
Program Overview
Do you have an original research idea you wish you could pursue? Want to develop a collaboration with grad students in other groups? Ever wonder what’s involved in applying for a grant? This program is for you!
Why should you apply?
Wondering why you should apply to this program? Hear directly from our 2022 Future Materials Innovators Students and their supervisors.
Program Details
Call for proposals goes out January 4, 2023.
Notice of Intent is due February 1, 2023. Proposals are due February 28, 2023.
Decisions will be made by mid-March.
Students must begin work on May 1, 2023. Will have one year to complete the project.
Students must present progress updates in early September, 2023.
Student groups will present research outcomes in BIMR seminar program in spring of 2024, prior to next round of competition.
Must include collaboration between at least 2 different research groups. Preference for collaboration between different departments/faculties, but 2 different research groups within the same department will be accepted.
Must be a topic relevant to Materials Research
Projects must be new (existing collaborative projects are not eligible)
Up to 3 winning projects will be awarded grants of up to $5,000 are available to fund graduate student ideas.
Winning proposals will additionally receive a $1,000 scholarship for the principal applicants.
Funds can be used for materials, supplies, consumables, instrument time.
Any unspent funds at the end of 1 year will be recovered by BIMR unless project extension is granted (students can request extension of up to 6 months).
- Have an idea
- Find your collaborators.
- Download our Notice of Intent form here: BIMR Future Materials Innovators Program NOI. Send the completed document to bimr@mcmaster.ca by February 1, 2023.
- Download our Application Form here: BIMR Future Materials Innovators Program Application. Fill it out and sent it to bimr@mcmaster.ca by February 28, 2023.
- Do not forget to include a link to your video pitch in the application form! Videos to be uploaded on Vimeo.com
- Winning projects will be announced in March 2023!
2023 BIMR Future Materials Innovators Program Recipients
We were pleased to receive great applications for our second edition of this program. Graduate students collaborating from various departments, with great innovative ideas!
We are delighted to announce the 2 selected projects for the 2023-2024 Program and share their video pitch, in no particular order.
Please join us in congratulating the 2 winning teams. We cannot wait to support them as they work on their innovative ideas. They will be sharing an update of the results of their research as part of our seminar program in the Fall 2023 and final results of their project in Spring 2024.

“Development of a mixer for homogenous, reproducible, and gentle mixing of cells into highly viscous bioinks based on silk fibroin methacrylate (Silk-MA).”, by Mabel Barreiro Carpio, Ryan Singer, David Gonzalez Martinez and Yushi Wang

“Development of a pre-clinical organ-on-a-chip model with clearance
functionality to evaluate drug delivery systems”, by Mandeep Marway, Anthony D’Angelo and Michael Celejewski
Previous years program recipients
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2022 BIMR Future Materials Innovators Program Recipients 2022 Program Recipients
Read about our 2022 winning projects.