Nearly $1.6 million will be used by Saskatoon researchers to monitor solar winds in the near-Earth space system.

On March 22, the Saskatchewan government had announced that through the Innovation and Science Fund, Innovation Saskatchewan will be providing $800,000 for state-of-the-art equipment in a new Roots of Food Security research facility at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S).

Provincial government provides nearly $2.1 million to the University of Saskatchewan for nine research projects.