related to climate goals, improving the health of Canadians through the development of new therapies, fighting diseases, and increasing pandemic readiness, advancing agricultural practices, and contributing to the development of new materials, enabling quantum technologies and igniting the creation of new Canadian industries. The funding will also enable training over 600 highly-qualified personnel annually on synchrotron-based techniques, through hands-on beamline training and a strong outreach program for data acquisition and analysis, and will support the required maintenance to sustain the facility's competitive operations, in order to attract the best researchers in the world.