Last week, the Government of Canada announced research funding through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)’s largest and longest-standing program, the Discovery Grants. We are proud to share that several of our department members were successful in acquiring funds:

Research Tools and Instruments Grants Program

  • Kevin Stamplecoskie: Benchmarking X-rays Scintillator Efficiency with Atomically Precise Clusters – $108,107

Discovery Grants (Individual) Program

  • Diane Beauchemin: Pragmatic Methods for Forensic Analysis and for Risk Assessment of Food and Pharmaceutical Products Safety – $48,000
  • Simon Hesp: Towards a Better Understanding of Oxidative and Thermo-Reversible Aging in Asphalt Cement – $48,000

Discovery Launch Supplements

  • Rachel Baker (Chemical Engineering; cross-appointed to Chemistry): Exploring the Landscape of Electrochemical Reactions and Improving Process Sustainability through Paired Synthesis – $12,500

Also announced was the re-appointment of Cathleen Crudden as the Canada Research Chair in Metal Organic Chemistry, with $1.4 million in funding support.

Congratulations everyone!

You can get more details in the Gazette: https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/funding-boost-promising-research.

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