This story was originally published in the Queen's Gazette
The Government of Canada has announced support for over 125 Queen’s researchers through the federal funding agencies and the Canada Research Chair programs, 14 of which are in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS).
Announced by The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (ISED), the support comes as part of a bundled research announcement under the theme "Supporting BIG ideas!", meant to continue the Government’s historic investments in support of a strong and vibrant world-leading research ecosystem.
The bundled announcement includes funding from a variety of programs under the umbrellas of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Canada Research Chairs program.
The funding will advance the research continuum from fundamental to applied scholarship in FHS. These investments will support emerging and ongoing research in areas of critical importance, such as precision medicine, military family health, particle physics and chronic pain. For more information on each of the funding programs and the Queen’s recipients please see below:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
The goal of SSHRC’s Insight program is to build knowledge and understanding about people, societies, and the world by supporting research excellence in all subject areas eligible for SSHRC funding. Insight grants provide stable support for long-term research initiatives, while the Insight Development grants support research in its initial stages. The grants enable the development of research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches, and/or ideas.
Partnership Development grants provide support for new and existing formal partnerships over four to seven years to advance research, research training, and/or knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities. Partnership funding is intended for formal partnerships between postsecondary institutions and/or organizations of various types.
SSHRC Partnership Development Grants 2020
Canada Research Chairs
Part of a national strategy to attract and retain leading and promising minds, the Canada Research Chairs program aims to make Canada one of the world's top countries in research and development. The program invests approximately $265 million per year to attract and retain some of the world's most accomplished and promising researchers. Queen’s is currently home to 51 Canada Research Chairs across a variety of disciplines.
Canada Research Chair (CRC) Renewals
Principal Investigator
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Affiliation
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Project Title
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Mark Ormiston |
Biomedical and Molecular Sciences; Medicine; Surgery |
Tier 2 - CRC in Regenerative Cardiovascular Medicine |
The study of Natural Killer (NK) cells in the development of diseases such as pulmonary arterial hypertension: this research could lead to the creation of new immune-based treatments that could reverse changes made in a person’s lungs.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
The Discovery program supports ongoing research with long-term goals. These multi-year grants recognize the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances. Discovery program grants are considered “grants in aid” of research, as they provide long-term operating funds and can facilitate access to funding from other programs, but are not meant to support the full costs of a research program.
NSERC Discovery Program Grants 2020/2021
Principal Investigator
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Affiliation
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Project Title
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Sameh Basta |
Biomedical and Molecular Sciences |
M2a macrophage activation and the regulation of immune functions |
Chantelle Capicciotti |
Chemistry; Biomedical and Molecular Sciences |
Chemical biology tools for probing and discovering glycan-protein interactions |
Che Colpitts |
Biomedical and Molecular Sciences |
Membrane rearrangement by positive-sense RNA viruses: Molecular mechanisms and cellular responses |
Jason Gallivan |
Psychology; Biomedical and Molecular Sciences |
Human functional neuroimaging stimulus presentation and data collection system for studies of action, perception and decision-making |
Frederick Kan |
Biomedical and Molecular Sciences |
Oviductal regulation of gamete interaction and reproductive function |
Christopher Lohans |
Biomedical and Molecular Sciences |
Mechanistic enzymology of beta-lactam antibiotic resistance mechanisms and target proteins |
Alan Lomax |
Medicine; Biomedical and Molecular Sciences |
Analysis of the vagal afferent innervation of the mouse colon |
Anna Panchenko |
Biomedical and Molecular Sciences; Pathology and Molecular Medicine; School of Computing |
Deciphering the mechanisms of modulation of DNA accessibility in chromatin: Discovery of novel pioneer transcription factors |
David Reed |
Medicine |
Inhibition of visceral sensation by cannabinoids in the gastrointestinal tract |
Patrick Stroman |
Biomedical and Molecular Sciences |
Functional MRI investigation of spinal cord resting-state networks and their physiological relevance |
Myron Szewczuk |
Biomedical and Molecular Sciences |
Nobel biased G-protein coupled receptor-signalling paradigm regulating growth factor and pathogen-sensing receptors |