The Canadian federal government recently released its annual budget, including a nearly-$4 billion (US $3.1 billion) increase in funding for science over the next five years. A sizeable amount of the funding will go directly to Canada's three granting councils, a critical recognition on behalf of the government of the importance of fundamental research.
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council will both receive $354.7 million (Canadian), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council will receive $215.5 million. Another $275 million will be allocated to the three councils together to support 'international, interdisciplinary, fast-breaking and higher-risk' research, and most of this funding will be directed at early and mid-career researchers. This budgetary boost for fundamental research contrasts strongly with previous years' budgets which focused on funding for specific research projects. In addition, $21 million will be directed to increase diversity in science.
In 2016, SPIE collaborated with the Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium and provided $20,000 in funding to help with the CPIC report on the national photonics industry, 'Light Technologies: A Strategic Economic Asset.'
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