QHS researchers secure funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

News & Announcements | 24 Jul 2026

Researchers at Queen's University have been awarded over $14 million in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) through the 2026 Discovery Research Program, NSERC’s largest annual investment.

NSERC Discovery funding supports excellence in discovery research and equips researchers with the long-term resources needed to advance scientific knowledge, develop innovative solutions to complex challenges, and train the next generation of researchers and highly qualified personnel.

"Discovery-driven research is the foundation of innovation and societal progress," says Nancy Ross, Vice-Principal Research. "This significant investment from NSERC recognizes the excellence of Queen's researchers and will support transformative work across a wide range of disciplines while creating valuable opportunities for student training and mentorship."

Funding awarded to QHS faculty include:

Douglas Munoz (Biomedical and Molecular Sciences): Understanding saccade, pupil, and blink components of orienting behaviour – $315,000
Shetuan Zhang (Biomedical and Molecular Sciences): Molecular mechanisms underlying reactive oxygen species-mediated regulation of Kv1.5 potassium channels – $270,000
Sebastien Talbot (Biomedical and Molecular Sciences): Nociceptor neurons control T cells behavior – $240,000
Alan Lomax (Biomedical and Molecular Sciences): Mechanisms of sex-dependent differences in vagal afferent neuronal activity – $220,000
Emily Oby (Biomedical and Molecular Sciences): Neural population mechanisms of learning – $220,000 plus a Discovery Launch Supplement for early career researchers of $12,500
Patrick Stroman (Biomedical and Molecular Sciences): Development of structural and physiological modeling of functional MRI data in order to understand the functions of interconnected regions across the central nervous system – $220,000

Read more about the full list of funded projects led by researchers across Queen’s. For more information, read the NSERC announcement.

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QHS researchers secure funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

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