69传媒faculty members awarded funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Eight faculty members at the 69传媒 have been awarded a total of $988,500 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
The funding for 69传媒was part of a federal made on June 14 in support of discovery and applied research in Canada by Yasir Naqvi, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, and Ryan Turnbull, Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, on behalf of the Honourable Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry.
Dr. Greg Naterer, vice-president, academic and research at UPEI, congratulated the faculty members on their success.
鈥淲e are proud of UPEI鈥檚 award-winning faculty researchers,鈥� he said. 鈥淲ith this support from NSERC, they will continue to apply their expertise to create new knowledge in diverse fields, and strengthen the University鈥檚 reputation of excellence in research, nationally and internationally.鈥�
Dr. Paul Bernard, Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, received a discovery grant of $29,000 per year for five years and a one-year discovery launch supplement of $12,500, totalling $157,500, for a project titled 鈥淯ltrasound as a pervasive environmental acoustic: Implications for rodent models.鈥�
Dr. Mark Fast, Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, received a discovery development grant of $20,000 per year over two years, for a total of $40,000, for a project titled 鈥淢anipulating lower vertebrate immunity to enhance resistance to pathogens.鈥�
Dr. Joel Ross, Biology, Faculty of Science, received a discovery development grant of $20,000 per year over two years, for a total of $40,000, for a project titled 鈥淒eciphering gene regulation by neuronal long noncoding RNAs.鈥�
Dr. Stephanie Shaw, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, received a discovery grant of $27,000 per year for five years and a one-year discovery launch supplement of $12,500, totalling $147,500, for a project titled 鈥淭he Future of future energy: An exploration of future energy systems and forecasting future sustainability implications.鈥�
Dr. Nasser Sadd, School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, received $28,000 per year over five years, for a total of $140,000, for a project called 鈥淏ridging analysis and physics via asymptotic iteration method and special functions.鈥�
Dr. Sara Sadri, Canada Research Chair in Remote Sensing and Water Security, received a discovery grant of $26,000 per year over five years and a one-year discovery launch supplement of $12,500, for a total award of $142,500, for a project titled 鈥淎dvancing science of food-energy-water nexus under climate change.鈥�
Dr. Michael van den Heuvel, Biology, Faculty of Science, received a discovery grant of $48,000 per year over five years, totalling $240,000, for a project titled 鈥淐ellular mechanisms of toxic action of petroleum pollutants.鈥�
Also, included in the funding announcement were grants awarded under PromoScience, a federal science promotion and outreach program. Dr. Amy Hsiao, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, received a grant of $27,000 per year for three years, totalling $81,000, for a project titled 鈥淚nclusion of diversity in engineering and leadership in sustainability (IDEaLS).鈥�
69传媒acknowledges the assistance of Canada鈥檚 tri-council of federal granting agencies鈥擭atural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)鈥攖hrough its Research Support Fund, which helps fund services and infrastructure that support research activities at the University. In 2024鈥�25, 69传媒was allocated $1,041,691 from the RSF.
