Funding & statistics
Funding & statistics
uLethbridge attracts over $15 million annually in research funding from governmental agencies, industry, foundations and associations, and numerous international partners.
All funding received
| Faculty member | Faculty/School | Agency | Project name | Funding program | Funds awarded | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luczak, Artur | Arts & Science | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Are epileptic seizures linked to memory-like neural pattern sequences? | Project grant | $100,000 | 2019 |
| MacCormack, Jeffrey | Education | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Building Comprehension with Graphic Text: An Examination of the Meaning Making Process for Students | Insight Development Grant | $1,500 | 2019 |
| Marynowski, Richelle | Education | Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies | Outcomes based assessment: A study of secondary mathematics teachers making the transition from traditional grading practices | Research Grant | $6,000 | 2019 |
| McCune, Jenny | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Elucidating the drivers of plant community dynamics on fragmented landscapes | Discovery Grant | $202,500 | 2019 |
| McCune, Jenny | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Testing the effects of recreational trails on plant communities and the spread of invasive plant species | ACA Research Grant | $11,500 | 2019 |
| McCune, Jenny | Arts & Science | Parks Canada | Plant Community Response to the Kenow Wildfire and rare plant distribution modelling in Waterton Lakes National Park | General Class Contributions Program | $60,000 | 2019 |
| McDonald, Robert | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Multiple memory networks: plasticity mechanisms, representations, and behaviour | Discovery Grant | $325,000 | 2019 |
| Mesler, Rhiannon | Business | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | "I Don't Want to Be Like ___!" Examining How Identities Can Divide and Unite in an Increasingly Polarized World | Insight Development Grant | $64,497 | 2019 |
| Mesler, Rhiannon | Business | Western University | Mesler Food Waste Project | Institutional transfer | $7,330 | 2019 |
| Metz, Gerlinde | Arts & Science | Canada Foundation for Innovation | State-of-the-Art Vivarium of the New Science and Academic Building | JELF | $88,199 | 2019 |
| Metz, Gerlinde | Arts & Science | Alberta Economic Development and Trade | State-of-the-Art Vivarium of the New Science and Academic Building | Small Equipment Grants Program | $88,199 | 2019 |
| Mueller, Richard | Arts & Science | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Immigrant Wages in the Private and Public Sectors: How do these Compare to the Wages of the Canadian-born? | Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition | $10,000 | 2019 |
| Naylor, David | Arts & Science | Canada Foundation for Innovation | Cryogenic test facility for the development of new instrument concepts for future space astronomy missions | JELF | $250,000 | 2019 |
| Naylor, David | Canadian Space Agency | Investing in the high-tech future: Supporting Alberta's role in space exploration | STDP & Provincial Match | $267,534 | 2019 | |
| Ng, Nathan | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Moments of L-functions, correlations sums, and primes | Discovery Grant | $135,000 | 2019 |
| Okine, Erasmus | Senior Admin | Alberta Innovates | Studentship - Summer (Block Grant) | Summer Studentship/HYRS | $100,000 | 2019 |
| Okine, Erasmus | Senior Admin | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | SSHRC Institutional Grant | Institutional Grant | $95,556 | 2019 |
| Okine, Erasmus | Senior Admin | Alberta Innovates | Regional Innovation Network of Southern Alberta | Regional Innovation Network funding | $272,530 | 2019 |
| Okine, Erasmus | Senior Admin | Networks of Centres of Excellence | Advancement of novel GlycoCage molecule delivery technology to mitigate inflammatory intestinal diseases in human beings and livestock | GlycoNet | $88,000 | 2019 |
| Patel, Trushar | Arts & Science | RNA Society | RNA Saloon Application - ARRTI | RNA Salon | $1,500 | 2019 |
| Patel, Trushar | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Biomolecular Characterization Suite (BCS) | Research Tools & Instruments | $150,000 | 2019 | |
| Pijl, Em | Health Sciences | City of Medicine Hat | Urban Social Issues Survey | Research grant | $10,000 | 2019 |
| Pijl, Em | Health Sciences | ARCHES | Peer Assisted Injection in SCS | Operating Grant | $9,500 | 2019 |
| Piquette, Noella | Education | Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries | Moving from social gambling to a problem with gambling toward recovery : Interviews and interventions | Manitoba Gambling Research Program | $10,716 | 2019 |
| Pope, Paige | Arts & Science | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Move More, Sit Less: Exploring Older Adults Psychological and Behavioral Responses to Messages Encouraging Less Sitting Time | Insight Development Grant | $67,417 | 2019 |
| Pras, Amandine | Fine Arts | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | The West African Audio Network | Partnership Development Grant | $195,238 | 2019 |
| Pyle, Greg | Arts & Science | Environment Canada | Effects of platinum group elements on chemosensory-mediated behaviours in rainbow trout | Research grant | $30,000 | 2019 |
| Pyle, Greg | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | The effects of chronic exposure to cadmium and micro plastics on serotonin levels and feeding behaviour in the leech, Nephelopsis obscura | Grants in Biodiversity | $4,760 | 2019 |
| Pyle, Greg | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Contribution of pesticides and climate change to the decline of freshwater mussel populations in Alberta | Research Grant | $27,000 | 2019 |
| Pyle, Greg | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Causes and consequences of contaminant effects on chemosensory function and behaviour in aquatic animals | Discovery Grant | $235,000 | 2019 |
| Rodrigues, Hillary | Arts & Science | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | J. Krishnamurti and the Nondual Spirituality Movement | Insight Grant | $115,672 | 2019 |
| Rood, Stewart | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Diversity and Ecophysiological Adaptation of Riparian Cottonwood Species, Hybrids and Sexes | Discovery Grant | $165,000 | 2019 |
| Sanders, James | Health Sciences | Alberta Gambling Research Institute | AGRI Scholarship Research Allowance | Graduate Scholarship Research Allowance | $3,000 | 2019 |
| Spencer, Locke | Arts & Science | Canada Foundation for Innovation | Calibration Suite for Far-Infrared | JELF | $300,000 | 2019 |
| Stingl, Michael | Arts & Science | Government of Canada | Canadian Bioethics Society 2019 | Secretariat on Responsible Conduct in Research | $12,000 | 2019 |
| Tata, Matthew | Arts & Science | Alberta Economic Development and Trade | Centre for Autonomous Systems in Strengthening Future Communities | Major Initiative Fund | $357,000 | 2019 |
| Tata, Matthew | Arts & Science | MITACS | Speech Localization and Recognition for Humanoid Robotics | GlobalLink | $6,000 | 2019 |
| Tatsuno, Masami | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Off-line processing of explicit and implicit memory: Investigation of neural representation and the computational advantage of sleep | Discovery Grant | $165,000 | 2019 |
| Thakor, Nehal | Arts & Science | Alberta Innovates | Celebrating RNA research at the 20th anniversary of RiboClub | Strategic Networking and Development Program | $5,000 | 2019 |
| Thakor, Nehal | Arts & Science | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Targeting modulators of non-canonical translation initiation for the treatment of patients with glioblastoma | New Frontiers in Research Fund | $250,000 | 2019 |
| Vasey, Paul | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | The Evolution and Biopsychology of Non-Conceptive Sexuality | Discovery Grant | $267,360 | 2019 |
| Victor, Janice | Health Sciences | Networks of Centres of Excellence | Ai'aoskiikowaata (providing guidance to youth): Supporting healthy transitions from government care to independent living | Making the Shift: Youth Homelessness Social Innovation | $85,579 | 2019 |
| Vilk, Greg | Senior Admin | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Pharma and Biotech: The Perspectives and Trends | Connect | $935 | 2019 |
| Vilk, Greg | Senior Admin | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | AgTECH: Food Innovation Facilitated by Technology | Connect | $935 | 2019 |
| Wieden-Kothe, Ute | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Mechanism and function of tRNA modification and folding | Discovery Grant | $410,000 | 2019 |
| Williams, Robert | Health Sciences | Alberta Gambling Research Institute | Sean Wilcox PhD thesis (A Geneaological Analysis of Problem Gambling) | Graduate Scholarship Research Allowance | $5,000 | 2019 |
| Williams, Robert | Health Sciences | Alberta Gambling Research Institute | Jami Albright-Tolman PhD thesis (Problem Gambling Prevention in Prison Populations) | Graduate Scholarship Research Allowance | $5,000 | 2019 |
| Williams, Robert | Health Sciences | Alberta Gambling Research Institute | Targeting Implicit Cognitions in Comprehensive Prevention Programming for Gambling, Alcohol and Cannabis Use | Major Grant | $74,283 | 2019 |
| Wiseman, Steve | Arts & Science | COSIA | Bioconcentration and Bioaccumulation of Organics from OSPW | fee for service contract | $46,200 | 2019 |
| Wiseman, Steve | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Identifying environmental issues and remediation techniques for coal-mining affected surface water | Collaborative Research Development | $769,800 | 2019 |