The Canadian Foundation for Innovation recently awarded $1.4 million for UBC research projects, including two projects led by Faculty of Medicine researchers Bradley S. Quon and Soren Gantt.
Faculty of Medicine researchers Soren Gantt and Bradley S. Quon are among ten UBC researchers who received a combined $1.4 million in funding for their research projects this week from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
Dr. Gantt, Associate Professor with the Division of Infection Diseases in the Department of Pediatrics, received $120,800 for his research project, Reducing Morbidity Due to Human Herpes Virus Infections.
Dr. Quon, Assistant Professor with the Department of Medicine, received $124,720 for his research project, Blood Protein Signatures to Enable Personalized Care in Cystic Fibrosis.
The John R. Evans Leaders Fund helps universities attract and retain researchers by providing funding for tools and laboratory equipment, infrastructure and operating costs.
“The Canada Foundation for Innovation is supporting 10 UBC research projects in engineering, science, medicine and more,” said John Hepburn, UBC vice-president, research and international. “This funding provides our researchers with the tools and equipment that will advance research and examine some of the complex issues facing our society.”
The UBC funding was part of $23 million in funding for 95 projects announced on Monday by the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science.
“Investments like today’s in Canada’s research infrastructure are incredibly important to the nation’s future,” said Duncan. “They give Canadian researchers the tools they need to make new discoveries that will better the lives of Canadians today and for years to come.”
UBC projects that received funding:
Deciphering Mechanisms Regulating Neuronal Caspase Activity, $300,000
Phil Barker, UBC’s Okanagan campus
Mobile Channel Dynamics Monitoring Laboratory, $125,000
Brett Eaton, Faculty of Arts, Geography
Reducing Morbidity Due to Human Herpes Virus Infections, $120,800
Soren Gantt, Faculty of Medicine
Computing Infrastructure for Automated Design, Optimisation and Customisation of Performance-Critical Software, $155,000
Holger H. Hoos, Faculty of Science, Computer Science
Infrastructure for Bionanomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research, $125,000
Keekyoung Kim, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC’s Okanagan campus
Pediatric Inactivity Physiology Laboratory, $104,820
Alison McManus, Faculty of Health & Social Development, UBC’s Okanagan campus
Blood Protein Signatures to Enable Personalized Care in Cystic Fibrosis, $124,720
Bradley S. Quon, Faculty of Medicine
Infrastructure for Plant Research on Environmental Stresses (PRESS), $125,000
Abel Rosado Rey, Faculty of Science, botany
Molecular Characterization of Salmonella Enterica in Food Supply Systems, $68,190
Siyun Wang, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Development of the Translational Integrative Physiology Laboratory, $155,000
Chris West, Faculty of Education, Kinesiology