Reference number : 172-2024-2025-Q2-1019892, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : The Governing Council of the University of Toronto, recipient country : CA, recipient province : ON, recipient city : Toronto|Toronto, recipient postal code : M5S 1S8, program name english : Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives, program name french : Programme de collaboration en science, en technologie et en innovation - Initiatives de collaboration en R-D, program purpose english : Collaborate on multiparty research and development programs to catalyze transformative, high-risk, high-reward research with the potential for game-changing scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs in priority areas., program purpose french : Collaborer à des programmes multipartites de recherche-développement dans le but de profiter de la synergie entre la recherche transformatrice à haut risque et à haut rendement et le potentiel de découvertes scientifiques et de percées technologiques révolutionnaires dans des secteurs d’intervention prioritaires., agreement title english : Are nanoplastics forming in a boreal lake after controlled contamination with 
microplastics?, agreement title french : Des nanoplastiques se forment-ils dans un lac boréal après une contamination contrôlée par des microplastiques?, agreement number : 1019892, agreement value : 89100.0, agreement start date : 2024-05-01, agreement end date : 2027-03-31, description english : Nanoplastics (NPs) measure 0.001 to 1 µm, or 1-1000 nm and are mainly 
formed from environmental microplastics (MPs) measuring 1-5000 µm as a 
result of physical, chemical and biological fragmentation processes. 
However, nanoplastics characterization in a natural ecosystem, abundance 
and toxicity represent an important technical challenge due to their 
complexity and most research being done on microplastics. Building on a 
multi-year project to understand the effects of microplastics on a whole 
boreal lake ecosystem exposed to microplastics for three years, the Project 
will develop methods to quantify and characterize nanoplastics in the water 
column of a boreal lake to monitor the in-situ formation and fate of 
nanoplastics in this lake. The data obtained should provide crucial 
information to demonstrate the formation of nanoplastics from microplastics
under natural conditions and will help to understand the environmental 
effects and fate of microplastic and nanoplastic particles in the aquatic 
environment., description french : Des nanoplastiques se forment-ils dans un lac boréal après une contamination contrôlée par des microplastiques?, expected results english : In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems., expected results french : À court terme, les résultats prévus seront des collaborations renforcées entre l'industrie, le milieu universitaire et le gouvernement pour soutenir l'excellence en recherche. À moyen terme, les résultats attendus seront le développement de nouvelles technologies potentiellement perturbatrices avec des collaborateurs. À long terme, trouver des solutions collaboratives aux défis des politiques publiques et créer des systèmes d'innovation plus solides., additional information english : nan, additional information french : nan, owner organization : nrc-cnrc, owner organization title : National Research Council Canada | Conseil national de recherches Canada