Congratulations to our 2023/24 funding recipients. Thank you for helping to uncover the best solutions to Nova Scotia’s biggest challenges.
Project: Accelerating Innovation: ACENET
Dr. Jennifer Bain
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $877,973
Key Words: digital research infrastructure, supercomputing, AI and machine learning, skills development, high performance computing, research data management
https://ace-net.ca/
Project: Dementia Community Investment (DCI) project
Dr. Tanya Brann-Barrett
Cape Breton University (CBU), Centre of Excellence for Healthy Aging
RNS Funding Contribution: $45,000.00
Project: The Social Implications of Agri-Genomics: Ensuring a Just Transition to Climate-Resilient Agricultural and Food Systems in Canada
Dr. Claver Diallo
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $195,518.00
Total Project Value: $3,177,511.00
Funding Partners: Genome Canada
Key Words: Genome Canada, agri-genomics, Just Transition Planning, climate resilient food systems in Canada, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), agro-biodiversity, quantitative modelling of food supply chains
https://genomecanada.ca/canada-invests-in-world-leading-climate-smart-agriculture-and-food-systems-through-genomics/
Project: Books By Heart: Can communal bibliotherapy on a cardiac inpatient unit reduce adverse outcomes at one year by bolstering patients’ self-efficacy and reducing anxiety and depression?
Dr. Gabrielle Horne
University of King’s College
RNS Funding Contribution: $190,470
Key Words: depression, heart attack, bibliotherapy, cardiac inpatient, anxiety
Project: Ocean Tracking Network
Dr. Sara Iverson
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $1,200,000
Total Project Value: $67,736,095
Funding Partners: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Key Words: movement ecology, fisheries management, oceanography, animal tracking, climate change, ocean technology
https://oceantrackingnetwork.org/
Project: Growing Multidisciplinary Interest in the Oldest Old
Dr. Janice Keefe
Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU), Nova Scotia Centre for Aging
RNS Funding Contribution: $25,000
Funding Partners: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Key Words: aging, CIHR
Project: Strengthening global and regional health security through surveillance of emerging Poxviruses in humans, domestic and peri-domestic animals, and wildlife
Dr. David Kelvin
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $250,000
Total Project Value: $850,000
Funding Partners: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, African Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Key Words: ecological, zoonotic, interventions and risk management, public health, monkeypox virus, zoonotic viruses, wastewater
https://researchns.ca/2023/06/19/research-nova-scotia-invests-250k-in-dalhousie-university-research-team-for-emerging-poxvirus-surveillance/
Project: Coastal Vulnerability along the Northumberland Strait, Cumberland County and Statistical Methods and Data Sources to Calculate Return Periods of Water Levels
Dr. Tim Webster Dr. Orla Murphy
Nova Scotia Community College, Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $165,222
Key Words: coastal planning, climate change, Atlantic Climate Research Collaboration, coastal flood vulnerability
https://researchns.ca/2023/09/05/research-nova-scotia-and-canssi-atlantic-announcing-over-273000-in-climate-change-funding/
Project: Maximizing positive outcomes for biodiversity, recreation, and carbon market valuation through Nova Scotia’s transition to ecological forestry: A five-year interdisciplinary program for research and knowledge exchange
Dr. Alana Westwood
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $1,574,720
Total Project Value: $1,574,720
Funding Partners: Forestry Innovation Transition Trust (FITT)
Key Words: forestry research program, forestry, research agenda, value carbon, ecological forestry, habitat connectivity, carbon sequestration, valuation, environmental studies
https://researchns.ca/2023/05/09/dalhousie-forestry-research-team-receives-1-57-million-to-study-nova-scotian-forests/