The Government of Canada has announced significant funding awards for University of Waterloo researchers, with Faculty of Engineering scholars receiving grants for impactful projects in technology, sustainability, and health. This funding, awarded through the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), aims to advance critical areas of research and infrastructure. Charmaine Dean, vice-president of Research and International at Waterloo, congratulated these researchers, noting the importance of this support in fostering innovation across vital research domains.
Insight Grant Recipients
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Dr. Janet Boekhorst – The inclusion warriors: An event system perspective of high performers in fostering workgroup inclusion – $162,628
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Dr. Shavin Malhotra – CEO dyads: Unveiling personality dynamics in joint corporate strategies – $173,831
Insight Development Grant Recipients
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Dr. Victor Cui – Geopolitical tension and inventor mobility – $64,113
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Dr. Moojan Ghafurian – Developing a personalizable robotic system for enhancing children's emotion knowledge – $75,000
John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) Recipients
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Dr. Christian Euler – Scalable biomanufacturing for a net-zero economy – $84,721
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Dr. Moojan Ghafurian – Social robots for supporting older adults and children – $95,000
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Dr. Yilan Liu – Developing synthetic symbiotic bacterial consortia for mixed plastic upcycling – $80,000
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Dr. Alana Lund – Uncertainty-aware structural identification testbed for bridge infrastructure – $110,000
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Dr. Elisabeth Prince – Injectable filamentous hydrogels for regenerative medicine – $92,689
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Dr. Joshua Pulsipher – CPU-GPU accelerated optimal process design and control to rigorously model space-time – $80,000
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Dr. Pezhouhan Tavassoti-Kheiry – Developing next generation of green pavement technologies – $105,000
This investment supports the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Engineering in pioneering research initiatives that are poised to transform industries and improve society's technological and environmental resilience.
Go to More than $3.3 million awarded to Waterloo researchers for more.