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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohajerani, Majid | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Probing the link between amyloid deposition, cortico-hippocampal network dysfunction and cognitive impairment in a second generation of transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease | Project Grant | $688,500 | 2017 | |
| Mohajerani, Majid | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Ventilated surgical, dissection & recovery systems for rodent research | Research Tools & Instruments | $150,000 | 2017 |
| Mosimann, Steven | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Structure and Function of PTP-like myo-inositol phosphatases | Discovery Grant | $180,000 | 2017 |
| Okine, Erasmus | Arts & Science | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Assessment of the Potential of Biochar to the Beef Cattle Diets to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agriculture | Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Program | $1,167,500 | 2017 |
| Okine, Erasmus | Arts & Science | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | CIHR UG Studentship | Summer Studentship | $5,000 | 2017 |
| Okine, Erasmus | Arts & Science | Canadian Glycomics Network | Glyco-caged drug delivery to treat enteric inflammatory diseases in humans and livestock | Collaborative Team Grant | $51,000 | 2017 |
| Okine, Erasmus | Arts & Science | Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat | Canada 150 Research Chair in Biophysics | Canada 150 Research Chairs | $1,750,000 | 2017 |
| Okine, Erasmus | Arts & Science | Canadian Glycomics Network | Glyco-caged drug delivery to treat enteric inflammatory diseases in humans and livestock | Collaborative Team Grant | $27,000 | 2017 |
| Patel, Trushar | Arts & Science | Canada Foundation for Innovation | Interaction Studies of Purified Biomolecules | JELF associated with a CRC | $343,458 | 2017 |
| Patel, Trushar | Arts & Science | Health Canada | Towards better understanding of the critical host protein, DDX3-HCV RNA interactions | CanHepC Trainee Fellowship | $104,400 | 2017 |
| Patel, Trushar | Arts & Science | Canada Research Chairs | CRC in RNA & Protein Biophysics | Tier II CRC | $500,000 | 2017 |
| Pelech, Sharon | Education | Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies | Exploring Beauty and Aesthetics in Science Education with Pre-Service Teachers | Alberta Teachers Association | $5,060 | 2017 |
| Pellis, Sergio | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Play and the development of the brain's social skills | Discovery Grant | $200,000 | 2017 |
| Pijl, Em | Health Sciences | City of Lethbridge | Implementation of Managed Alcohol | Operating Grant | $24,957 | 2017 |
| Rochdi, Nadia | Arts & Science | Alberta Environment Sustainable Resource Development | A Web-Based Monitoring System for Enhancing the Provincial Mapping and Monitoring Capability | AEP - Environmental Monitoring and Science Division | $100,000 | 2017 |
| Rochdi, Nadia | Arts & Science | Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute | Classification of Wetlands in Native Grasslands Using Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing | Research Grant | 2017 | |
| Roussel, Marc | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Theoretical studies of gene network dynamics | Discovery Grant | $160,000 | 2017 |
| Sanders, James | Health Sciences | PolicyWise for Children and Families | Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure and effects | SAGE Secondary Use Grant | $5,000 | 2017 |
| Sedgwick, Monique | Health Sciences | Western Northern Region Canadian Association of Schools | An analysis of undergraduate student nurses' moral sensitivity during simulation | Research Award | $5,000 | 2017 |
| Spencer, Locke | Arts & Science | Alberta Economic Development and Trade | Calibration Suite for Far-Infrared Astrophysics Instrumentation | Small Equipment Grants | $150,000 | 2017 |
| Spencer, Locke | Arts & Science | Canada Foundation for Innovation | Calibration Suite for Far-Infrared Astrophysics Instrumentation | JELF associated with a CRC | $150,000 | 2017 |
| Spencer, Locke | Arts & Science | Canada Research Chairs | Canada Research Chair in Experimental Astrophysics | Tier II CRC renewal | $500,000 | 2017 |
| Sutherland, Robert | Arts & Science | University of Calgary | Keiko's U of C CREATE fund | NSERC CREATE Subaward | $13,333 | 2017 |
| Sutherland, Robert | Arts & Science | Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories | Catalyzing fundamental dementia research at Lethbridge | Hope for Tomorrow Dementia Research Catalyst Grant | $500,000 | 2017 |
| Sutherland, Robert | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Hippocampus and memory: A systems level approach | Discovery Grant | $325,000 | 2017 |
| Tata, Matthew | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | The Dynamics of Top-Down Attention: Predictive Coding Loops for Auditory Selective Attention | Discovery Grant | $29,000 | 2017 |
| Taylor, Aaron | Fine Arts | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Screen Acting and Embodied Cognition | Insight Grant | $98,970 | 2017 |
| Vasey, Paul | Arts & Science | National Institute of Health | A meta-analysis of male sexual orientation genetics | R21 | $20,000 | 2017 |
| Vilk, Greg | OVPR | Alberta Innovates | The Entreinvestor Training Program: An Experential Learning Program to Accelerate Entrepreneur-Investor Collisions | ISEE Program | $9,200 | 2017 |
| Vilk, Greg | OVPR | Alberta Innovates Bio-Solutions | The Entreinvestor Program: Applied Understanding of the Investment Ecosystem for Effective Entrepreneurship Development | Student/Recent Graduate Entrepreneur Support Program | $10,000 | 2017 |
| Wetmore, Stacey | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Modeling of molecular biomolecule interactions to improve on-device detection and sensitivity | Connect Grant | $3,120 | 2017 |
| Wetmore, Stacey | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Simulations of Biomolecular Interactions to Support Product Development | Engage | $25,000 | 2017 |
| Wieden-Kothe, Ute | Arts & Science | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | 11th International Ribosome Synthesis Conference | Planning and Dissemination Grant | $10,000 | 2017 |
| Wieden, Hans-Joachim | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | RNA Bioengineering and Innovation | CREATE | $1,650,000 | 2017 |
| Wieden, Hans-Joachim | Arts & Science | WorkSafe BC | Development of EMS pathogen detection tools using next generation sequencing | Innovation at Work | $50,000 | 2017 |
| Wieden, Hans-Joachim | Arts & Science | RNA Society | ARRTI Speaker Series 2017-18 | RNA Salons | $1,000 | 2017 |
| Wieden, Hans-Joachim | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Engagement between Designer Microbes Inc. and the University of Lethbridge to explore the mutual interest in synthetic bio- engineering development for Agriculture and other Industry sectors | Connect Grant | $2,990 | 2017 |
| Wieden, Hans-Joachim | Arts & Science | MindFuel | UofL iGEM Collegiate Team 2017 | geekStarter | $26,000 | 2017 |
| Witcher, Chad | Health Sciences | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | CIHR Travel Award (Chloe McNamee) | CIHR Travel Award | $1,000 | 2017 |
| Witcher, Chad (Hosgood, Chris) | Health Sciences | Covenant Health | The Availability of Physical Activity Opportunities and Efforts to Reduce Sedentary Behaviour Within Covenant Health Long-Term Care and Supportive Living Facilities | Research Grant | $4,410 | 2017 |
| Young, Julie | Arts & Science | Canada Research Chairs | CRC in Social Justice of Borders | Tier II CRC | $500,000 | 2017 |
| Zovoilis, Athan | Alberta Prion Research Institute | Dissecting the role of protein misfolding in hyper-activation of immediate early genes through B2 RNA in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model. | Explorations Program Round VI | $200,048 | 2017 | |
| Zovoilis, Athan | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Dissecting the mechanisms underlying RNA processing and function of noncoding RNAs derived by SINE elements. | Discovery Grant | $155,000 | 2017 |
| Belanger, Yale | Arts & Science | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | The Aboriginal Housing Experience of NIMBYISM in Calgary | Partnership Grant | $23,110 | 2016 |
| Benkoczi, Robert | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | On-line data anonymization | Connections Grant | $2,230 | 2016 |
| Bonnaventure, Philip | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Controls on high-latitude mountain permafrost distribution and sensitivity to climate change | Discovery Grant | $135,000 | 2016 |
| Brassolotto, Julia | Health Sciences | Alberta Innovates Health Solutions | Healthy Futures and Rural Wellbeing | Health Research New Investigator Award | $186,875 | 2016 |
| Bright, Robin | Education | Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies | Middle school literacy: A three-year study of the impact of an Indigo Love of Reading Foundation Grant on student engagement and motivation for reading and teachers' perceptions of themselves as teachers of reading. | Operating grant | $6,039 | 2016 |
| Bubel, Shawn | Arts & Science | Archaeological Society of Alberta | ASA Archaeological Research | Research Grant | $5,000 | 2016 |
| Burg, Theresa | Arts & Science | North American Bluebird Society | Range-wide genetic structure and hybridization in Sphyrapicus varius sapsuckers | North American Bluebird Society | $1,000 | 2016 |