Science Faculty Celebrate Successful Grant Applications

In an increasingly competitive and challenging research funding environment in Canada, it is a pleasure to acknowledge and celebrate colleagues who have been successful in grant applications.

 

The individuals identified below were successful in their applications for 2010 Tri-Council and NSHRF funding.

 

NSERC DISCOVERY GRANTS:

 

• Svetlana Barkanova (Physics)

Phenomenology of electroweak interactions

• Hugh Chipman (Mathematics & Statistics)

Statistical learning

• Nancy Clarke (Mathematics & Statistics)

Some problems in graph theory

• Amitabh Jha (Chemistry)

Molecular diversity from naphthalene nucleus

• Sherri McFarland (Chemistry)

Design and evaluation of DNA photocleaving agents for bioinorganic applications

• Tomasz Muldner (Computer Science)

Updating and querying compressed  XML documents

• Elhadi Shakshuki (Computer Science)

Cooperative intelligent distributed systems for context-aware and calendaring system

• Ian Spooner (Earth & Environmental Science)

Paleolimnology and physical limnology of lakes in Nova Scotia 

 

 

NSERC RESEARCH TOOLS & INSTRUMENTS:

 

• Kirk Hillier (Biology)

Confocal microscope upgrade

• Randy Newman (Psychology)

Equipment for the establishment of the cognitive neuroscience and reading laboratory at Acadia University

• Don Stewart (Biology)

Nanophotometer for qualifying DNA and RNA

 

NSERC ENGAGE GRANTS:

 

• Kirk Hillier (Biology)

                Development of an integrated pest management system for insect and mite pests in    Nova Scotia vineyards

• Richard Karsten (Mathematics & Statistics)

                Modelling the tidal turbines arrays in Grand Passage

 

NSERC INTERACTION (Travel) GRANT:

 

• Richard Karsten (Mathematics & Statistics)

Hydrodynamic modelling of Bay of Fundy locations to determine their suitability for the deployment of new energy tidal turbines

 

 

SSHRC STANDARD RESEARCH GRANTS:

 

• Michael Leiter (Psychology)

The role of colleagues in psychological connections with work

  

SSHRC 4A: 

 

Many know that SSHRC has a 4A category, which is assigned to individuals whose applications were adjudicated as excellent and who were recommended for funding. However, the necessary funds were unavailable. This year, one of our colleagues was placed in this category.

 

• Doug Symons (Psychology)

                Parent-child talk about thoughts and feelings

 

 

 CIHR MEETINGS, PLANNING AND DISSEMINATION GRANT:

 

• Michael Leiter (Psychology)

                Enhancing the quality of worklife

 

NSHRF CAPACITY – DEVELOPMENT/INNOVATIVE:

 

• Doug Symons (Psychology)

                Health literacy of parents and children in a family and relationship context

 

NSHRF CAPACITY – SPONSORSHIP:

 

• Elhadi Shakshuki (Computer Science)

                The International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies

 

EXTERNAL ASSOCIATIONS

 

Beyond the Acadia-based awards identified above, some faculty members are co-investigators on 2010 grants hosted at other institutions. This list includes:

 

• Barb Anderson (Nutrition & Dietetics, SSHRC CURA through Mount Saint Vincent University)

                Community Food Security

• Mike Dadswell (Biology: NSERC Strategic Network Grant through Dalhousie)

Ocean Tracking Network: Understanding Species Movements, Interactions, and Environmental Variability across Canada’s three Oceans

• Sherri McFarland (Chemistry; NSERC through Dalhousie)

                Structural, enzymatic and cellular mechanism of action studies on new jadomycins

• Peter McLeod and Lisa Price (Psychology; NSHRF through Dalhousie University)

                Sexual health services and sexual health promotion among undergraduate students in Nova Scotia

• Peter Mcleod and Lisa Price (Psychology; CFI through Dalhousie University)

                Ocean Tracking Network, Theme 5: The international social and legal framework for oceans

• Nelson O’Driscoll (Earth & Environmental Science; NSERC through St. Francis Xavier University))

Training strategies intended to prepare graduate students entering the workforce to meet the challenges imposed by a changing climate

 

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