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GLOBAL COMMUNITIES ADDRESSING THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FACING SCIENCE AND HUMANITY 428 161 72 263 researchers* institutions 1611 437 Advisors Fellows publications influenced publications authored CIFAR'S by CIFAR activities** by two or more CIFAR 20TH NOBEL researchers*** CONNECTION

of researchers report that participation in Manitoba-born James CIFAR activities has positively informed or Peebles, Albert Einstein 18 impacted their research (e.g. influence on Professor Emeritus of their research directions, new ideas, etc.) Science at Princeton 26 countries 93.1% University, was awarded CIFAR Azrieli the 2019 Nobel Prize in Global Scholars Physics “for contributions HIGH-IMPACT SCHOLARSHIP to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s 256 fellows, advisors, CIFAR place in the cosmos.” He TOP Azrieli Global Scholars, and was a founding member Canada CIFAR AI Chairs (60%) of CIFAR’s Cosmology & 3,000+ contributed to the top 1% of Gravity program in 1985, 80 most-cited papers worldwide in which he remained researchers, policy-makers, and from 2013 to 2017.**** actively engaged for Canada CIFAR 1% more than 25 years. AI Chairs industry leaders came together for

94 meetings and events, totalling NOBEL PRIZES AWARDED A HUB FOR COLLABORATION TO CIFAR-AFFILIATED 116 days of meetings in 2019–2020. RESEARCHERS

formal partnerships with governments, research organizations, industry, and foundations STAYING CONNECTED EXTRAORDINARY MINDS 60 20 program meetings and major awards received cross-programmatic by fellows, advisors, events in 2019–2020 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars, and Canada * Includes researchers in all CIFAR programs, including Institutions, *** Self-reported number of publications co-authored with other CIFAR 34 105 Organizations & Growth, Successful Societies, and Genetic Networks, since researchers. (Source: Program Member Annual Reports, 2020, n=202 CIFAR AI Chairs they continued to hold CIFAR-supported meetings as part of their transition to researchers.) Excludes researchers in sunsetting programs because they were alumni. 13 Canada CIFAR AI Chairs are also appointed as fellows or advisors in not required to fill in the Annual Survey. Of which 18 were held virtually from Including the 2019 Körber European Science Prize, CIFAR research programs. **** Percentage of CIFAR researchers contributing to the top 1% of most-cited March 2020 to June 2020. the 2019 Social Sciences and Humanities Research ** Self-reported number of peer-reviewed journal articles & conference papers, papers at the world level from 2013 to 2017. Statistics produced by Council Gold Medal, and two Sloan Fellowships books and book chapters, and publicly released working papers, white papers, or Science-Metrix using data from Scopus (Elsevier). policy reports influenced by participation in CIFAR programs. (Source: Program Member Annual Reports, 2020, n=202 researchers.) Excludes researchers in sunsetting programs because they were not required to fill in the Annual Survey.

2019 / 2020 CIFAR Impact Report CIFAR Impact Report 2019 / 2020 In 2019-2020, CIFAR Fellows, Advisors, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars and DISCOVERY ACCELERATOR FACULTY EARLY CAREER JOSEPH O. HIRSCHFELDER PRIZE SELECTED Canada CIFAR AI Chairs received 105 major awards and honours. In addition, SUPPLEMENT (NATURAL DEVELOPMENT (CAREER) IN THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY Rebecca Finlay, Vice-President, Engagement & Public Policy, CIFAR was elected SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING AWARD (NATIONAL SCIENCE (THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY AWARDS & as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and RESEARCH COUNCIL, CANADA) FOUNDATION, USA) INSTITUTE, USA) James Peebles, a founding fellow of CIFAR’s Cosmology & Gravity program (now Blake Richards (McGill University and Prineha Narang (Harvard University) Sharon Hammes-Schiffer(Yale HONOURS Gravity & the Extreme Universe), received a 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics. Mila) Learning in Machines & Brains Bio-inspired Solar Energy and CIFAR University) Bio-inspired Solar Energy RECEIVED and Canada CIFAR AI Chairs Azrieli Global Scholars KILLAM PRIZE FOR THE NATURAL DOROTHY CROWFOOT HODGKIN FRIEDRICH WILHELM BESSEL SCIENCES (CANADA COUNCIL AWARDS AWARD (THE PROTEIN SOCIETY, RESEARCH AWARD (ALEXANDER FOR THE ARTS) USA) VON HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION, GERMANY) Barbara Sherwood-Lollar (University 3M NON-TENURED FACULTY AI 2000 MOST INFLUENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN Catherine Drennan (Massachusetts of Toronto) Earth 4D: Subsurface Tobias Rees (New School and AWARD (USA) SCHOLARS – SPEECH FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS (USA) Institute of Technology) Bio-inspired Science & Exploration RECOGNITION 2020 Berggruen Institute) Humans & Ximin He (University of California, Los Daryl Haggard (McGill University) Solar Energy (AMINER, CHINA) the Microbiome Angeles) Bio-inspired Solar Energy CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Alumni KÖRBER EUROPEAN SCIENCE and CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Geoffrey Hinton (University of (Gravity & the Extreme Universe) PRIZE (KÖRBER FOUNDATION, Toronto, Vector Institute and EARLY-CAREER SPOTLIGHT Ue-Li Pen (University of Toronto) GOOGLE FACULTY RESEARCH GERMANY) Google Research) Learning in AWARD (ROBOTICS: SCIENCE Gravity & the Extreme Universe AWARD (USA) AI 2000 MOST INFLUENTIAL Machines & Brains AND SYSTEMS FOUNDATION, Bernhard Schölkopf (Max Planck SCHOLARS – MACHINE USA) Kyunghyun Cho (New York University) Institute for Intelligent Systems) LEARNING 2020 (AMINER, Learning in Machines & Brains and C.L. DE CARVALHO-HEINEKEN Angela Schoellig (University of Learning in Machines & Brains CHINA) ALFRED P. SLOAN RESEARCH CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Alumni PRIZE FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCE Toronto and Vector Institute) Canada FELLOW (ALFRED P. SLOAN Jimmy Ba (University of Toronto and (ROYAL NETHERLANDS CIFAR AI Chairs FOUNDATION, USA) Vector Institute) Learning in Machines ACADEMY OF ARTS AND KYUNG-AHM PRIZE (KYUNG- GOOGLE QUANTUM RESEARCH & Brains and Canada CIFAR AI Chairs Renée Hložek (University of Toronto) SCIENCES) AHM EDUCATION & CULTURAL AWARD (USA) Gravity & the Extreme Universe and EARLY RESEARCHER AWARD FOUNDATION, SOUTH KOREA) Yoshua Bengio (Université de Robert Zatorre (McGill University) CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars (GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO, Montréal and Mila) Learning in Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Juan Felipe Carrasquilla (University Keun Lee (Seoul National University) CANADA) Machines & Brains and Canada Adrian Liu (McGill University) Gravity Consciousness of Waterloo and Vector Institute) Innovation, Equity & the Future of CIFAR AI Chairs & the Extreme Universe and CIFAR Jean-Philippe Julien (Hospital for Canada CIFAR AI Chairs Prosperity Azrieli Global Scholars Aaron Courville (Université de Sick Children, Toronto) Molecular CAMILLE DREYFUS TEACHER- Montréal and Mila) Learning in Architecture of Life and CIFAR Azrieli SCHOLAR AWARD (CAMILLE AND HAMBURG PRIZE FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Machines & Brains and Canada Global Scholars AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE HENRY DREYFUS FOUNDATION, THEORETICAL PHYSICS (CANADIAN IMAGE PROCESSING CIFAR AI Chairs IN MATERIALS CHEMISTRY USA) (GERMANY) AND PATTERN RECOGNITION Geoffrey Hinton(University of (CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR SOCIETY) Gabriela Schlau-Cohen ENGINEERING MEDAL FOR Matthias Troyer (Microsoft) Quantum Toronto, Vector Institute and Google CHEMISTRY) (Massachusetts Institute of ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE Information Science David Fleet (University of Toronto Research), Learning in Machines & Curtis Berlinguette (University of Technology) Bio-inspired Solar Energy (PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS OF and Vector Institute) Canada CIFAR Brains British Columbia) Bio-inspired Solar and CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar ONTARIO, CANADA) AI Chairs Energy Alumni Goldie Nejat (University of Toronto) JAN SÖDERBERG FAMILY Innovation, Equity & the Future of PRIZE IN ECONOMICS AND AI 2000 MOST INFLUENTIAL MANAGEMENT (SWEDEN) MACARTHUR FELLOWSHIP SCHOLARS – NATURAL Prosperity BARRINGTON MOORE CLAIR C. PATTERSON AWARD (MACARTHUR FOUNDATION, USA) LANGUAGE PROCESSING 2020 Nathan Nunn (Harvard University) BOOK AWARD (AMERICAN (GEOCHEMICAL SOCIETY, USA) (AMINER, CHINA) Boundaries, Membership & Belonging SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION) Jenny Tung (Duke University) Child Barbara Sherwood Lollar (University EPIQS EXPERIMENTAL Yoshua Bengio (Université de & Brain Development Andreas Wimmer (Columbia of Toronto) Earth 4D: Subsurface INVESTIGATOR (GORDON AND Montréal and Mila) Learning in University) Boundaries, Membership Science & Exploration BETTY MOORE FOUNDATION, JOHN BATES CLARK MEDAL Machines & Brains and Canada & Belonging USA) (AMERICAN ECONOMIC CIFAR AI Chairs MICROSOFT RESEARCH FACULTY Peter Armitage (Johns Hopkins ASSOCIATION) FELLOWSHIP (MICROSOFT, USA) Kyunghyun Cho (New York University) CREATIVE DESTRUCTION LAB University) Quantum Materials Learning in Machines & Brains and BBVA FOUNDATION FRONTIERS IDEA AWARD (CANADA) Melissa Dell (Harvard University) Chelsea Finn (Stanford University) CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Alumni OF KNOWLEDGE AWARD (SPAIN) Institutions, Organizations & Growth Learning in Machines & Brains Alán Aspuru-Guzik (University of Pablo Jarillo-Herrero (Massachusetts Christopher Manning (Stanford Philippe Aghion (Collège de France) Toronto and Vector Institute) Institute of Technology) Quantum University) Learning in Machines Institutions, Organizations & Growth Bio-inspired Solar Energy and Materials JOHN CHARLES POLANYI PRIZE MISSION AWARD (SOCIETY & Brains Canada CIFAR AI Chairs Gilles Brassard (Université de (GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF AND COUNCIL OF ONTARIO PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, USA) Montréal) Quantum Information Raquel Urtasun (University of FACEBOOK PYROBOT: Science Toronto) Learning in Machines UNIVERSITIES) AI 2000 MOST INFLUENTIAL DEMOCRATIZING ROBOTICS Laurel Trainor (McMaster University) & Brains SCHOLARS – ROBOTICS 2020 Bernhard Schölkopf (Max Planck RESEARCH AWARD (USA) Maria Drout (University of Toronto) Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Gravity & the Extreme Universe and Consciousness (AMINER, CHINA) Institute for Intelligent Systems) Liam Paull (Université de Montréal Learning in Machines & Brains CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Pieter Abbeel (University of and Mila) Canada CIFAR AI Chairs Sandra Waxman (Northwestern California, Berkeley) Learning in University) Azrieli Program in Brain, Machines & Brains Mind & Consciousness NATHAN ROSEN PRIZE IN OLIVER E. BUCKLEY CONDENSED SHAW PRIZE IN ASTRONOMY Victoria Orphan (California Institute FELLOW OF THE GEOLOGICAL INTERNATIONAL MEMBER OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS (ISRAEL MATTER PHYSICS PRIZE (SHAW PRIZE FOUNDATION, of Technology) Earth 4D: Subsurface SOCIETY OF AMERICA THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL SOCIETY) (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY) HONG KONG, CHINA) Science & Exploration ENGINEERING (USA) Jennifer McIntosh (University of Iair Arcavi (Tel Aviv University) Gravity Pablo Jarillo-Herrero (Massachusetts Roger Blandford (Stanford University) Eva Silverstein (Stanford University) Arizona) Earth 4D: Subsurface Claudia Felser (Max Planck Institute & the Extreme Universe and CIFAR Institute of Technology) Quantum Gravity & the Extreme Universe Gravity & the Extreme Universe Science & Exploration for Chemical Physics of Solids) Azrieli Global Scholars Materials Quantum Materials

SSHRC GOLD MEDAL (SOCIAL FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN FELLOW OF THE LATIN NATURE'S 10 PEOPLE WHO OTHMER GOLD MEDAL (SCIENCE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES ACADEMY OF MICROBIOLOGY AMERICAN ACADEMY LEGACY FELLOW OF THE MATTERED THIS YEAR (2019) HISTORY INSTITUTE, USA) RESEARCH COUNCIL, CANADA) OF SCIENCES AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL David Blehert (United States SOCIETY Victoria Kaspi (McGill University) Dame Carol Robinson (University of Will Kymlicka (Queen’s University) Geological Survey) Fungal Kingdom: Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello Gravity & the Extreme Universe Oxford) Molecular Architecture of Life Boundaries, Membership & Belonging Threats & Opportunities (Rutgers University) Humans J. Richard Bond (University of & the Microbiome Toronto) Gravity & the Extreme Christina Cuomo (Broad Institute) Universe NEW HORIZONS PRIZE PRESIDENTIAL EARLY CAREER STEIN ROKKAN PRIZE FOR Fungal Kingdom: Threats & (FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS AWARD FOR SCIENTISTS AND COMPARATIVE SOCIAL SCIENCE Opportunities FELLOW OF THE ROYAL BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE, USA) ENGINEERS (PECASE) (USA) RESEARCH (INTERNATIONAL Matthew Fisher (Imperial College SOCIETY (UNITED KINGDOM) MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE COUNCIL) NEW SCHOLARS, ARTISTS AND Kendrick Smith (Perimeter Institute Nathaniel Gabor (University of London) Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Yoshua Bengio (Université de SCIENTISTS (ROYAL SOCIETY for Theoretical Physics) Gravity & the California, Riverside) Bio-inspired Andreas Wimmer (Columbia Opportunities Montréal and Mila) Learning in Extreme Universe University) Boundaries, Membership OF CANADA) Solar Energy and CIFAR Azrieli Global Sarah Gurr (University of Exeter) Machines & Brains and Canada & Belonging Scholar Alumni Fungal Kingdom: Threats & CIFAR AI Chairs Jean-Philippe Julien (Hospital for Opportunities Sick Children, Toronto) Molecular NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD Yogesh Surendranath (Massachusetts Architecture of Life and CIFAR Azrieli (CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR Institute of Technology) Bio-inspired TD’S 10 MOST INFLUENTIAL Hailing Jin (University of California, FOREIGN ASSOCIATE OF Global Scholars IMMUNOLOGY) Solar Energy and CIFAR Azrieli Global HISPANIC CANADIANS Riverside) Fungal Kingdom: Threats & THE NATIONAL ACADEMY Scholars Jean-Philippe Julien (Hospital for Sick Luis Lehner (University of Waterloo) Opportunities OF SCIENCES (USA) Children) Molecular Architecture of MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN Thomas Vidick (California Institute of Gravity & the Extreme Universe Jason Stajich (University of California, Brenda Andrews (University of Life and CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Technology) Quantum Information Riverside) Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Toronto) Genetic Networks Science and CIFAR Azrieli Global Opportunities Brett Finlay (University of British WILLIAM DAWSON SCHOLAR Lewis Kay (University of Toronto) Scholar Alumni Columbia) Humans & the Microbiome NOBEL LAUREATE SIGNATURE (CANADA) Eva Stukenbrock (Max Planck Institute Molecular Architecture of Life AWARD FOR GRADUATE of Evolutionary Biology) Fungal Adrian Liu (McGill University) Gravity Claudia Felser (Max Planck Institute EDUCATION IN CHEMISTRY ROYAL MEDAL (ROYAL SOCIETY, Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities for Chemical Physics of Solids) (AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY) & the Extreme Universe and CIFAR UNITED KINGDOM) Azrieli Global Scholars FOREIGN MEMBER OF THE Quantum Materials ROYAL SOCIETY (UNITED Yogesh Surendranath (Massachusetts Dame Carol Robinson (University of Institute of Technology) Bio-inspired FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN KINGDOM) Oxford) Molecular Architecture of Life ASSOCIATION FOR THE Solar Energy and CIFAR Azrieli Global WISTEM2D SCHOLARS AWARD Regine Kahmann (Max Planck MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE MULTIVARIATE EXPERIMENTAL Scholars (JOHNSON & JOHNSON) Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology) PSYCHOLOGY SCIALOG FELLOW (RESEARCH Carolina Tropini (University of British Vasiliki Kalogera (Northwestern Fungal Kingdom: Threats & CORPORATION FOR SCIENCE University) Gravity & the Extreme Opportunities Candice Odgers (University of NSERC INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Columbia) Humans & the Microbiome ADVANCEMENT, USA) Universe California, Irvine) Child & Brain CHAIR (GOOGLE AND NATURAL and CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Development SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING Nathaniel Gabor (University of Arthur McDonald (Queen’s GEOCHEMISTRY FELLOW RESEARCH COUNCIL, CANADA) California, Riverside) Bio-inspired University) Gravity & the Extreme (GEOCHEMICAL SOCIETY AND Solar Energy and CIFAR Azrieli Global WOLF PRIZE FOR PHYSICS Alán Aspuru-Guzik (University of Universe THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL Scholar Alumni (WOLF FOUNDATION, ISRAEL) Toronto and Vector Institute) Bio- OF GEOCHEMISTRY) ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (USA) inspired Solar Energy and Canada Magdalena Osburn (Northwestern Pablo Jarillo-Herrero (Massachusetts FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN Barbara Sherwood Lollar (University Janet Werker (University of British CIFAR AI Chairs University) Earth 4D: Subsurface Institute of Technology) Quantum Materials PHYSICAL SOCIETY of Toronto) Earth 4D: Subsurface Columbia) Azrieli Program in Brain, Science & Exploration Science & Exploration Mind & Consciousness James Analytis (University of Joel Zylberberg (York University) Allan MacDonald (University of Texas Learning in Machines & Brains and at Austin) Quantum Materials California, Berkeley) Quantum CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Alumni Materials HONORARY FELLOW OF THE JOHN BELL INSTITUTE FOR THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS HONOURS FELLOW OF THE ASSOCIATION OF COMPUTING MACHINERY Aephraim Steinberg (University of Toronto) Quantum Information CORRESPONDING FELLOW OF FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN Karen Guillemin (University of Sheila McIlraith (University of Science THE BRITISH ACADEMY ACADEMY OF ARTS AND Oregon) Humans & the Microbiome Toronto) Canada CIFAR AI Chairs SCIENCES Michèle Lamont (Harvard University) Joseph Heitman (Duke University) Successful Societies Catherine Drennan (Massachusetts Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Institute of Technology) Bio-inspired Opportunities Hazel Markus (Stanford University) Solar Energy Boundaries, Membership & Belonging