Adrian Liu awarded 2026 CAP Medal for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Physics Award

National honour from the Canadian Association of Physics (CAP) recognizes McGill physicist’s excellence in teaching, mentorship, and inclusive leadership.

McGill receives $16M research investment from the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ)

New funding propels McGill innovation across society, health, and technology

McGill’s Bravo Gala shines a spotlight on research excellence

At event honouring 116 winners of major awards, keynote speaker and SSHRC Gold Medal recipient Myriam Denov emphasized the importance of listening. McGill celebrated more than 100 researchers at the 21st edition of Bravo, a gala event May 7 honouring the winners of major provincial, national and international research prizes and awards in 2025.

Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

The 2026 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars embody ‘the very best of our academic community’.

Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.

McGill awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

From fundamental physics to child well-being, McGill researchers advance discovery across disciplines  McGill has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs – six new and 10 renewed.

$1.25 million for McGill research from the New Frontiers in Research Fund

Federal fund will support transformative high risk, high reward research across engineering, science, and medicine at McGill.

Geography Professor Mallik Mahmud receives MEOPAR 2026 Early Career Researcher Award

Mallik Mahmud, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, is one of nine early-career ocean researchers across Canada awarded the 2026 Early Career Researcher Award by the Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR), recognizing exceptional early-career ocean researchers whose work advances climate resilience.

Five scholarly journals at McGill receive SSHRC funding

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) awards $598,278 to five McGill journals spanning disciplines from law to religion  

Social Work Professor Myriam Denov receives Governor General’s Innovation Award

Professor Myriam Denov honoured for pioneering participatory research approaches

NSERC awards two McGill professors $1.65 million each to prepare the next generation of researchers

Projects focusing on MedTech and genomics cut across disciplines while mobilizing expertise at McGill and other Quebec institutions to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow  

Weston Family Foundation awards two McGill researchers for human microbiome research

New funding fuels McGill-led breakthroughs on how gut viruses influence childhood health and how engineered proteins can prevent damaging oral bacterial biofilms. 

Thomas Soehl awarded FRQ funding to study French-language integration among newcomers

McGill Professor Thomas Soehl has received funding to study the challenges allophone newcomers to Quebec face in building the francophone social networks necessary for integrating French into daily life and participating meaningfully in a predominantly French-speaking society.

Ten McGill research projects receive $42 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation

The Government of Quebec and partner organizations provide additional funding, bringing the total research investment to $106 million.

McGill was awarded $42 million through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Innovation Fund to support 10 research infrastructure projects led by researchers at the University.