Congratulations to our funding recipients. Research Nova Scotia is helping to ensure Nova Scotia researchers have the tools they need to do their work.
Project Context-dependent Stem Cell Spindle Assembly in Health and Disease
Dr. Lori Borgal
Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU)
RNS Funding Contribution: $281,686
Funding Partners: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Key Words: John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF), biology, stem cell, spindle assembly, health, disease
Project Advanced Batteries for Electric Vehicle and Grid Energy Storage Applications
Dr. Jeff Dahn
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $122,308
Funding Partners: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Key Words: Innovation Fund, batteries, electric vehicle, grid energy, energy storage
Project Cancer risks of Arsenic and Radon environmental Exposures (CARE)
Dr. Graham Dellaire
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $1,727,595
Funding Partners: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Key Words: Innovation Fund, cancer, arsenic, radon
Project ABGC Argo Program for the NW North Atlantic Ocean
Dr. Katja Fennel
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $3,111,591
Funding Partners: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Key Words: Innovation Fund, pathology
Project Advanced Sustainable Energy Technology (ASET) Research Program
Dr. Michael Freund & Dr. Erin Johnson
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $2,725,393
Funding Partners: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Key Words: Innovation Fund, computer science
Project Clean Marine Propulsion Lab
Dr. Wayne Groszko
Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC)
RNS Funding Contribution: $41,095
Funding Partners: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Key Words: College-Industry Innovation Fund (CIIF)
https://www.nscc.ca/appliedresearch/research-news/research-stories/stories/clean-marine-propulsion-lab.asp
https://researchns.ca/2021/08/04/nscc-clean-marine-propulsion-lab/
Project An integrated atmospheric boundary layer observatory to diagnose land-atmosphere interactions
Dr. Manuel Helbig
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $100,000
Funding Partners: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Key Words: Innovation Fund, physics, atmospheric science
Project The Mount Food Research Centre
Dr. Bohdan Luhovyy
Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU)
RNS Funding Contribution: $122,326
Funding Partners: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Key Words: John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF), human nutrition
Project Artificial Intelligence meets Ocean Science (AIOS)
Dr. Stan Matwin
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $1,157,188
Funding Partners: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Key Words: Innovation Fund, computer science, ocean, artificial intelligence
Project Multi-channel On-line Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry (multi-OEMS) for Advanced Battery Research
Dr. Michael Metzger
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $149,977
Funding Partners: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Key Words: Innovation Fund, physics, atmospheric science, battery
Project Next Generation Manufacturing of Advanced Ceramics (NG-MAC)
Dr. Kevin Plucknett & Dr. Vincent Sieben
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $3,305,714
Funding Partners: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Key Words: Innovation Fund, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering
Project Pyrrole Chemistry for Chemical Biology and Energy
Dr. Alison Thompson
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $700,000
Funding Partners: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Key Words: John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
Project Atlantic Canada Centre for the Biology of Insect Overwintering
Dr. Jantina Toxopeus
Saint Francis Xavier University (StFX)
RNS Funding Contribution: $67,879
Funding Partners: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Key Words: John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF), biology
Project Flow Cytometry Station for the examination of cells
Dr. Allison Walker
Acadia University
RNS Funding Contribution: $9,937
Funding Partners: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Key Words: John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)