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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wieden, Hans-Joachim | Arts & Science | MindFuel | UofL iGEM Collegiate Team 2017 | geekStarter | $26,000 | 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 | WorkSafe BC | Development of EMS pathogen detection tools using next generation sequencing | Innovation at Work | $50,000 | 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 | RNA Society | ARRTI Speaker Series 2017-18 | RNA Salons | $1,000 | 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 | Alberta Conservation Association | Plumage polymorphism in ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus): genetics and behaviour | Biodiversity Fund | $5,410 | 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 |
| Burleigh, Dawn | Education | Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies | Understanding Perspectives on Practicum Supervision by University Consultants and Student Teachers in a Faculty of Education: A Case Study | AACES | $5,000 | 2016 |
| Caspar, Sienna | Health Sciences | Alberta Health Services | The Stakeholder Inclusion in Practice Change Project: Enabling Person-Centred Mealtime Experiences in LTC | Research Grant | $53,070 | 2016 |
| Chasmer, Laura | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | FIre fuel consumption, Severity and ecosystem response Indicators using LiDAR (FISIL) | Discovery Grant | $145,000 | 2016 |
| Chasmer, Laura | Arts & Science | Alberta Environment Protection Agency | Remote sensing wetland ecosystem change detection method development | Oil Sands Monitoring Funding | $580,000 | 2016 |
| Christensen, Darren | Health Sciences | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Piloting the addition of Contingency Management to best practice counselling as an adjunct treatment for rural and remote disordered gamblers | Prairie CRISM Node Development Fund | $15,000 | 2016 |
| Currie, Cheryl | Health Sciences | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Building Wellness and Resilience in Multi-Generational Indigenous Households: A Scoping Review | Operating grant - SPOR PIHCI Network Knowledge Synthsis Grant | $25,000 | 2016 |
| D'Agnone, Penny | Arts & Science | Branch Out Neurological Foundation | Branch Out Undergrad Awards | Undergraduate Stipends | $6,375 | 2016 |
| Das, Saurya | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Quantum Gravity and Cosmology: Theoretical and Phenomenological Aspects | Discovery Grant | $20,000 | 2016 |
| Doan, Jon | Arts & Science | Branch Out Neurological Foundation | Branch Out: Bykowski | Studentship | $1,000 | 2016 |
| Fazly, Mostafa | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | New developments for partial differential equations; from theory to applications | Discovery Grant | $55,535 | 2016 |
| Ghazalian, Pascal | Arts & Science | CANFAX | The Cost of Trade Barriers to the Canadian Beef Industry: An Empirical Investigation | Contract | $22,500 | 2016 |
| Gibb, Robbin | Arts & Science | Private donation | THC: Project Gibb | Research Grant | $9,500 | 2016 |
| Gibb, Robbin | Arts & Science | Alberta Innovates Health Solutions | Research Allowance- AIHS Anna Kovalchuk | Research Allowance | $2,000 | 2016 |
| Goater,Cameron | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Altered behaviour in trematode-infected zombie ants: field and experimental tests of the manipulation hypothesis | CREATE | $24,000 | 2016 |
| Golsteyn, Roy | Arts & Science | Alberta Innovates Health Solutions | Preclinical investigation of PP-006, a novel natural product molecule with anti-cancer activity | Sustainability Fund | $32,420 | 2016 |
| Golsteyn, Roy | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Investigation of mitosis in human cells using novel small molecule inhibitors | Discovery Grant | $140,000 | 2016 |
| Golsteyn, Roy | Arts & Science | Donation | Prairie to Pharmacy Program | Donation | $25,000 | 2016 |
| Greidanus, Elaine | Education | Government of Alberta | Literature Review and Analysis of Public Attitudes Towards Indigenous Women - AB ministry | Aboriginal Relations Grant | $21,000 | 2016 |
| Gruber, Aaron | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Improved Machine Learning Technology for Automated Software Quality Control | Engage Grant | $25,000 | 2016 |
| Gruber, Aaron | Arts & Science | Alberta Innovates Health Solutions | The effect of a prevalent Albertan parasite on brain health | Research Allowance | $15,000 | 2016 |
| Gruber, Aaron | Arts & Science | Alberta Innovates Health Solutions | The effect of a prevalent Albertan parasite on brain health | Stipend | $150,000 | 2016 |
| Gruber, Aaron | Arts & Science | Alberta Innovates Health Solutions | Bridge to CIHR success: effect of abused drugs on learning and memory | Sustainability Fund | $36,200 | 2016 |
| Harrison, Trevor | Arts & Science | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Case Studies in Corporate Mapping | Corporate Mapping Partnership Project | $5,000 | 2016 |
| Hazendonk, Paul | Arts & Science | Alberta Innovates Technology Futures | High Performance Plastics Through Energy Efficient Rotational Molding | Applied Research & Innovation Activities | $60,000 | 2016 |
| Hopkinson, Christopher | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Landcover response to changing energy and moisture regimes within boreal and montane ecosystem transition zones_ a multiscale approach | Discovery Grant | $230,500 | 2016 |
| Hopkinson, Christopher | Arts & Science | Alberta Innovates Energy and Environment Solutions | The Castle Watershed; a new water resource assessment framework for a sentinel system at the crown of the continent | Water Innovation Program | $300,000 | 2016 |
| Hopkinson, Christopher | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Landcover response to changing energy and moisture regimes within boreal and montane ecosystem transition zones_ a multiscale approach | Discovery Grant - Accelerator | $120,000 | 2016 |
| Hosgood, Christopher | Health Sciences | Alberta Innovates Health Solutions | AIHS HRNI: Brassolotto | Health Research New Investigator Award | $813,125 | 2016 |
| Kavanagh, Mary | Fine Arts | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Atomic Tourist: Trinity | Insight Grant | $147,519 | 2016 |
| Kelley, Helen | Business | Covenant Health | Quality Assessment of Assisted Living Versus Long Term Care Model | Seed grant | $5,000 | 2016 |
| Kingfisher, Catherine | Arts & Science | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Expanding Policies of Wellbeing: A Participatory Ethnographic Analysis of Urban Collective Housing Communities in Tokyo and Vancouver | Insight Grant | $106,810 | 2016 |
| Kovalchuk, Igor | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Epigenetic variations in hemp cultivars grown in contrasting environments | Engage Grant | $25,000 | 2016 |