Active External Research Grants and Awards in Fiscal Year 2012-2013
| Research Capacity Building Grants Research Infrastructure Research Operating Funds Student Research Internships & Awards Archive |
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Research Capacity Building
| Researcher, Department, Co-Researcher |
Project Name | External Funding Source & Grant Program Name | Total Amount Awarded for the Entire Project |
| Sarah Dudas, Canada Research Chair |
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Shellfish Aquaculture Ecosystem Interactions | Canada Research Chairs Secretariat | $500,000 |
| Grant Murray, Canada Research Chair | Canada Research Chair in Coastal Resource Management Read News Release |
Canada Research Chairs Secretariat | $500,000 |
| Research & Scholarly Activity Office | Creating Capacity: Strengthening Initiatives | SSHRC - Aid to Small Universities | $90,000 |
| Research & Scholarly Activity Office | Indirect Costs Program | Indirect Costs Secretariat | $242,301 |
| Research & Scholarly Activity Office | Mobilizing Connections and Building Capacity 2011-12 | BCIC - Service Plan | $84,126 |
| Research & Scholarly Activity Office |
Building Capacity: Strengthening Initiatives | SSHRC - Institutional Grant (SIG) | $7,486 |
Research Infrastructure
| Researcher, Department, and Co-Researcher | Project Name | External Funding Source & Grant Program Name | Total Amount Awarded for Entire Project |
| Sarah Dudas, Canada Research Chair | Shellfish aquaculture in an ecosystem context: bottom-up and top-down interactions | CFI Leaders Opportunity Fund | $124,633 |
| Sarah Dudas, Canada Research Chair | Shellfish aquaculture in an ecosystem context: bottom-up and top-down interactions | BCKDF Matching Funds | $124,312 |
| Richard Lane, English, Daniel Burgoyne, English |
MeTA: Media Text Assemblage Applications Development for Canadian Fiction | CFI Leaders Opportunity Fund (LOF) | $55,526 |
| Richard Lane, English, Daniel Burgoyne, English |
MeTA: Media Text Assemblage Applications Development for Canadian Fiction | BCKDF Matching Funds | $55,526 |
| Grant Murray, Canada Research Chair Lead:S.Kim Juniper, University of Victoria |
A University-Based Vessel and ROV Platform for Multidisciplinary Ocean Research on Canada's West Coast" | CFI Leading Edge Fund | |
| Bill Pennell, Fisheries & Aquaculture Programs | Centre for Shellfish Research Phase II: Shellfish Aquaculture Deep Water Research Laboratory and Field Facility | BCKDF | $900,000 |
Research Operating Funds
| Researcher, Department, and Co-Researcher | Project Name | External Funding Source & Grant Program Name | Total Amount Awarded for Entire Project |
| John Anderson, Criminology, Patrick Konkin, Health & Human Services |
Youth Inclusion Project - Evaluation | HIIYE'YU LELUM Society, Duncan BC | $17,500 |
| Duane Barker, Fisheries & Aquaculture Co-applicants: Simon Jones, Pacific Biological Station Kyle Garver, Pacific Biological Station |
Defining the ecological and immunological role of
sea lice in the propagation and progression of pathogens among farmed salmonids in British Columbia. |
NSERC - Strategic Project Grants Supplemental Competition in Aquaculture and Capture Fisheries | $413,417 |
| Brian Dick, Physics/Engineering/Astronomy |
Engineering Link |
NSERC - PromoScience | $12,900 |
| Paige Fisher, Education |
Increasing Literacy Outcomes and Learner Confidence in Remote Rural Schools in British Columbia | Ministry of Education | $200,000 |
| David Gaumont-Guay, Biology | Carbon sequestration in managed forest and grassland ecosystems in western Canada | NSERC - Discovery Grant | $90,000 |
| Chris Gill, Chemistry, Erik Krogh, Chemistry |
New Directions and Applications of Membrane Introduction Mass Spectrometry (MIMS) | NSERC - Discovery Grant | $175,000 |
| Erik Krogh, Chemistry, Carol Bob |
Awareness of Climate Change Through Education and Research |
NSERC - PromoScience |
$50,100 |
Jeff Lewis, Geography, |
Climate Change Education and Social Implications | SSHRC - Public Outreach Grants: Dissemination (Environmental Issues) | $28,000 |
| Lynne MacFadgen, Centre for Continuing Studies | Take back your sidewalks: creating pedestrian-friendly communities for seniors | CIHR - Café Scientifique | $3,000 |
| Linda McDonell, BC Regional Innovation Chair in Aboriginal
Early Childhood Development, Wendy Beaton, VIU Master's in Educational Leadership Student |
Exploring transitions of children (Aboriginal children in particular) from early learning and care environments into Kindergaten | Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendship Centre | $1,800 |
| Laurie Meijer Drees, First Nations Studies, Melody Martin, First Nations Studies, Dana McFarland, Library Administration |
A Digital Indigenous Knowledge Resource: Collaboratively
Creating Protocols for Central Vancouver Island |
SSHRC - Aboriginal Research Development Grant |
$12,500 |
| Rachel Moll, Education Wendy Nielsen, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong; Cedric Linder, Physics Education Research, Uppsala University. |
Learning and Teaching Sciences in the 21st Century:
Realities and Possibilities of Social Media. Read News Release |
SSHRC - Insight Development Grant | $52,850 |
| Jennifer Mullett Lead Community Representative: Mr. John Rampanen, Working Group Member, Vancouver Island Coastal Communities Food Network Representative Sarah Fletcher, Researcher & Facilitator Fiona Devereaux, Aboriginal Health Branch Advisor Erin Rowsell, Aboriginal Health Branch Advisor Erin Lutz, Canadian Diabetes Association Advisor & Knowledge User |
Prevention and Preservation: Digital Harvest Stories | Vancouver Foundation | $145,300 |
| Jennifer Mullett | Bearing Gifts- Building on the Success of the Digital Harvest Project with Aboriginal Youth | Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Planning Grants - PA: Community-based Primary Healthcare | $24,858 |
| Grant Murray, Canada Research Chair Lead: Dr. Ben Koop, University of Victoria |
Genomics in Lice & Salmon (GiLS) |
Genome BC, Applied Genomics Innovation Program | $67,778 |
| Grant Murray, Canada Research Chair Co-Director is Nsiah-Gyabaah, Sunyani Polytechnique - GHANA Dr. Abiud L. Kaswamila, College of African Wildlife Management Dr. Donald G. Reid, University of Guelph Dr. Ken Hammer, Vancouver Island University Dr. Lawrence B. Antwi, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Dr. Leslie A. King, Vancouver Island University Dr. Nicole L.Vaugeois, Vancouver Island University Dr. Philip Dearden, University of Victoria Dr. Rick Rollins, Vancouver Island University Dr. Rosaline R. Canessa, University of Victoria Mr. Bruce K.Downie, Kesho Trust Mr. Eli Enns, Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation Mr. John J. Mason, Nature Conservation Research Centre Ms. Sabine Jessen, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, BC Chapter Collaborator: Dr. Iam Perry, Fisheries & Oceans Canada |
Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction: A Canada-Africa Research and Learning Alliance International Development Research Council (IDRC) |
SSHRC International Community-University Research Alliance (ICURA) |
$1,000,000 |
| Grant Murray, Canada Research Chair Lead: Dr. Thierry Chopin, UNB |
CIMTAN - Domain 3: Economic analysis and social |
NSERC - Strategic Network | $30,100 |
| Grant Murray, Canada Research Chair Lead: Memorial University of Newfoundland: Barbara Neis |
Community-University Research for Recovery Alliance (CURRA) | SSHRC, Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) | |
| Chris Pearce, Fisheries & Aquaculture | Domain 1 of CIMTAN project: Environmental system performance and species interactions. Project 6: Can filter-feeding bivalves ingest planktonic sea lice, leading to reduced lice numbers on cultivated salmon? | NSERC - Strategic Network | $59,500 |
| Chris Pearce, Fisheries & Aquaculture | Domain 1 of CIMTAN project: Environmental system performance and species interactions Project 1: quantifying the capture and conversion efficiencies of species being considered for organic extraction in open-water IMTA systems | NSERC - Strategic Network | $44,875 |
Student Research Internships & Awards
| Researcher, Department, and Co-Researcher | Project Name | External Funding Source & Grant Program Name | Total Amount Awarded for Entire Project |
| Laura Buzzard, Liberal Studies Graduate Holding award at McMaster University - Master's of Arts in English |
At the Limits of Knowledge: Approaches to the Transcendent in Later Heidegger and Medieval Mysticism | SSHRC - Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's Award | $17,500 |
| Toni Gore, Anthropology Graduate Holding award at University of Toronto- Master's of Arts in Medical Anthropology |
Western Discourse on Genital Cutting | SSHRC - Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's Award | $17,500 |
| Catherine Lucas-Conway, David Lumley and Heather Spaven, Bachelor of Science in Nursing Supervisor: Ann Holroyd |
P.A.R.T.Y. (Prevent Alcohol Risk-related Trauma in Youth) Program Evaluation: Does a Keynote Speaker Change Risk Related Behaviour in Youth? | CIHR - Health Professional Student Research Award Program | $4,905 |
| Alison Pitcher, English Graduate Holding award at University of British Columbia- Master's of Library and Information Studies |
Re-innovating library databases for children in a digital world | SSHRC - Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's Award | $17,500 |
David Ross, English Graduate |
Technology and Readers: Cultural Responses to the Digitization of Children's Literature | SSHRC - Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's Award | $17,500 |
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