Dr. Deborah Saucier Early Researcher Award results
2019 results
The program was highly competitive overall. The Office of Research Services has provided program statistics below for information.
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Total number of applications received to the |
19 |
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Total funding requested by applicants: |
$475,000 |
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Total funding envelope available for the program: |
$25,000 |
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Total number of awards granted: |
One $25,000 award |
2019 Dr. Deborah Saucier Early Researcher Award Recipient
Heather Sprenger, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
Project title: “Effects of cooling inactive muscle on performance in the heat of Paralympic athletes”
Award amount: $25,000
The decision was made by a multi‐disciplinary Selection Committee formed by the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI), which includes:
Voting members:
- Denina Simmons, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science
- Adam Dubrowski, Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Bin Chang, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
- Kirk Atkinson, Associate Professor - Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science
Facilitators/advisors:
- Jennifer Freeman, Executive Director, Office of Research Services
- Ewa Stewart, Grants Officer, Office of Research Services
2018 results
The program was highly competitive overall. The Office of Research Services has provided program statistics below for information.
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Total number of applications received to the |
24 |
| Total funding requested by applicants: | $594,940 |
| Total funding envelope available for the program: | $100,000 |
| Total number of awards granted: | Four awards granted, each at $25,000 |
Dr. Deborah Saucier Early Researcher Award recipients
- Carlos Rossa, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (FEAS)
- Project title: Smart Needles with micro impedance sensors for detecting and treating breast, prostate and gynecological cancers
- Award amount: $25,000
- Mehran Ebrahimi, PhD, Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Faculty of Science (FSci)
- Project title: Efficient Computational Approaches for Medical Image Processing
- Award amount: $25,000
- Olena V. Zenkina, PhD, Assistant, Professor, FSci
- Project title: Molecularly defined ‘smart’ surface enhanced functional materials
- Award amount: $25,000
- Pejman Mirza-Babaei, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Information Technology (FBIT)
- Project title: Framework for AI-based games UX evaluation
- Award amount: $25,000
The decision was made by a multi‐disciplinary Selection Committee formed by the Vice-President Research, Innovation and International (VPRII), which includes:
Chair:
- Douglas Holdway, PhD, Interim Vice-President Research, Innovation and International
Voting members:
- Bernadette Murphy, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS)
- Andrea Slane, PhD, Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Programs, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (FSSH)
- Anthony Waker, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science (FESNS)
- Karthik Sankaranarayanan, PhD, Assistant Professor, FBIT
- Janice Strap, PhD, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, FSci
- Shahryar Rahnamayan, PhD, Associate Professor, FEAS
- Langis Roy, PhD, Dean, School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Facilitators/advisors:
- Colleen McKay, Grants Officer, VPRII
- Lisa Kozycz, Grants Officer, VPRII
