Cifar

CIFAR is a Canadian-based globally influential research organization that convenes the world’s most brilliant people across disciplines to advance transformative knowledge and solve humanity’s biggest problems, together. By supporting long-term interdisciplinary collaboration, CIFAR provides researchers with an unparalleled environment of trust, transparency and knowledge sharing. Our time-tested model inspires new directions of inquiry, accelerates discovery and yields breakthroughs across borders and academic disciplines. Through knowledge mobilization, we are catalysts for change in industry, government and society. Through our 15 research programs and the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, CIFAR convenes close to 400 of the world’s top researchers from 141 institutions in 20 countries. CIFAR is generously supported by the governments of Canada, Alberta and Québec, as well as foundations, individuals, corporations and Canadian and international partner organizations.