Accelerating Research at KPU

As Canada’s leading polytechnic university, KPU engages in impactful applied research, innovation, and scholarly endeavours, where faculty, staff, and students collaborate with industry, community, government, and academic partners. As we celebrate our 40th Anniversary, we are excited to share an exponential growth and impact in these endeavours.

Since 2018, we have witnessed a tripling of our research chair positions. Thanks to a major donation from the Dr. Sherman Jen Education Foundation, competitions are underway to appoint The Dr. Sherman Jen Research Chair in Next-Generation Design and The Dr. Sherman Jen Research Chair in Applied Genomics. Funding from the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program has enabled the appointment of Dr. Asma Sayed as the CRC in South Asian Literary and Cultural Studies, and Dr. Karen Davison as the CRC in Nutrition Informatics.

This year also saw an expansion of our new Applied Genomics Centre, thanks to significant funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canada Foundation for Innovation, in addition to co-investments from KPU and several partners. The University has further supported an ongoing transformation of KPU’s research enterprise and innovation ecosystems. Specifically, it has endowed $4 million to invest in research undertaken by members of the KPU community. We remain grateful to our partners, donors, and sponsors for their support of impactful discovery and innovation at KPU.

Dr. Deepak S. Gupta Associate Vice President for Research, Innovation and Graduate Studies