Grants Awarded

2018    

NSERC Discovery Grant.  “Landscape Effects of Nitrogen on Aquatic Ecosystems: Achieving a New Paradigm for Freshwater Eutrophication”.  NSERC.  PI $585,000.

2017    

Canada Research Chair (Tier I third term).  “Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change and Society”. Canada Research Chairs Program. PI, $1,400,000.

Canada Foundation for Innovation.  “Limnology Laboratory to Study Climate and Human Effects on Lakes”. John R. Evans Leaders Fund.  PI, $99,996.

Research Contract.  “Core Collection and Analyses on Southern Indian Lake, Manitoba, Canada”.  Manitoba Hydro.  Co-PI with 5 others, $70,172.

2016    

Research Grant. “Tools for Carbon Neutral Farming: the Role of Dugouts in Greenhouse Gas Capture”.   Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture.  Agricultural Development Fund.   Co-PI with 3 others, $255,030.

Research Contract.  “Analysis of Sedimentary Pigments from Roche, Peter Hope, Blackwell, Bulman, and Heffley lakes, British Columbia”.  British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource Operations.  PI $24,000.

NSERC Strategic Network Grant.  “NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse Network”.  NSERC Strategic Partnership Grants for Networks.  Co-PI with 9 others, $5,499,999.

2015

Fulbright Canada.  “A New Scientific Framework to Quantify the Direct, Coupled, and Reciprocal Effects of Climate and Humans on Aquatic Ecosystems”.  Visiting Research Chair at University of California, Santa Barbara. PI, $31,250.

2014    

Research Contract. “Investigating the Long-term Influence of the Bridge-River Diversion on Sockeye Salmon Nursery Ecosystem Productivity in Seton Lake, British Columbia”.  Fisheries and Oceans Canada.  PI, $20,000.

2013    

Research Sub-contract.  “Pigment Analysis of Iowa Lake Plankton Communities”.  Iowa State University.  PI, $15,100.

Research Contract.  “North Saskatchewan Regional Plan: Lake Paleolimnology Survey”.  Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development.  Co-PI with 4 others, $100,000.

NSERC Strategic Grant.  “Understanding Lake Metabolism and Nuisance Algal Metabolites: New Tools for Management of Potable Water Sources”.  Strategic Partnership Grants for Projects.  Co-PI with 4 others, $618,614.

NSERC Strategic Grant.  “Assessment of the Importance of Nitrogen Deposition and Climate on Aquatic Production in Boreal Lakes Downwind of the Athabasca Oil Sands Region”. Strategic Partnership Grants for Projects.  Co-PI with 2 others, $217,740.

NSERC Discovery Grant.  “Landscape Effects of Nitrogen on Lake Ecosystems: Accelerating a New Paradigm for Freshwater Eutrophication”.  NSERC.  PI, $300,000.

NSERC Discovery Accelerator.  “Landscape Effects of Nitrogen on Lake Ecosystems: Accelerating a New Paradigm for Freshwater Eutrophication”.  NSERC.  PI, $120,000.   

Research Grant.  “Western Canada Integrated Environmental Simulation and Risk Assessment Associated with Climate Modelling”.  Saskatchewan Advanced Education and Employment.  Co-PI with 9 others, $662,873.

Canada Foundation for Innovation. “Western Canada Integrated Environmental Simulation and Risk Assessment Associated with Climate Modelling”. Leading Edge Fund.  Co-PI with 9 others, $662,873.