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
Grants/funds Received
| Faculty member | Faculty/School | Agency | Project name | Funds awarded | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohajerani, Majid | Arts & Science | Alberta Prion Research Institute | Probing the impact of noradrenergic circuits and their role in resetting excitation/inhibition balance in Alzheimer's disease | $199,950 | 2017 |
| Mosimann, Steven | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Structure and Function of PTP-like myo-inositol phosphatases | $180,000 | 2017 |
| Okine, Erasmus | Arts & Science | Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat | Canada 150 Research Chair in Biophysics | $1,750,000 | 2017 |
| Okine, Erasmus | Arts & Science | Canadian Glycomics Network | Glyco-caged drug delivery to treat enteric inflammatory diseases in humans and livestock | $27,000 | 2017 |
| Okine, Erasmus | Arts & Science | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | CIHR UG Studentship | $5,000 | 2017 |
| Okine, Erasmus | Arts & Science | Canadian Glycomics Network | Glyco-caged drug delivery to treat enteric inflammatory diseases in humans and livestock | $51,000 | 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 | $1,167,500 | 2017 |
| Patel, Trushar | Arts & Science | Canada Foundation for Innovation | Interaction Studies of Purified Biomolecules | $343,458 | 2017 |
| Patel, Trushar | Arts & Science | Health Canada | Towards better understanding of the critical host protein, DDX3-HCV RNA interactions | $104,400 | 2017 |
| Patel, Trushar | Arts & Science | Canada Research Chairs | CRC in RNA & Protein Biophysics | $500,000 | 2017 |
| Pelech, Sharon | Education | Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies | Exploring Beauty and Aesthetics in Science Education with Pre-Service Teachers | $5,060 | 2017 |
| Pellis, Sergio | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Play and the development of the brain's social skills | $200,000 | 2017 |
| Pijl, Em | Health Sciences | City of Lethbridge | Implementation of Managed Alcohol | $24,957 | 2017 |
| Rochdi, Nadia | Arts & Science | Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute | Classification of Wetlands in Native Grasslands Using Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing | 2017 | |
| Rochdi, Nadia | Arts & Science | Alberta Environment Sustainable Resource Development | A Web-Based Monitoring System for Enhancing the Provincial Mapping and Monitoring Capability | $100,000 | 2017 |
| Roussel, Marc | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Theoretical studies of gene network dynamics | $160,000 | 2017 |
| Sanders, James | Health Sciences | PolicyWise for Children and Families | Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure and effects | $5,000 | 2017 |
| Sedgwick, Monique | Health Sciences | Western Northern Region Canadian Association of Schools | An analysis of undergraduate student nurses' moral sensitivity during simulation | $5,000 | 2017 |
| Spencer, Locke | Arts & Science | Alberta Economic Development and Trade | Calibration Suite for Far-Infrared Astrophysics Instrumentation | $150,000 | 2017 |
| Spencer, Locke | Arts & Science | Canada Research Chairs | Canada Research Chair in Experimental Astrophysics | $500,000 | 2017 |
| Spencer, Locke | Arts & Science | Canada Foundation for Innovation | Calibration Suite for Far-Infrared Astrophysics Instrumentation | $150,000 | 2017 |
| Sutherland, Robert | Arts & Science | Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories | Catalyzing fundamental dementia research at Lethbridge | $500,000 | 2017 |
| Sutherland, Robert | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Hippocampus and memory: A systems level approach | $325,000 | 2017 |
| Sutherland, Robert | Arts & Science | University of Calgary | Keiko's U of C CREATE fund | $13,333 | 2017 |
| Tata, Matthew | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | The Dynamics of Top-Down Attention: Predictive Coding Loops for Auditory Selective Attention | $29,000 | 2017 |
| Taylor, Aaron | Fine Arts | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Screen Acting and Embodied Cognition | $98,970 | 2017 |
| Vasey, Paul | Arts & Science | National Institute of Health | A meta-analysis of male sexual orientation genetics | $20,000 | 2017 |
| Vilk, Greg | OVPR | Alberta Innovates | The Entreinvestor Training Program: An Experential Learning Program to Accelerate Entrepreneur-Investor Collisions | $9,200 | 2017 |
| Vilk, Greg | OVPR | Alberta Innovates Bio-Solutions | The Entreinvestor Program: Applied Understanding of the Investment Ecosystem for Effective Entrepreneurship Development | $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 | $3,120 | 2017 |
| Wetmore, Stacey | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Simulations of Biomolecular Interactions to Support Product Development | $25,000 | 2017 |
| Wieden-Kothe, Ute | Arts & Science | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | 11th International Ribosome Synthesis Conference | $10,000 | 2017 |
| Wieden, Hans-Joachim | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | RNA Bioengineering and Innovation | $1,650,000 | 2017 |
| Wieden, Hans-Joachim | Arts & Science | MindFuel | UofL iGEM Collegiate Team 2017 | $26,000 | 2017 |
| Wieden, Hans-Joachim | Arts & Science | RNA Society | ARRTI Speaker Series 2017-18 | $1,000 | 2017 |
| Wieden, Hans-Joachim | Arts & Science | WorkSafe BC | Development of EMS pathogen detection tools using next generation sequencing | $50,000 | 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 | $2,990 | 2017 |
| Witcher, Chad | Health Sciences | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | CIHR Travel Award (Chloe McNamee) | $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 | $4,410 | 2017 |
| Young, Julie | Arts & Science | Canada Research Chairs | CRC in Social Justice of Borders | $500,000 | 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. | $155,000 | 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. | $200,048 | 2017 | |
| Belanger, Yale | Arts & Science | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | The Aboriginal Housing Experience of NIMBYISM in Calgary | $23,110 | 2016 |
| Benkoczi, Robert | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | On-line data anonymization | $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 | $135,000 | 2016 |
| Brassolotto, Julia | Health Sciences | Alberta Innovates Health Solutions | Healthy Futures and Rural Wellbeing | $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. | $6,039 | 2016 |
| Bubel, Shawn | Arts & Science | Archaeological Society of Alberta | ASA Archaeological Research | $5,000 | 2016 |
| Burg, Theresa | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Plumage polymorphism in ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus): genetics and behaviour | $5,410 | 2016 |
| Burg, Theresa | Arts & Science | North American Bluebird Society | Range-wide genetic structure and hybridization in Sphyrapicus varius sapsuckers | $1,000 | 2016 |