Lehana Thabane, Eric Brown and Hertzel Gerstein from the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Graeme Luke from the Faculty of Science have been recognized for their outstanding scholarly and scientific achievement.
In addition to an investment of $18.4 million for more than 80 McMaster researchers, the university has two new Canada Research Chairs and saw two Tier 1 chairs renewed.
The funding from NSERC and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission supports research into the design, deployment, safety and environmental protection related to SMRs, which can bring clean, reliable energy to communities.