2024
DISCOVERY GRANTS |
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PrincipalInvestigator(s) |
Total Amount |
Project Title |
Faculty/Department |
| Tanya Dahms | $240,000.00 | Linking cell wall integrity, stress and mechanosensing to candidal growth and development by correlative microscopy |
Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Christopher Yost | $240,000.00 | Uncovering genetic determinants in Rhizobium leguminosarum necessary for on-seed survival and colonization of the spermosphere of peas and lentils |
Biology |
| Julia Totosy de Zepetnek | $165,000.00 | Clarifying mechanisms underlying physical activity’s effect on the microbiota-gut-brain axis | Kinesiology and Health Studies |
| Peter Leavitt | $475,000.00 | Landscape effects of nitrogen on lake ecosystems: Applying a new paradigm for freshwater eutrophication |
Biology |
| Leah Chibwe | $125,000.00 | The application of effect-based methods for the identification and characterization of contaminants of environmental concern in aquatic ecosystems |
Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Marcella Berg | $125,000.00 | Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Applications for Soft Condensed Matter | Physics |
| Guoxiang Chi | $180,000.00 | Basinal fluid flow systems and their relationships with mineralization - coupling of shallow-deep, hydrodynamic-geochemical, and channeling-trapping processes |
Geology |
| Kerri Finlay | $215,000.00 | Climate and land use impacts on the magnitude and controls of aquatic methane fluxes in the northern Great Plains |
Biology |
| Kamyar Khodamoradi | $125,000.00 | Towards a detailed map of computability and approximability for combinatorial optimization problems |
Computer Science |
| Francis Bischoff | $130,000.00 | The Geometry and Topology of Singular Differential Equations | Mathematics and Statistics |
| Dianliang Deng | $120,000.00 | Adaptive Approaches in Quantile Regression Framework | Mathematics and Statistics |
| James McVittie | $95,000.00 | Development of survival analysis methodologies for combined cohort studies and failure time data measured with error |
Mathematics and Statistics |
| Andrei Volodin | $105,000.00 | Asymptotic analysis and consistency of some statistical methods and models | Mathematics and Statistics |
| Sharfuddin Khan | $155,000.00 | Knowledge-based decision support system for overall supply chain resilience performance evaluation | Engineering & Applied Science |
| Kelvin Tsun Wai Ng | $260,000.00 | Development of a data-driven waste management system in Canada | Engineering & Applied Science |
| Stephanie Young | $155,000.00 | Development of a sulfammox-based hybrid membrane bioreactor for the treatment of carbon capture and storage wastewater using experimental and computational approaches |
Engineering & Applied Science |
| Amr Henni | $195,000.00 |
Functionalized Metal Organic Frameworks and Zeolite Geopolymers Composites For Carbon Capture |
Engineering & Applied Science |
| Hussameldin Ibrahim | $230,000.00 |
Solar energy-based photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production using novel super-activated |
Engineering & Applied Science |
| Arthur Situm | $145,000.00 | Development and Evaluation of Corrosion Mitigation Strategies in Molten Salts | Engineering & Applied Science |
| Farshid Torabi | $165,000.00 | Microfluidic Insights and Mathematical Modelling of CO2 Storage and Residual Oil Reduction in Heavy Oil Formations during CO2-Based Cyclic Solvent Injection: Transitioning to a Low Carbon Emission Energy Production |
Engineering & Applied Science |
| Jinkai Xue | $138,308.00 | Gas Chromatography System for Water Research via the Water-Climate-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus |
Engineering & Applied Science |
DISCOVERY LAUNCH SUPPLEMENTS |
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| Arthur Situm | $12,500.00 | Development and Evaluation of Corrosion Mitigation Strategies in Molten Salts | Engineering & Applied Science |
| Francis Bischoff | $12,500.00 | The Geometry and Topology of Singular Differential Equations | Mathematics and Statistics |
| James McVittie | $12,500.00 | Development of survival analysis methodologies for combined cohort studies and failure time data measured with error |
Mathematics and Statistics |
| Julia Totosy de Zepetnek | $12,500.00 | Clarifying mechanisms underlying physical activity's effect on the microbiota-gut-brain axis | Kinesiology and Health Studies |
| Kamyar Khodamoradi | $12,500.00 | Towards a detailed map of computability and approximability for combinatorial optimization problems |
Computer Science |
| Leah Chibwe | $12,500.00 | The application of effect-based methods for the identification and characterization of contaminants of environmental concern in aquatic ecosystems |
Mathematics and Statistics |
| Marcella Berg | $12,500.00 | Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Applications for Soft Condensed Matter | Physics |
| Sharfuddin Khan | $12,500.00 | Knowledge-based decision support system for overall supply chain resilience performance evaluation |
Industrial |
DISCOVERY DEVELOPMENT GRANT |
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| Kin-Choong Yow | $40,000.00 | Managing Decentralized Microgrids with Attention-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) Algorithms | Engineering & Applied Science |
| Lei Zhang | $40,000.00 | Revolutionizing AI for Computing Speed and Energy Efficiency Using Bio-inspired Spiking Neural Network and Hardware Acceleration |
Engineering & Applied Science |
| Yang Zhao | $40,000.00 | Statistical analysis with data missing in nonmonotone missingness patterns | Mathematics and Statistics |
RESEARCH TOOLS AND INSTRUMENTS GRANTS PROGRAM |
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| Jinkai Xue | $138,308.00 | Gas Chromatography System for Water Research via the Water-Climate-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus |
Engineering & Applied Science |