Balancing rigorous academics with the demands of varsity athletics is no small feat, but Aidan Iapicco
Kinesiology and Health Sciences Professor Lora Giangregorio has been awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Bone Health and Exercise Science, with a funding allotment of $1.4 million.
She also received a $75,000 grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) that is associated with this CRC.
University of Waterloo researchers, staff and students have a strong tradition of working together to effectively address local and global challenges. Several outstanding members of the Waterloo community have been recognized for those efforts with the King Charles III Coronation Medal.
Home to the largest Faculty of Environment in Canada, Waterloo has catalyzed environmental innovation, solutions and talent for 50 years.
For many years, our researchers have been responding to the climate crisis with purpose-driven research and sustainable technologies to help design policies that will protect our environment and support a sustainable future.
Drs. Geoff Bardwell and Zahid Butt, both researchers in Waterloo’s School of Public Health Sciences, have received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in the latest competition
Seven quantum researchers at the University of Waterloo have been awarded more than $1.3 million to advance research in quantum communications and quantum sensing and detection.
The funding is made possible through a collaboration with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) programs.
The University of Waterloo’s Climate Institute has secured $1.2 million in grant funding from the Natural Resources Canada’s Climate Change Adaptation Program to strengthen climate change adaptation capacity in Canada and abroad. This funding will support two transformative projects integrating climate change adaptation into professional degree programs and developing tools to build resilient supply chains.
Thirteen University of Waterloo researchers have received $16.2 million for 16 projects advancing quantum science and technology.
Sherry Romanado, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, along with Professor Alejandro Adem, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), announced the funding at the INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre in Varennes, Québec.
Students in Waterloo Region will have fewer financial barriers to post-secondary education thanks to a commitment of more than $3 million from the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation.
Divided between Wilfrid Laurier University, the University of Waterloo, and Conestoga College, the foundation’s investment will create the Hallman Foundation Scholars Awards for residents of Waterloo Region who demonstrate financial need.
The awards will be open to students registered in any program at one of the three institutions.