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By Connor Gunn

U of L receives nearly $4 million in NSERC grants toward research

Jul 9, 2020 | 1:17 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB– Multiple University of Lethbridge researchers are recipients of close to $4 million in new grants.

The grants are being paid out over multiple years through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Discovery research program.

Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Navdeep Bains recently announced more than $492 million in funding to some 2,400 researchers across Canada.

19 researchers were successful in their applications for Discovery grants, which vary in amounts from $23,000 to $65,000, and will aid discoveries in chemistry, biochemistry, biological sciences, neuroscience, mathematics, and computer science, and psychology.

“We are excited to share the news of these grant recipients and extend congratulations to each and every one of them,” says interim vice-president, Dr. Robert Wood.

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“Our success rate of 76 per cent in this granting cycle is well above the national average. This is testament to the skill of our researchers and the significant impact of the work they are doing. It is talented researchers such as these that make the U of L one of Canada’s leading research universities for its size.”

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Below are listed the recipients in each department:

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry: Drs. René Boeré, Paul Hayes, Ute Kothe, Trushar Patel, and Athan Zovoilis.

Department of Biological Sciences: Drs. Matthew Bogard, Julie Lee-Yaw, Jenny McCune, Gregory Pyle, and Stewart Rood.

Department of Neuroscience: Drs. Aaron Gruber, Andrew Iwaniuk, Artur Luczak, Robert McDonald and Masami Tatsuno.

Department of Mathematics & Computer Science: Drs. Andrew Fiori, Habiba Kadiri, and Nathan Ng.

Department of Psychology: Drs. Fangfang Li, David Logue, and Paul Vasey.

In addition, $120,000 was given to Drs. Ute Kothe and Aaron Gruber for Accelerator supplements and four early career researchers: Lee-Yaw, Bogard, McCune, and Fiori, were awarded Discovery Launch supplements, each valued at $12,500.