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As a Matter of Fact, it is Rocket Science: Iron-Based Fuel Powered by MIF

2 Feb 2024

New technology by Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ entrepreneurs and their spinoff Altiro Energy uses iron as a fuel alternative to greenhouse gas producing fossil fuels. With support from the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Iinnovation Fund (MIF),...

Don’t Throw Nutrients Out with the Growing Water: Making Hydroponics More Efficient

19 Dec 2023

If you go to the grocery store in Montreal, you will likely buy fresh produce. Let’s say, you get a pack of Driscoll strawberries. You may not realize it, but those strawberries are grown in...

Passing the torch: MIF welcomes 2nd cohort

10 Feb 2023

The Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Innovation Fund (MIF) officially entered its second year of operation with a kick-off event at the Faculty Club on Thursday, February 2nd. The two-part experience began with an advisor...

Made in Quebec: Building a better future, one CMU at a time

23 Feb 2022

There is simply no escaping the fact that 2022 has started out with a completely different sound than a resounding and joyful ‘bang!’ Perhaps we can charitably say it began with a dull, familiar...

Made in Quebec: Illuminating hidden brain cancer cells

18 Nov 2021

It's a scene that plays out daily in operating rooms around the world: a surgeon removes a malignant brain tumour. But rather than registering the satisfaction of having saved a patient’s life,...

MIF stars shine in anniversary pitch competition

6 Nov 2025

It was a night for the ages. To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the founding of the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Innovation Fund (MIF), a special one-time pitch competition was held: the MIF Evolution. The event was...

Back in the saddle: the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Innovation Fund (MIF) returns

9 Sep 2025

The Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Innovation Fund (MIF) returns for a fifth year with its unique formula of supporting research-based innovations with a rich program of support, training and advice. Since inception, the...

Can 3D printers help find a cure for cancer?

17 Jun 2025

Cancer. If ever there has been a disease that has dogged human life, it is this one. Seemingly random, often hidden, it is an all too often lethal illness that is almost older than life itself....

Better Health in the Blink of an Eye?

8 May 2025

We’ve all experienced the frustration of using eyedrops—missing the eye, feeling the liquid spill down our cheeks, or even tasting the medication moments after application. But what if this wasn’t...

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