Recent Awards and Grants
Chun Peng-CIHR


Chun Peng (Biology) was successful in obtaining two CIHR operating grants for the following projects: 1) "cyclin G2 in ovarian cancer development" and 2) "Modulation of Nodal signaling pathway by microRNAs and their involvement in preeclampsia".
 
Laurence Packer-Rachel Carson Environmental Book Award
Congratulations to Laurence Packer (Biology) who won 3rd place in the
Rachel Carson Environment Book Award for his book: "Why All Bees Are at Risk and What We Can Do to Save Them", HarperCollins (Toronto, 2010)
 
Sunil Bisnath-NSERC Engage
Sunil Bisnath (ESSE) has been awarded NSERC Engage grant for his project "Design of a light aircraft data acquisition system" with an industrial partner: Found Aircraft Canada Inc.

 
Jianhong Wu-Fields Institute
Jianhong Wu (Mathematics & Statistic) has been appointed as Fields Institute Fellow  in recognition of outstanding contributions to the Fields Institute and its activities. It is a lifetime appointment.


 
NSERC Engage-Jinjun Shan


Jinjun Shan (ESSE) has successfully obtained funding

from the NSERC Engage program to work on "Dynamics modelling of smart actuator system with hysteresis" wiht Industry partner MPB Communications Inc.

 
Michael Nielsen

Michael Nielsen, new adjunct professor at FSE has won a grant from Open Society Institute to conduct: "Open Science Lecture Tour and Outreach". He will conduct a lecture tour to raise awareness of the benefits of open science to key stakeholders at events in North America and Europe. Raising awareness of open science is one of the program objectives the Information Program will focus our open science work on over the next two years. Michael Nielsen is a leader in the field of open science and is well-placed to raise the profile of this developing field.

 
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