Sudbury's SNOLAB, a world-class particle physics laboratory located at the 6,800-foot level of Vale's Creighton Mine in Sudbury, is expected to create 20 new jobs over the next year thanks to $28.6-million in federal government funding.
With the new positions SNOLAB will have 96 staff members supporting world-class experiments in the underground laboratory
SNOLAB director Nigel Smith said the facility will require around $14 million per year to maintain and expand its operations during its three-year funding cycle.
SNOLAB has depended on federal and provincial funding sources to maintain its operations. The various experiments, which involve 78 institutes from 15 countries, rely on research funding grants from around the world.
In addition to the $28.6 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Major Science Initiative, Smith said SNOLAB has requested $14 million from the provincial government.
In 2015, Art McDonald helped raise SNOLAB's international profile when he won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on neutrinos.
