Funding & statisitcs
uLethbridge attracts over $15 million annually in research funding from governmental agencies, industry, foundations and associations, and numerous international partners.
Overview of 2019/20 research funding
$15.79M
Total funding
$5.64M
The value of Tri-Agency funding
40+
Number of Sponsoring Agencies
All funding received
| Faculty member | Faculty/School | Agency | Project name | Funds awarded | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson, Dan | Arts & Science | Agri-Science Cluster (Canola Cluster) | Cabbage seedpod weevil Ceutorhynchus obstrictus, native weevils, and the parasitoid wasp Trichomalus perfectus | $100,000 | 2018 |
| Laird, Rob | Arts & Science | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Induction and Termination of Diapause in the quarantine insect Trogoderma granarium ('khapra beetle') | $40,000 | 2017 |
| Yevtushenko, Dmytro | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | CanPEDnet - The Canadian Potato Early Dying Network | $84,870 | 2020 | |
| 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 |
| Kovalchuk, Igor | Arts & Science | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Development of an integrated weed management (IWM) package to mitigate and manage glyphosateresistant weeds in soybean | $67,667 | 2019 |
| Burleigh, Dawn | Education | Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies | Understanding Perspectives on Practicum Supervision by University Consultants and Student Teachers in a Faculty of Education: A Case Study | $5,000 | 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 |
| Marynowski, Richelle | Education | Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies | Outcomes based assessment: A study of secondary mathematics teachers making the transition from traditional grading practices | $6,000 | 2019 |
| Pelech, Sharon | Education | Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies | Exploring Beauty and Aesthetics in Science Education with Pre-Service Teachers | $5,060 | 2017 |
| Hopkinson, Chris | Arts & Science | Alberta Agriculture and Forestry | FireSmart Multispectral lidar data collection and processing | $25,000 | 2019 |
| Rochdi, Nadia | Arts & Science | Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute | Classification of Wetlands in Native Grasslands Using Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing | 2017 | |
| Hopkinson, Chris | Arts & Science | Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute | Evaluating the Teledyne Optech topo-bathymetric multi-spectral lidar system for inland bathymetric mapping in Alberta; capability, challenges and solutions | $25,000 | 2019 |
| Newberry, Janice | Arts & Science | Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research | Raising Spirit: The Opokaa'sin Digital Storytelling Project | $40,000 | 2016 |
| Bonifacio, Glenda | Arts & Science | Alberta Commission on Human Rights | R.E.D. (Rights, Equity, Diversity) Project in Postsecondary Campus in Lethbridge | $17,620 | 2018 |
| Lee-Yaw, Julie | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Wildfire effects on genetic diversity and population connectivity in the long-toed salamander | $34,000 | 2019 |
| Laird, Rob | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Does senescence occur in Lemna minor in the wild? | $4,900 | 2017 |
| McCune, Jenny | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Testing the effects of recreational trails on plant communities and the spread of invasive plant species | $11,500 | 2019 |
| Goater, Cam | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Ecological epidemiology of emerging Ambystoma tigrinum virus (ATV) in a population of tiger salamanders in southwestern Alberta | $6,338 | 2018 |
| Goater, Cam | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Effects of host community structure on parasite transmission and disease risk | $7,320 | 2018 |
| Pyle, Greg | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Contribution of pesticides and climate change to the decline of freshwater mussel populations in Alberta | $27,000 | 2019 |
| Johnson, Dan | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Validation of stable isotope analysis for determining dietary proportions and trophic dynamics in plains sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus jamesi) | $1,595 | 2019 |
| Burg, Theresa | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Plumage polymorphism in ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus): genetics and behaviour | $5,410 | 2016 |
| Pyle, Greg | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | The effects of chronic exposure to cadmium and micro plastics on serotonin levels and feeding behaviour in the leech, Nephelopsis obscura | $4,760 | 2019 |
| Laird, Rob | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Biodiversity and distribution of cryptic duckweed species in Alberta | $25,000 | 2018 |
| Burg, Theresa | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Assessing translocation success and implications of greater sage grouse in Alberta using genetic assignment methods | $35,000 | 2018 |
| Goater, Cameron | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Life cycle, intra-host development and consequences of an emerging new pathogen of minnows in southern Alberta | $10,197 | 2020 |
| Goater, Cameron | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Causes and consequences of multiparasitism in wild and experimental populations of fathead minnows | $10,783 | 2020 |
| Wiseman, Steve | Arts & Science | Alberta Conservation Association | Characterization of the sensitivity of three fish species inhabiting the Alberta Oil Sands Region to PAHs and alkyl PAHs | $4,335 | 2020 |
| Wieden, HJ | Arts & Science | Alberta Economic Development & Trade | Antimicrobial Resistance - One Health Consortium | 2018 | |
| Zovoilis, Athan | Arts & Science | Alberta Economic Development & Trade | Investigation of AMR spread via MGEs and developing machine learning biotools for quantitative AMR level prediction | 2018 | |
| Okine, Erasmus | OVPR | Alberta Economic Development & Trade | GreenSTEM | $536,500 | 2018 |
| Bogard, Matthew | Arts & Science | Alberta Economic Development & Trade | Multiple stressor impacts on the functioning of aquatic networks | $100,000 | 2018 |
| Das, Saurya | Arts & Science | Alberta Economic Development & Trade | Quantum Technologies | 2018 | |
| Metz, Gerlinde | Arts & Science | Alberta Economic Development and Trade | State-of-the-Art Vivarium of the New Science and Academic Building | $88,199 | 2019 |
| Demeler, Borries | Arts & Science | Alberta Economic Development and Trade | Establishment of a Canadian Center for Hydrodynamics | $249,376 | 2017 |
| Tata, Matthew | Arts & Science | Alberta Economic Development and Trade | Centre for Autonomous Systems in Strengthening Future Communities | $357,000 | 2019 |
| Spencer, Locke | Arts & Science | Alberta Economic Development and Trade | Calibration Suite for Far-Infrared Astrophysics Instrumentation | $150,000 | 2017 |
| MacCormack, Jeffrey | Education | Alberta Education | Pre-service teachers' practicum stress, beliefs about teaching and inclusive practices, and executive functions | $34,327 | 2018 |
| Hogue, Michelle | Arts & Science | Alberta Energy | Co-design an environmental monitoring program for Piikani Nation | 2018 | |
| Hogue, Michelle | Arts & Science | Alberta Environment & Parks | Traditional Ecological Knowledge Program | $1,000,000 | 2020 |
| Chasmer, Laura | Arts & Science | Alberta Environment & Parks | Remote Sensing Wetland Ecosystem Change Detection Method Development | $198,970 | 2018 |
| Rochdi, Nadia | Arts & Science | Alberta Environment and Parks | A Web-Based Monitoring System for Enhancing the Provincial Mapping and Monitoring Capability | $100,000 | 2016 |
| Hopkinson, Chris | Arts & Science | Alberta Environment and Parks | Advancing Environmental Monitoring in Alberta's Eastern Slopes | $450,000 | 2019 |
| Chasmer, Laura | Arts & Science | Alberta Environment Protection Agency | Remote sensing wetland ecosystem change detection method development | $580,000 | 2016 |
| Chasmer, Laura | Arts & Science | Alberta Environment Sustainable Resource Development | Remote Sensing Wetland ecosystem change detection method development | $198,970 | 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 |
| Kovalchuk, Igor | Arts & Science | Alberta Epigenetics Network | Phenotyping and genotyping collection of Cannabis sativa lines | $45,000 | 2019 |
| Christensen, Darren | Health Sciences | Alberta Gambling Research Institute | Multi-Factorial Model of Gambling Accessibility | $979 | 2018 |
| Sanders, James | Health Sciences | Alberta Gambling Research Institute | AGRI Scholarship Research Allowance | $3,000 | 2019 |
| Williams, Robert | Health Sciences | Alberta Gambling Research Institute | Targeting Implicit Cognitions in Comprehensive Prevention Programming for Gambling, Alcohol and Cannabis Use | $74,283 | 2019 |