Reference number : 2019-Q2-00027, amendment number : , agreement type : C, recipient legal name : The University of British Columbia, recipient country : CA, recipient province : BC, recipient city : Kelowna, recipient postal code : V6T 1Z3, program name english : Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security, program name french : Innovation pour la défense, l'excellence et la sécurité, program purpose english : To encourage the creation of new as well as support and sustain existing science and technology networks external to DND that can generate new ideas and formulate solutions to Canada's current and future defence and security requirements, program purpose french : Afin de favoriser la création de nouveaux réseaux ainsi que le soutient et le maintien des réseaux scientifiques et technologiques existants à l'extérieur du ministère de la Défense nationale qui peuvent générer de nouvelles idées et élaborer des solutions aux besoins actuels et futurs du Canada en matière de la défense et de la sécurité, agreement title english : The Comfort-Optimized Materials for Operational Resilience, Thermal-transport, and Survivability (COMFORTS) Micro-net, agreement title french : The Comfort-Optimized Materials for Operational Resilience, Thermal-transport, and Survivability (COMFORTS) Micro-net, agreement number : CFPMN1-026, agreement value : 1500000.0, agreement start date : 2019-08-15, agreement end date : 2022-08-14, description english : The project aims to increase dismounted soldier protection from both kinetic and non-kinetic threats in complex urban environments, while simultaneously decreasing overall soldier discomfort.  Investigate innovations in thermal regulation,  moisture management, all-weather protection, flexible and breathable armour gel, and how each of these innovations interact with one another and with overall soldier comfort., description french : nan, expected results english : Eight interrelated, comfort-enabling personal protection technologies will advance from SLR 2-5 to SRL 6+.  The key outcome will be the development of personal protection technologies that exhibit low adoption barriers, and provide a platform where future innovations can consider the incorporation of dismounted soldier comfort., expected results french : nan, additional information english : The Micro-net is composed of three (3) Principal Investigators (two (2) from University of British Columbia and one (1) from Lululemon Athletica), ten (10) Co-Investigators (seven (7) from University of British Columbia, one (1) from Apparel Innovation Centre, one (1) from University of Alberta, one (1) from University of Victoria) and 11 Collaborators from the Canadian academic and private sectors.

Other funding:  Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada @ $150,000; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada @ 50,000; University of British Columbia @ $130,000; Lululemon Athletica @ $200,000 for a Grand Total of $2,030,000., additional information french : nan, owner organization : dnd-mdn, owner organization title : National Defence | Défense nationale