Congratulations to our 2022/23 funding recipients. Thank you for helping to uncover the best solutions to Nova Scotia’s biggest challenges.
Project: Integrated framework for waste glass recycling in Nova Scotia: Economical, engineering and sustainability assessments
Dr. Claver Diallo
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $100,000
Key Words: waste glass, reuse, recycling, engineering, environmental impact
Project: Water Surveillance: Emergency Preparedness and Innovation Opportunities
Dr. Graham Gagnon
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $1,103,660
Key Words: COVID-19, climate change, public health, wastewater, algal blooms, cyanobacteria
https://researchns.ca/2023/03/27/research-nova-scotia-investing-1-1-million-in-water-surveillance-to-support-rapid-decision-making-for-partners-and-public-decision-makers/
Project: The Flaxmobile Project: From Producer to Maker, Closing the Material Security Gap Across Mi’kma’ki
Dr. Jennifer Green
NSCAD University
RNS Funding Contribution: $232,524.52
Key Words: flax processing, sustainable textiles, Mi’kma’ki, flax farming, fibre flax, flax by-products
https://researchns.ca/2023/04/25/nscad-professor-jennifer-greens-flaxmobile-project-recieves-support-from-research-nova-scotia/
Project: Building Research for Integrated Primary Healthcare in Nova Scotia (BRIC NS)
Dr. Ruth Lavergne
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $600,000
Key Words: family medicine, health, primary healthcare
Project: The GAYA Study – Exploring the Genetic Architecture of Youth Anxiety
Dr. Sandra Meier
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $25,000
Funding Partners: Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)
Key Words: psychiatry, youth anxiety, genetic architecture
Project: Do far-UVC light devices reduce the incidence of influenza-like illnesses, respiratory illnesses, and COVID-19 infections in long-term care facilities?
Dr. Kenneth Rockwood
Nova Scotia Health
RNS Funding Contribution: $1,108,594
Key Words: long-term care, COVID-19, UV lights, respiratory viral infections, frailty
https://researchns.ca/2023/06/07/research-nova-scotia-investing-an-additional-1-1-million-in-infection-control-research-in-long-term-care-facilities/
Project: CAN-THUMBS-UP
Dr. Kenneth Rockwood & Dr. Tanya Brann-Barrett
Cape Breton University (CBU), Centre of Excellence for Healthy Aging
RNS Funding Contribution: $119,554.40
Project: Using a Mobile App to Support Former Youth in Care
Dr. Steven Smith
Saint Mary’s University (SMU)
RNS Funding Contribution: $40,000
Key Words: psychology, mobile app, former youth in care
Project: Beyond the Numbers: Understanding disparities in the under-represented Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Population
Dr. Sanja Stanojevic
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $198,500
Funding Partners: Cystic Fibrosis Canada (CF)
Key Words: Cystic Fibrosis, community health and epidemiology, home spirometry, health inequities, social determinants of health
Project: Advancing methodologies to understand the effects of climate change on lung health
Dr. Sanja Stanojevic
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $79,750
Total Project Value: $108,000
Funding Partners: Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI) Atlantic
Key Words: Atlantic Climate Research Collaboration, climate change, lung health, respiratory health data
https://researchns.ca/2023/09/05/research-nova-scotia-and-canssi-atlantic-announcing-over-273000-in-climate-change-funding/
Project: Atlantic Cancer Consortium (2023 – 2025)
Dr. Robin Urqhart
Nova Scotia Health
RNS Funding Contribution: $600,000
Funding Partners: Terry Fox Research Institute
Key Words: Atlantic Cancer Consortium
https://www.tfri.ca/
Project: Empowering Women and Girls
Dr. Kristin Williams
Prudentia Institute
RNS Funding Contribution: $125,000
Key Words: empowering women, Prudentia
https://prudentiainstitute.ca/programs/empowering-women-and-girls/
Project: Bringing community and research together
Engage Nova Scotia Civic Engagement Society
Engage Nova Scotia
RNS Funding Contribution: $45,000
Funding Partners: Engage Nova Scotia
Key Words: African Nova Scotian, communities, student retention, researchers
Project: Partnering to Implement Engage Nova Scotia’s Sustainable Development Goals Program
Engage Nova Scotia Civic Engagement Society
Engage Nova Scotia
RNS Funding Contribution: $7,500
Funding Partners: Engage Nova Scotia
Key Words: sustainable development goals, Nova Scotia
Project: Behavioural Science Poverty Research Program: Increasing Uptake In Supportive Programming
Pier Labs
Pier Labs
RNS Funding Contribution: $100,000
Key Words: poverty, behavioural science
Project: ACENET: Supercomputing in Atlantic Canada (2022-23)
Dalhousie University
ACENET
RNS Funding Contribution: $400,000
Key Words: computing support, consortium, data-based research
https://ace-net.ca/