Faculty research is supported by provincial, national and international agencies and foundations. In 2011, the following new funding was received:
- 2011 Alberta Cancer Foundation Research Grants
- 2011 Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions Fellowships
- 2011 Alberta Rural Development Network grants
- 2011 CFI Leaders Opportunity Fund award
- 2011 CIHR grants
- 2011 CREDO grants
- 2011 Internal SSHRC grants
- 2011 NSERC Discovery Grants
- 2011 NSERC Research Tools & Instruments
- 2011 Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy Seed Grants
- 2011 SSHRC Grants
- 2011 U of L Research Dissemination Grant
- 2011 University of Lethbridge Research Fund award
- Other
2011 Alberta Cancer Foundation Research Grants |
| Recipient | Department | Grant Type | Amount |
| Olga Kovalchuk | Biological Sciences | Alberta Cancer Research Operating Grant | $408,626 |
| Olga Kovalchuk | Biological Sciences | Alberta Cancer Bridge, Pilot & Limited Term Project Grants | $50,000 |
2011 Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions Post-doctoral Fellowships |
Each award is valued at $35,000 for salary and $3,000 for a Research Allowance.
| RECIPIENT | SUPERVISOR | DEPARTMENT | Type |
| Bo Wang | Kovalchuk, Olga | Biological Sciences | Renewal |
| Corinne Montes-Rodriguez | McNaughton, Bruce | Neuroscience | Renewal |
| Ivan Skelin | Gruber, Aaron | Neuroscience | Renewal |
| Aaron Wilber | McNaughton, Bruce | Neuroscience | Renewal |
2011 Alberta Rural Development Network |
| Recipient | Department | Value |
| Danny Balderson | Education | $37,000 |
| Yale Belanger | Native American Studies | $244,712 |
| Jon Doan | Kinesiology & Physical Education | $10,000 |
| Leanne Elias | New Media | $10,000 |
| Monique Sedgwick | Health Sciences | $10,000 |
2011 CFI Leaders Opportunity Fund |
| Recipient | Department | Value | |
| Claudia Gonzalez | Kinesiology | $244,712 | |
| Rene Boere & Paul Hayes | Chemistry & Biochemistry | $441,105 |
2011 CIHR Research Grants |
| Recipient | Department | Grant Type | Amount |
| Jean Harrowing/David Gregory | Health Sciences | Meetings, Planning & Dissemination Grant | $ 19,023 |
| Hans-Joachim Wieden | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Operating Grant | $515,416 |
Carly Adams (Kinesiology) was also a successful candidate; however, she was subsequently successful in her external SSHRC grant which necessitated a return of the CREDO funding.
Tiffany Muller Myrdahl (Women's Studies) was also a successful applicant; however, she was subsequently successful in her external SSHRC grant which necessitated a return of the CREDO funding.
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2011 NSERC Discovery Grants |
| Recipient | Department | Value | Project Title |
| Igor Kovalchuk | Biological Sciences | $200,000 | Epigenetic regulation of transgenerational response |
| Brent Selinger | Biological Sciences | $180,000 | Protein tyrosine phosphatase-like phytases: a new class of bacterial regulatory proteins? |
| H.J. Wieden | Chemistry & Biochemistry | $180,000 | Mechanism and structural dynamics of translation |
| Matthew Letts | Geography | $120,000 | Plant physiological response to environmental stress in semiarid ecosystems |
| Derek Peddle | Geography | $165,000 | Remote sensing of forest structure and environmental change |
| Claudia Gonzalez | Kinesiology & Physical Education | $120,000 | The organization of visually-guided actions |
| Amir Akbary | Mathematics & Computer Science | $65,000 | Analytic problems for L-functions and elliptic curves |
| Yllias Chali | Mathematics & Computer Science | $100,000 | Inferencing and synthesizing information from multiple documents using text summarization and question answering models |
| Jim Morris | Mathematics & Computer Science | $50,000 | Cayley graphs: isomorphisms, automorphisms, Hamilton cycles and more |
| Shelly Wismath | Mathematics & Computer Science | $70,000 | Algorithmic graph drawing |
| Robbin Gibb | Neuroscience | $120,000 | Parental influences on recovery after early brain injury |
| David Naylor | Physics & Astronomy | $345,000 | Astronomical imaging spectroscopy at far infrared and submillimetre wavelenghts |
2011 NSERC Research Tools & Instruments |
| Recipient | Department | Value | Project Title |
| Tony Russell | Biological Sciences | Purification system for the isolation of ribonucleoprotein components | |
| Paul Hayes | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Gel permeation chromatograph for polymer characterization |
2011 Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy |
| Recipient | Department | Value | |
| Glenda Bonifacio | Women's Studies | $5000 | |
| Bonnie Lee | Health Sciences | $5000 |
2011 U of L Research Dissemination Grant |
| RECIPIENT | FACULTY/DEPARTMENT | VALUE |
| Emily Luce | New Media | $2,000 |
| Taras Polataiko | Art | $2,000 |
Other awards |
| AGENCY and/or AWARD | RECIPIENT | FACULTY/DEPARTMENT | VALUE | |
| Alberta Advanced Education and Technology | Judith Kulig | Health Sciences | $60,000 | |
| Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies | Carmen Mombourquette | Education | $4,000 | |
| Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research | Judith Kulig (Blythe Shepard, Education is a co-applicant) | Health Sciences | $40,000 | |
| Alberta Conservation Association (3 grants) | Joe Rasmussen | Biological Sciences | $111,880 | |
| Alberta Gaming Research Institute | Matthew Tata | Neuroscience | $63,140 | |
| Alberta Gaming Research Institute | Rob Williams | Health Sciences | $150,000 | |
| Alberta Innovates Technology Futures | Howard Cheng | Mathematics & Computer Science | $3,260 | |
| Alberta Innovates Technology Futures | H.J. Wieden | Chemistry & Biochemistry | $33,000 | |
| Alberta Innovates Technology Futures | H.J. Wieden | Chemistry & Biochemistry | $29,000 | |
| Alberta Livestock & Meat Industry | Jim Thomas | Biological Sciences | $79,120 | |
| Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks & Wildlife Foundation | Sharleen Hoar | Kinesiology & Physical Education | $2,590 | |
| Alzheimer Society of Canada | Robert McDonald | Neuroscience | $255,000 | |
| American Institute of Bisexuality | Martin Lalumiere | Psychology | $3,500 | |
| American Institute of Bisexuality | Jean-Baptiste Leca (Paul Vasey Supervisor) | Psychology | $15,500 | |
| American Institute of Bisexuality | Paul Vasey | Psychology | $10,000 | |
| CAIRN Network | Stavroula Malla | Economics | $13,000 | |
| CAIRN Network | Alexander Darku | Economics | $13,500 | |
| Canada Council for the Arts | Arlan Schultz | Music | $15,000 | |
| Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre | Rob Williams | Health Sciences | TBD | co-applicant |
| Sport Science Association of Alberta | Jennifer Copeland | Kinesiology & Physical Education | $5,000 | |
| Sport Science Association of Alberta | Stephen Cornish | Kinesiology & Physical Education | $5,000 | |
| Sport Science Association of Alberta | Sharleen Hoar | Kinesiology & Physical Education | $3,000 |