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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazendonk, Paul | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Optimization of Silver Nanowires Synthesis and Purification Processes for Commercially Viable Pilot Scale Production | Alliance | $40,000 | 2022 |
| Iwaniuk, Andrew | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Population genomics of Ruffed Grouse in Alberta. | Research grant | $30,400 | 2022 |
| Kovalchuk, Igor | Arts & Science | MITACS Inc. | Investigation into anti-diabetic, anti-microbial, and hypolipidemic properties of sorbus decora used in the management of diabetes | Globalink | $6,000 | 2022 |
| Kovalchuk, Igor | Arts & Science | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Targeting Pten to unlock the regenerative potential of the mammalian retina | Grant | $30,625 | 2022 |
| McMartin, Dena | Senior Admin | Prairies Economic Development Canada | Niitsitapi Centre of Excellence for Work Integrated Learning (NCEWIL) | Regional Innovation Ecosystem Program | $868,300 | 2022 |
| McMartin, Dena | Senior Admin | Alberta Innovates | AI Summer Studentship and HYRS Programs | Summer Studentships & HYRS Program | $130,000 | 2022 |
| McNaughton, Bruce | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Consolidation of cortical memory representations into hippocampus-independent form: neural ensemble dynamics and mechanisms | Discovery Grant | $420,000 | 2022 |
| Oosterbroek, Tracy | Health Sciences | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | An examination of harm reduction services available to people who use substance (PWUS) in Lethbridge, Alberta | CRISM Prairie Node support | $12,500 | 2022 |
| Schwarz, Kaylan | Liberal Education | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Constructing Feminist Identities Through Participatory Visual Methodologies | Insight Development Grant | $26,792 | 2022 |
| Zovoilis, Athan | Arts & Science | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | AAFC Univ of Lethbridge Lacombe collaboration | Research Agreement | $3,309 | 2022 |
| Zovoilis, Athan | Arts & Science | Results Driven Agriculture Research | Non-coding RNA sequencing Collaboration with Univ of Alberta | Grant | $337,500 | 2022 |
| Bailey, Jenna | Arts & Science | Alberta Medical Association | An Oral History of Neuroscience in southern Alberta | Alberta Medical Association Charitable Fund Project | $10,000 | 2022 |
| Benkoczi, Robert | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Models and algorithms for facility location | Discovery Grant | $40,000 | 2022 |
| Bogard, Matthew | Arts & Science | Alberta Innovates | Defining effluent cycling and impacts in an economically important watershed of southern Alberta | Water Innovation | $180,000 | 2022 |
| Flanagan, Larry | Arts & Science | Environment Canada | Wetlands as nature-based climate-change solutions: Quantifying carbon-capture potential while building a stronger green economy | Climate Action Awareness Fund | $620,000 | 2022 |
| Golsteyn, Roy | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Natural products as novel tools to investigate human cell division | Discovery Grant | $300,000 | 2022 |
| Gonzalez, Claudia | Arts & Science | Reverb Robotics Inc. | Pilot testing auditory artificial intelligence for seniors | Industry Partnership | $10,000 | 2022 |
| Hinger, Dave | Senior Admin | Government of Alberta | Innovation Catalyst Grant | Innovation Catalyst Grant | $3,000,000 | 2022 |
| Hossain, Shahadat | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Efficient Computation with Sparse and Structured Matrices - Mathematical Derivatives and Beyond | Discovery Grant | $40,000 | 2022 |
| Kovalchuk, Igor | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Transgenerational response to stress in Arabidopsis | Discovery Grant | $255,000 | 2022 |
| Kovalchuk, Olga | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Exosomes - important mediators of direct and bystander radiation effects on the brain | Discovery Grant | $40,000 | 2022 |
| Li, Fangfang | Arts & Science | Canada Foundation for Innovation | Integrative Research and Assessment Hub for Language and Communication Development | JELF | $129,939 | 2022 |
| Mohajerani, Majid | Arts & Science | Prairies Economic Development Canada | Developing a neuroengineering hub in southern Alberta | Regional Innovation Ecosystem Program | $1,495,000 | 2022 |
| Mohajerani, Majid | Arts & Science | Alberta Innovates | UofL Hub for Neurogenineering Solutions | Ecosystem Development Partnerships Program | $999,995 | 2022 |
| Mohajerani, Majid | Arts & Science | Alberta Technology and Innovation | Innovative Brain Imaging Techniques for Aging-Associated Diseases | Research Capacity Program | $563,466 | 2022 |
| Roussel, Marc | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Delays in gene expression models: methodological developments | Discovery Grant | $225,000 | 2022 |
| Tata, Matthew | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Critical Refit and Upgrade to Electroencephalography lab at the University of Lethbridge | Research Tools & Instruments | $149,140 | 2022 |
| Wetmore, Stacey | Arts & Science | Alberta Technology and Innovation | Tools for Modeling the Chemistry of Modified Nucleic Acids | Research Capacity Program | $139,702 | 2022 |
| Wiseman, Steve | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Chemical Disruption of Oocyte Maturation - Species Sensitivities and Molecular Mechanisms | Discovery Grant | $235,000 | 2022 |
| Bogard, Matthew | Arts & Science | Alberta Innovates | Defining effluent cycling and impacts in an economically important watershed of southern Alberta | Water Innovation | $180,000 | 2022 |
| Bubel, Shawn | Arts & Science | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Investigating the Early Phases of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump | Insight Grant | $212,330 | 2022 |
| Demeler, Borries | Arts & Science | Biomolecular Interaction Technologies Center | Towards accurate characterization of viral particle loading with Good Manufacturing Protocols (GMP) validated multi-wavelength AUC protocols. | Grant | $49,126 | 2022 |
| Gaur, Daya | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Quantum Approaches to Optimize Electrical Grid Operations | Alliance International Catlyst Quantum Grant | $24,934 | 2022 |
| Ghanbari, Hamed | Business | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Liquidity providers and market power in index derivatives markets | Insight Grant | $73,403 | 2022 |
| Hopkinson, Chris | Arts & Science | Government of the Northwest Territories | Lidar-based large-area forest inventory mapping in the NWT - 2019 | Contribution Agreement | $25,000 | 2022 |
| Hopkinson, Chris | Arts & Science | Parks Canada | Mapping of forest biomass and wildfire fuels in the treed areas of Banff National park | Contribution Agreement | $15,000 | 2022 |
| Hopkinson, Chris | Arts & Science | Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners | Upper Columbia River and Wetlands Remote Sensing | Jon Bisset & Associates | $42,000 | 2022 |
| Mansour, Jamal | Arts & Science | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Are you certain? Improving the collection, communication, and interpretation of eyewitness confidence in Canada | Insight Grant | $98,995 | 2022 |
| McDonald, Rob | Arts & Science | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Novel mutant mouse models of the sporadic version of Alzheimer's disease and targeted cannabinoid treatments | New Frontiers in Research - Exploration | $250,000 | 2022 |
| McMartin, Dena | Senior Admin | Alberta Innovates | STEM Fusion | Strategic Networking & Development | $4,665 | 2022 |
| Vasey, Paul | Arts & Science | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Developmental perspectives on kin selection and the evloution og male androphilia | Insight Grant | $257,148 | 2022 |
| Burg, Theresa | Arts & Science | Environment Canada | Genomics analysis of Oystercatcher and Gull samples collected on breeding colonies spanning the North Pacific Ocean | Contract | $39,999 | 2022 |
| Hogue, Michelle | Arts & Science | MITACS Inc. | Treaty 7 Womens' Research Initiative | Accelerate | $90,000 | 2022 |
| Hopkinson, Chris | Arts & Science | Natural Resources Canada | LiDAR data acquisition and research to support large-area forest inventory in the NWT | Contract | $38,060 | 2022 |
| Hopkinson, Chris | Arts & Science | Parks Canada | Monitoring forest biomass post-fuel management, prescribed fire and wildfire in Banff National Park | Contract Admendment | $30,000 | 2022 |
| Kellet, Peter | Health Sciences | MITACS Inc. | Establishing an evaluative framework to assess the effectiveness of Kairos Cognitive Model | Accelerate | $45,000 | 2022 |
| McMartin, Dena | Senior Admin | Environment Canada | Simulated oil spill dynamics and analysis | Contract | $22,000 | 2022 |
| Mesler, Rhiannon | Business | MITACS Inc. | Marketing and Data Analytics Innovative Systems Implementation | Business Strategy Internship | $45,000 | 2022 |
| Patel, Trushar | Arts & Science | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Isothermal Titration Calorimetry for Studying Macromolecular Interactions | Research Tools & Instruments | $150,000 | 2022 |
| Stanley, Heather | Arts & Science | AMS Healthcare | Maternal Darkness: Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Illness in Western Canada, 1890-1980 | History of Medicine & Healthcare Small Grant | $9,984 | 2022 |