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Michel Fich

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ProfessorDepartment of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Waterloo

Michel Fich

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Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Principal investigator on 18 research grants (13 NSERC, 3 CFI, 2 ONTARIO), most recently in 2021.

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CCAT-prime: A Submillimetre Wavelength Survey Telescope in Chile
ONTARIO · 2021 · Principal investigator
$2,450,000
CCAT-prime: A Submillimetre Wavelength Survey Telescope in Chile
CFI · 2020 · Principal investigator
$4,976,562
Operations and Maintenance Support for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
NSERC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$300,000

All 20 grants and awards

CCAT-prime: A Submillimetre Wavelength Survey Telescope in Chile

Principal investigatorONTARIO2021Ontario Research Fund - Research Infrastructure: Large Infrastructure Fund - Round 007 - 2020

Principal investigators: Fich, Michel

Keywords: Astrophysics, Fundamental Physics, Advanced Instrumentation, Software, Robotics, Machine Learning

$2,450,000

CCAT-prime: A Submillimetre Wavelength Survey Telescope in Chile

Principal investigatorCFI2020Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund 2020

Principal investigators: Fich, Michel

Keywords: Optical systems, data management, remote and autonomous control of large structures, microwave instrumentation millimeter/submillimeter wavelength telescope at remote high altitude site

$4,976,562

Operations and Maintenance Support for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Wilson, Christine

$300,000

Star Formation and the Interstellar Medium

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Fich, Michel

$125,000

Star formation and the interstellar medium

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Fich, Michel

$121,370

Submillimeter Instruments for Astronomy: building on the SCUBA-2 experience.

Principal investigatorONTARIO2007Ontario Research Fund - Research Infrastructure: Large Infrastructure Fund - Round 002 - 2006

Principal investigators: Fich, Michel

Keywords: Astronomy, Submillimeter Instrumentation, Star Formation, Cosmology

$1,055,106

Submillimeter Instruments for Astronomy: building on the SCUBA-2 experience.

Principal investigatorCFI2006Innovation Fund: Leading Edge Fund 2006

Principal investigators: Fich, Michel

Keywords: Astronomy, Submillimeter Instrumentation, Star Formation, Cosmology

$2,708,912

The Formation of Stars, Disks and Outflows

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Fich, Michel

$40,000

The initial states of star formation

Principal investigatorNSERC2003Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Fich, Michel

$33,600

SCUBA-2: A Submillimetre Camera for Astronomy

Principal investigatorCFI2002International Fund: International Access Fund

Principal investigators: Fich, Michel

Keywords: Astronomy, Instrumentation, Cosmology, Submillimetre

$12,347,500

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Profile data last refreshed on September 29, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and public research funding records.

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