Funding & statistics
Funding & statistics
uLethbridge attracts over $15 million annually in research funding from governmental agencies, industry, foundations and associations, and numerous international partners.
Grants/funding received (external)
| Faculty member | Faculty/School | Agency | Project name | Funding program | Funds awarded | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekstrand, Chelsea | Arts & Science | Brain Canada | Real-life recall: An fMRI exploration of episodic memory in the real-world | Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Marynowski, Richelle | Education | For the Learning of Mathematics | For the Learning of Mathematics | Managing Director funds | $16,000 | 2024 |
| Wiseman, Steve | Arts & Science | Canada Water Agency | Water quality monitoring in selected watersheds impaired by wildfire | Fraser River Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative | $156,580 | 2024 |
| Elder, Steph | Arts & Science | Actua | Strategic Science Fund (SSF) | Gov of Canada Strategic Science Fund | $70,000 | 2024 |
| Mattatall, Chris | Education | Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies | Using a Book Study as Professional Development for Teachers Teaching Reading | Operating Grant | $6,000 | 2024 |
| Metz, Gerlinde | Arts & Science | Canadian Space Agency | Human Adaptation to Spaceflight: An Integrated Metabolomic Analysis of ISS Data | Class Grant and Contribution Program | $225,000 | 2024 |
| Spencer, Locke | Arts & Science | Alberta Innovates | Space and Defence | Major Innovation Fund | $210,000 | 2024 |
| McMartin, Dena | Senior Admin | Environment and Climate Change Canada | Comparison of transformation oil sands naphthenic acid fraction compounds in Gateway and Crane Lake wetlands using δ13Cpyr and Δ14C isotopes and Orbitrap mass spectrometry | New Funding | $20,000 | 2024 |
| Shapiro, Sidney | Business | Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | Navigating Language Barriers: Assessing Resource Gaps and Integration Challenges for Youth Immigrants in Lethbridge, Alberta | Lethbridge & Area Immigration Parternership | $2,500 | 2024 |
| Drollinger, Tanya | Business | MITACS Inc. | MITACS Teacher Time Machine | Business Strategy Internship | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Hoover, Shelley | Arts & Science | MITACS Inc. | Influence of diet, stock, and chemotherapeutics on Lotmaria passim infections in honey bees | Accelerate | $150,000 | 2024 |
| Li, Fangfang | Arts & Science | Government of Alberta | Building an Integrative Research and Assesment Hub for Language and Communication Development | RCP SEG | $129,939 | 2024 |
| Mosimann, Steve | Arts & Science | MITACS Inc. | Identification and Characterization of Antioxidant Activity in Canadian Wild Plants: A New Horizon in Wellness Industries | Accelerate | $30,000 | 2024 |
| Patel, Trushar | Arts & Science | Results Driven Agriculture Research | Towards Understanding Honey bee – Virus Communications | Agriculture Funding Consortium | $298,000 | 2024 |
| Gerken, Michael | Arts & Science | MITACS Inc. | Synthesis of Cationic tungsten(VI) species stabilized by cyanoborate anions | Globalink Research Award | $6,000 | 2024 |
| Hopkinson, Chris | Arts & Science | Natural Resources Canada | Hay River & Ft Simpson lidar wildfire fuel mapping | Contract | $39,994 | 2024 |
| Konschuh, Michele | Arts & Science | Gold Rain Rice Inc. | Polish Rice Seed Increase | Contract | $1,486 | 2024 |
| Mathurin-Moe, Martha | Senior Admin | Tri-Agency Institutional Programs Secretariat | Canada Research Chair -EDI Stipend 2024- 2025 | CRC program | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Patel, Trushar | Arts & Science | MITACS Inc. | L2M-Developing detection kits for Deformed wing virus infection in honey bees | Lab2Market | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Patel, Trushar | Arts & Science | MITACS Inc. | On-site Cannabis Sexing Kits | Accelerate | $90,000 | 2024 |
| Stanford, Kim | Arts & Science | Results Driven Agriculture Research | Survival of E. coli O157:H7 in pigs | Agriculture Funding Consortium | $102,390 | 2024 |
| Yevtushenko, Dmytro | Arts & Science | MITACS Inc. | Management of Powdery Scab of Potato in Alberta. | Accelerate | $30,000 | 2024 |
| Yevtushenko, Dmytro | Arts & Science | MITACS Inc. | LAMP assay development and qPCR validation of inoculum monitoring of diseases in field crops. | Accelerate | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Christensen, Darren | Health Sciences | Alberta Gambling Research Institute | The impact of responsible gambling policies of Canadian casinos on player awareness, expenditure, and enjoyment | Graduate Scholarship research stipend | $3,000 | 2024 |
| Euston, David | Arts & Science | Alberta Gambling Research Institute | AGRI Research Supplement | Graduate Scholarship research stipend | $3,000 | 2024 |
| Fiori, Andrew | Arts & Science | MITACS Inc. | Incorporation and Optimization of Allometric Equations for a Proprietary Forest Carbon Accounting Software Package | Accelerate | $45,000 | 2024 |
| Hoover, Shelley | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Toward self-sufficiency in apiculture for food security in a net-zero economy | NSERC-SSHRC Allliance (Sustainable Agriculture) | $185,300 | 2024 |
| Pelech, Sharon | Education | Alberta Education | Exploring Social-Emotional Wellness through Place Conscious Pedagogy in the PEAKS Campus | Research Partnerships Program | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Shapiro, Sidney | Business | MITACS Inc. | Explore Lethbridge: Strategic Engagement of Tourists with Community Enterprises via App Technology | Business Strategy Internship | $30,000 | 2024 |
| Shapiro, Sidney | Business | MITACS Inc. | From Data to Decisions: Developing a Prototype Dashboard for Real-Time Business Analytics | Business Strategy Internship | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Asselin, Jodie | Arts & Science | Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas | Sharing the Headwaters: Understanding anthropogenic factors affecting the ecology of the Upper Oldman Watershed. | Enhancing Environmental Science in Alberta (EESA) | $27,000 | 2024 |
| Bogard, Matthew | Arts & Science | Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas | Quantifying and mapping carbon storage and water quality improvement services provided by Albertaís prairie pothole wetlands | External contract | $65,000 | 2024 |
| Burg, Theresa | Arts & Science | Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas | Response of endangered sage-grouse to oil and gas reclamation in critical habitat in southeastern Alberta | Enhancing Environmental Science in Alberta-OCS | $74,080 | 2024 |
| Burg, Theresa | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Response of endangered sage grouse to oil and gas reclamation in critical habitat in southeast Alberta | Research grant | $27,000 | 2024 |
| Chasmer, Laura | Arts & Science | Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas | Carbon storage at risk: The impacts of fire on C losses from Alberta peatlands and assessing peatland vulnerability to high intensity fires | MoU with ULethbridge | $37,000 | 2024 |
| Flanagan, Larry | Arts & Science | Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas | Response of ecosystem carbon sequestration to variation in water availability associated with El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) climate phases | Enhancing Environmental Science in Alberta (EESA) | $66,000 | 2024 |
| Goater, Cameron | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Altered behaviour and transmission ecology of fluke-infected zombie ants | ACA Grants in Biodiversity | $13,400 | 2024 |
| Hallstrom, Lars | Arts & Science | Village of Stirling | A proposal in response to RPF No. 04-2024 Community Needs Assessment | Contract | $199,384 | 2024 |
| Hopkinson, Chris | Arts & Science | Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas | A remote sensing-based regional and temporal assessment of Albertaís lake water resources | Enhancing Environmental Science in Alberta | $65,000 | 2024 |
| Jonson, Dan | Arts & Science | Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas | Diversity, abundance, and biomass of key insects in wildlife food webs in Alberta Protected Areas | Enhancing Environmental Science in Alberta | $59,400 | 2024 |
| Konschuh, Michele | Arts & Science | Polar Foods Inc. | Exploring Rice Germplasm for Production in Alberta | Contract | $2,695 | 2024 |
| McCune, Jenny | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Predictive mapping of rare vegetation communities in Waterton Lakes National Park | Graduate Student Research Grant | $10,000 | 2024 |
| McMartin, Dena | Senior Admin | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | IDEA (Innovation-Design-Entrepreneur-Access) Hub | Lab to Market grants Letter of Intent (LOI) | $200,000 | 2024 |
| Stanford, Kim | Arts & Science | MITACS Inc. | Improved detection of Shiga toxin producing E. coli | Accelerate | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Wiseman, Steve | Arts & Science | Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas | Combined effects of water temperature and urban runoff-associated contaminants on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) | Enhancing Environmental Science in Alberta | $70,000 | 2024 |
| Yevtushenko, Dmytro | Arts & Science | Results Driven Agriculture Research | Strategies to manage powdery scab of potatoes in Alberta. | Agriculture Funding Consortium | $74,565 | 2024 |
| Bogard, Matthew | Arts & Science | Ducks Unlimited Canada | Contract for wetland greenhouse gas analyses 2024 | Contract | $18,000 | 2024 |
| Hobbs, David | Arts & Science | Modern Languages Association | Emerging Indigenous Writers Series | MLA Pathways Step grant | $9,850 | 2024 |
| Hoover, Shelley | Arts & Science | Canadian Honey Council | Exploring the queen gut microbiome as a diagnostic tool and in response to aging and mating | Canadian Bee Research Fund | $6,000 | 2024 |
| Hopkinson, Chris | Arts & Science | Alberta Environment & Parks | LIDAR Snow Survey Project | Special Grant | $50,000 | 2024 |