Marcel A. Behr, Maziar Divangahi and Edward A. Fon are part of the McGill University cohort of 16 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs
SOURCE: The Institute and McGill University
June 15, 2026
McGill University has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs – six new and 10 renewed. Among the recipients are three members of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (The Institute) — Marcel A. Behr, Maziar Divangahi and Edward A. Fon — one newly appointed and two renewed.
The Institute’s new and renewed CRC recipients
Marcel A. Behr, MD, M.Sc., Senior scientist, Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program
Canada Research Chair in Mycobacterial Genomics, CIHR, Tier 1 (Renewal)
Maziar Divangahi, PhD, Senior scientist, Translational Research in Respiratory Diseases Program
Canada Research Chair in Trained Immunity, CIHR, Tier 1 (New)
Edward A. Fon, MD, FRCP(C), Researcher, Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience (BRaIN) Program
Canada Research Chair in Parkinson’s Disease, CIHR, Tier 1 (Renewal)
The Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP) is a tri-agency initiative of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
The CRCP invests approximately $311 million annually to recruit and retain world-class researchers in the fields of engineering, health sciences and humanities and social sciences.
There are two types of Canada Research Chairs: Tier 1 Chairs, awarded to outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields, are valued at $200,000 annually for seven years with one opportunity for renewal for another seven-year term; Tier 2 Chairs, valued at $120,000 annually for five years and renewable only once for another five-year term at a value of $100,000 annually, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field.
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