NSERC Alliance Grants Recipients
Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led by strong, complementary, collaborative teams that will generate new knowledge and accelerate the application of research results to create benefits for Canada.
2024
Project Title: |
Design, modeling and optimization of a hybrid wind-gravity energy system. |
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Principal Investigator(s): |
Zhanle Wang |
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Area of Application: |
Electrical energy; Energy storage and conversion |
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Type of Call: |
International - Catalyst |
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NSERC Funding Amount: |
$25,000.00 |
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Project Title: |
Developing Machine Learning Methods for RGB Images to Quantify Crop and Weed Populations Across Agricultural Fields. |
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Principal Investigator(s): |
Abdul Bais |
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Partner(s): |
Croptimistic Technology Inc. |
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Area of Application: |
Crop management (pest,disease control and breeding); Information, computer and communication technologies |
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Type of Call: |
Mitacs Accelerate |
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NSERC Funding Amount: |
$300,000.00 |
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Project Title: |
Software Design for Forecasting Populations in Custody and Analysis of Telephone Call Metadata. |
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Principal Investigator(s): |
Howard Hamilton |
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Partner(s): |
Corrections, Policing and Public Safety |
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Area of Application: |
Information, computer and communication technologies; Computer software |
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Type of Call: |
Not applicable |
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NSERC Funding Amount: |
$300,000.00 |
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Project Title: |
Exploratory Search for Digital Humanities: A Feasibility Study. |
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Principal Investigator(s): |
Orland Hoeber |
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Area of Application: |
Information, computer and communication technologies; Information systems and technology |
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Type of Call: |
International - Catalyst |
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NSERC Funding Amount: |
$25,000.00 |
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Project Title: |
Flight Control of an Unmanned Aerial Manipulator. |
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Principal Investigator(s): |
Mehran Mehrandezh |
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Area of Application: |
Aerospace; Engineering |
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Type of Call: |
International - Catalyst |
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NSERC Funding Amount: |
$25,000.00 |
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Project Title: |
Can water treatment residual be useful? A preliminary investigation in the Canadian Prairies |
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Principal Investigator(s): |
Jinkai Xue |
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Partner(s): |
Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant |
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Area of Application: |
Water; Waste, waste management and recycling |
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Type of Call: |
Not applicable |
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NSERC Funding Amount: |
$50,000.00 |
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Project Title: |
3-D printed dynamic membrane modules for wastewater treatment and reuse. |
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Principal Investigator(s): |
Jinkai Xue |
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Area of Application: |
Discovery Launch Supplements |
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Type of Call: |
Not applicable |
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NSERC Funding Amount: |
$50,000.00 |
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2023
| Project Title: | Grasslands as medicine: restoration and conservation of native prairie grasslands for climate action |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Kerri Finlay |
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| Area of Application: | Climate and atmosphere |
| Type of Call: | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture |
| NSERC Funding Amount: | $32,232 |
| Project Title: | Sustainable, Profitable and Net-zero Controlled Environment Agriculture (SPAN-CEA) |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Zhanle Wang |
| Partner(s): | |
| Area of Application: | Agriculture and primary food production; Alternative energy resources |
| Type of Call: | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture |
| NSERC Funding Amount: | $35,000 |
2022
| Project Title: | Internet of Things Partial Discharge Detection (PD) System |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Irfan Al-Anbagi |
| Partner(s): | |
| Area of Application: | Climate and atmosphere |
| Type of Call: | International - Catalyst |
| NSERC Funding Amount: | $25,000 |
| Project Title: | Multi-dimensional Resilience Framework Development for Culvert Infrastructure Systems |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Golam Kabir |
| Partner(s): | University of Regina |
| Area of Application: | Production and operations management; Construction, transportation and communications |
| Type of Call: | International - Catalyst |
| NSERC Funding Amount: | $25,000 |
| Project Title: | BRiSkET - Brine Resources in Saskatchewan: Exploration Tools |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Leslie Robbins |
| Partner(s): | EMP Metals, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, University of Alberta, Yale University |
| Area of Application: | Mineral resources (prospecting, exploration, mining, extraction, processing) |
| Type of Call: | Not applicable |
| NSERC Funding Amount: | $60,000 |
| Project Title: | Climate change mitigation and adaptation: fisheries changes from phasing out coal-generated electricity |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Christopher Somers |
| Partner(s): | SaskPower, University of Regina |
| Area of Application: | Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture); Advancement of knowledge |
| Type of Call: | Not applicable |
| NSERC Funding Amount: | $50,900 |
| Project Title: | Integrated methods to treat per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-contaminated water matrices |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Jinkai Xue |
| Partner(s): | |
| Area of Application: | Water; Sanitary engineering |
| Type of Call: | International - Catalyst |
| NSERC Funding Amount: | $25,000 |
2021
| Project Title: | Accelerating flax straw decomposition by harnessing natural soil microbes |
| Principal Investigator(s): | John Stavrinides |
| Partner(s): | Saskatchewan Flax Development Comm. |
| Area of Application: | Agriculture and primary food production; Agriculture |
| Type of Call: | Not applicable |
| NSERC Funding Amount: | $139,998 |
| Project Title: | Evaluating variation in the sensitivity of tree growth, mortality, and biomass allocation to climate-induced moisture stress across the western boreal forest |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Mark Vanderwel |
| Partner(s): | Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Environment, Northern Forestry Centre |
| Area of Application: | Forestry (silviculture, forest management) |
| Type of Call: | Not applicable |
| NSERC Funding Amount: | $518,500 |
| Project Title: | Tackling the challenge of emerging pollutants in wastewater in the Prairies: a novel granular sludge-dynamic membrane bioreactor system |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Jinkai Xue |
| Partner(s): | City of Regina, QuantWave Technologies Inc. |
| Area of Application: | Sanitary engineering; Water |
| Type of Call: | Not applicable |
| NSERC Funding Amount: | $100,000 |
2020
| Project Title: | Water quality in Canada: validation, interpretation, and mobilization of community-based water monitoring |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Kerri Finlay |
| Partner(s): | Environment and Climate Change Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan, Water Rangers |
| Area of Application: | Environment; Water |
| Type of Call: | |
| NSERC Funding Amount: | $188,130 |
| Project Title: | Public Safety and Trust Based Systems |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Howard Hamilton |
| Partner(s): | Corrections, Policing and Public Safety |
| Area of Application: | Information systems and technology; Advancement of knowledge |
| Type of Call: | Not applicable |
| NSERC Funding Amount: | $244,800 |
| Project Title: | Supporting exploratory information seeking in public digital libraries |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Orland Hoeber |
| Partner(s): | Regina Public Library, Sask Info & Library Serv Consortium Inc. |
| Area of Application: | Information, computer and communication technologies; Information systems and technology |
| Type of Call: | |
| NSERC Funding Amount: | $389,500 |
| Project Title: | Forest expansion in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Mark Vanderwel |
| Partner(s): | Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Saskatchewan |
| Area of Application: | Environment |
| Type of Call: | Not applicable |
| NSERC Funding Amount: | $20,000 |