Past Projects


Successful Scientific Grant Applications

Projects Supplied with Editing, Writing and/or Document Design Services Researchers

Award
(US$ assumed
at par with C$)

    Tarek El-Bialy
    (U. of Alberta) et al.

    US $1,042,545
    over 3 years
    2010 Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Resources

    D. Graham Pearson
    (U. of Alberta, formerly at Durham U. in the UK)

    $10,000,000
    over 7 years
    plus $10,000,000
    in matching funds (not included in the total)

    2009 Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) of Canada:
    Carbon Management Canada
    NCE
    Stephen Larter
    (U. of Calgary) et al.
    $25,000,000
    over 5 years
    plus $25,000,000
    in matching funds (not included in the total)
    2009 Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) New Initiatives Fund (NIF):
    Cell and Tissue Innovation Research Centre (CTIRC)
    .
    [This was the largest of the four grants awarded to the U. of Alberta in this CFI competition.]
    Gregory Korbutt
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    $10,573,340
    over 4 years
    2009 CFI NIF: Essential Infrastructure for the
    Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases.
    [This was the second largest of the four grants awarded to the U. of Alberta in this CFI competition.]
    David Westaway
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    $3,956,872
    over 4 years
    2008 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) Team Grant: Smart Neural Prostheses to Restore Motor and Sensory Function Vivian Mushahwar
    (U. of Alberta),
    Zelma Kiss
    (U. of Calgary),
    Richard Stein
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    $5,000,000
    over 5 years
    2007 Alberta Ingenuity Fund (Grant Renewal):
    Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science
    David Bundle
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    $12,500,000
    over 5 years
    2007 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) Team Grant: The Preterm Birth and Healthy Outcomes Team David Olson
    (U. of Alberta),
    Suzanne Tough
    (U. of Calgary) et al.
    $5,000,000
    over 5 years
    2007 AHFMR Senior Scholar Award: Dissecting the Functional Roles of RNA Based Regulation during Embryonic Development and Differentiation Andrew Simmonds
    (U. of Alberta)
    $945,000
    over 7 years
    2007 AHFMR Health Scholar Award: Active Surveillance to Access the Safety of Common Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Therapies Sunita Vohra
    (U. of Alberta)
    $945,000
    over 7 years
    2007 AHFMR Clinical Investigator Award: Cerebral Perfusion and Blood Pressure in Intercerebral Hemorrhage: A Safety Study Ken Butcher
    (U. of Alberta)
    $770,000
    over 7 years
    2007 AHFMR Scholar Award: Cell Biology of the Immune Receptor Dectin-1 Nicolas Touret
    (U. of Alberta)
    $770,000
    over 7 years
    2007 AHFMR Scholar Award: The Role of Phase II Metabolism and MRP Transport in Carcinogen Detoxification Elaine Leslie
    (U. of Alberta)
    $770,000
    over 7 years
    2007 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant: Role of the Ufd2a Protein in Tumorigenesis Roger Leng
    (U. of Alberta)
    $360,399
    over 3 years
    2007 CIHR Operating Grant: Evidence-based medicine and complementary and alternative medicine: An opportunity for N- of-1 trials Sunita Vohra
    (U. of Alberta)
    $ 337,782
    over 3 years
    2007 Alberta Cancer Board (ACB) New Investigator Grant: Investigations of MRP-mediated Carcinogen Transport Elaine Leslie
    (U. of Alberta)
    $47,076
    2007 ACB Pilot Project Grant: Investigation of the GSTP1-1 Plasma Membrane Association Elaine Leslie
    (U. of Alberta)
    $29,765
    2006 Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) New Initiatives Fund (NIF): Alberta Institute for Viral Immunology. [This was the largest of the four grants awarded to the U. of Alberta in this CFI competition.] David Evans
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    $9,970,564
    over 4 years
    2006 CFI NIF: Canadian Centre for Isotopic Microanalysis. [This was the second largest of the four grants awarded to the U. of Alberta in this CFI competition.] Thomas Stachel
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    $5,286,380
    over 4 years
    2006 Alberta Science Research Investment Program (ASRIP) Research Infrastructure Fund: Canadian Centre for Isotopic Microanalysis Thomas Stachel
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    $4,400,000
    over 4 years
    2006 AHFMR Scholar Award (including a research prize, a major equipment grant, an establishment operating grant and a research allowance): Lipid Metabolism Dysregulation in Huntington's Disease Simonetta Sipione
    (U. of Alberta)
    $1,275,000
    over 7 years
    2006 AHFMR Health Scholar Award (including a research prize): Population Health Approaches in Preventing Overweight and Obesity Paul Veugelers
    (U. of Alberta)
    $964,000
    over 7 years
    2006 AHFMR Senior Scholar Award: Restoration of Function after Spinal Cord Injury Vivian Mushahwar
    (U. of Alberta)
    $945,000
    over 7 years
    2006 CIHR Operating Grant Renewal: Dissecting the Role of the Drosophila Gw Family of Cytoplasmic RNA Binding Proteins Andrew Simmonds
    (U. of Alberta)
    $514,000
    over 5 years
    2006 CIHR Operating Grant: The Role of Transport Proteins in Cellular Defense Elaine Leslie
    (U. of Alberta)
    $359,838
    over 3 years
    2006 CIHR Operating Grant: Dysregulation of Lipid Metabolism in HD [Huntington’s Disease] Simonetta Sipione
    (U. of Alberta)
    $322,560
    over 3 years
    2006 CIHR Operating Grant: Intraspinal Neuroprosthesis for Restoring Function after Spinal Cord Injury Vivian Mushahwar
    (U. of Alberta)
    $292,080
    over 3 years
    2006 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant: Affinity Techniques for Detection and Study of Viable Pathogenic Microorganisms Xingfang Li
    (U. of Alberta)
    $277,150
    over 5 years
    2006 NSERC Strategic Grant: Design of Highly Integrated Wireless Platform for Vital Sign Monitoring* James W. Haslett
    (U. of Calgary)
    $149,500
    [first of 3 years]
    2005 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Team Grant:
    Sensory Cueing, Neuroplasticity and Motor Rehabilitation
    Bin Hu, Ian Wishaw
    (U. of Calgary) et al.
    $1,500,000
    over 5 years
    2004 Alberta Ingenuity Fund:
    Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy*
    Pedro R. Almeira Almao
    (U. of Calgary) et al.
    Up to $7,500,000
    over 5 years
    2004 NSERC Strategic Grant: Novel Implementation of Cryptographic Algorithms on Custom Hardware Platforms* Vassil Dimitrov
    (U. of Calgary)et al.
    $506,000
    over 3 years
    2003 CFI Innovation Fund: CFI #9199,
    BioMedical Imaging and Therapy Beamline at the Canadian Light Source
    Dean Chapman
    (U. of Saskatchewan) et al.
    $6,817,376
    over 4 years
    2002 Alberta Ingenuity Fund:
    Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science*
    David Bundle
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    $8,600,000
    over 5 years
    2002 Alberta Ingenuity Fund:
    Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Machine Learning*
    Russell Greiner
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    Up to $7,000,000
    over 5 years
    2001 CFI Innovation Fund:
    CFI #5242, Alberta Centre for Surface Engineering and Science
    Murray Gray
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    $4,979,599
    over 4 years
    2001 Alberta Innovation and Science Research Investment Program (ISRIP): CFI #5242, Alberta Centre for Surface Engineering and Science Murray Gray
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    $4,000,000
    over 4 years
    2001 CFI Innovation Fund:
    CFI #5239, The University of Alberta Protein and Gene Discovery Centre
    D. Jed Harrison
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    $3,824,840
    over 4 years
    2001 ISRIP:
    CFI #5239, The University of Alberta Protein and Gene Discovery Centre
    D. Jed Harrison
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    $1,800,000
    over 4 years
    2000–2001 Alberta Science and Research Authority:
    Alberta Synchrotron Institute and Beamlines at the Canadian Light Source
    Michael James
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    $9,800,000
    over 4 years
    2000–2001 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research:
    Alberta Synchrotron Institute and Beamlines at the Canadian Light Source
    Michael James
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    $3,000,000
    over 4 years
    2000–2001 Western Economic Diversification Canada:
    Alberta Synchrotron Institute
    Ronald G. Cavell
    (U. of Alberta) et al.
    $1,500,000
    over 4 years
    Total

    $164,297,031

    * Contracted through A. L. Storrier Consulting Ltd.


    Major Research Report and Bibliography

    Ken Schmidt, Stan Backs, Kathy Janzen and Yvon Theriault. Nanotechnology in the Environment Industry: Opportunities and Trends (Final Report and Bibliography for the Nano-Environmental Cross-Sector Initiative). Edmonton: Environmental Services Association of Alberta, March 4, 2005 (303 pp., 2.8 MB PDF file or 7.0 MB Word file with active links) [co-researched, co-wrote, designed and edited].

    Ken Schmidt, Stan Backs, Kathy Janzen and Yvon Theriault. Nanotechnology in the Environment Industry: Opportunities and Trends (Final Report and Bibliography for the Nano-Environmental Cross-Sector Initiative). Poster presentation at 2005 NanoForum Canada, Montreal, QC, June 15–17, 2005 [co-researched, co-wrote, designed and edited].

    Research Grant Reports, Activity Reports and Annual Reports

    Final report for Health Canada grant HPRP #6795-15-2001/4400013: Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events and Health Effects in Alberta by C.L. Soskolne et al., U. of Alberta, 2004 (approximately 400 pp. including appendices) [edited].*

    Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science Year II Annual Report, Financial Report, Business Plan, and Budget, David Bundle et al., U. of Alberta, 2004 [edited].*

    Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science Year-End Report 2002-2003, David Bundle et al., U. of Alberta, 2003 [edited].*

    Canadian Light Source Activity Report 1999–2001, Canadian Light Source, University of Saskatchewan, 2002 [designed, edited (text, photos graphics and tables), did layout and formatting, and prepared files for commercial printing as well as electronic publishing].

    ASI Industrial Science Project Annual Report for FY2003 (Alberta Synchrotron Institute, 2004) [designed and edited].

    ASI Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2001 (Alberta Synchrotron Institute, 2002) [designed and edited].

    ASI First Summary Report (Alberta Synchrotron Institute, 2001) [designed and edited].

    Alberta Synchrotron Initiative: December 1999 to March 2000 (DK3 Scientific Ltd., 2000) [designed and edited].

    * Contracted through A. L. Storrier Consulting Ltd.

    Books and Manuals

    CMOS Imagers: From Phototransduction to Image Processing. Orly Yadid-Pecht and Ralph Etienne-Cummings, eds. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004. (257 pp.) [edited].

    National Guidelines for Hazardous Waste Landfills, Canadian Council of the Ministers of the Environment, 3rd edition, March 2003 (approximately 104 pp. including appendices) [edited].

    Peer Reviewed Articles and Patents

    Orly Yadid-Pecht and Evgeny Artyomov, “Modified high-order neural network for invariant pattern recognition,” Pattern Recognition Letters 26 (2005) 843–851 [edited].

    Two organometallic chemistry papers accepted for publication in the Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2003 [edited].

    A commercial patent application to the U.S. Patent Office (JAJB Innovations Inc., 1998) [edited].

    Other Print Documents

    [Prepared for the Alberta Synchrotron Institute, DK3 Scientific Ltd., the Association of the Chemical Profession of Alberta, and the Edmonton Section of the Chemical Institute of Canada].

    Program books for twelve scientific workshops and meetings [co-wrote, designed and edited].
     
    Flyers, advertisements, display booths, tabletop displays, and poster displays for scientific exhibitions and special events [co-wrote, designed and edited].

    General and technical brochures, news articles, press releases, backgrounders and newsletters [co-wrote, designed and edited].

    Other Electronic Documents

    [Prepared for the Alberta Synchrotron Institute, Canadian Tool (Montreal, QC), the Association of the Chemical Profession of Alberta, and the Edmonton Section of the Chemical Institute of Canada].

    Ten commercial and scientific websites [edited or designed and edited the initial editions].

    ASI Synchrotron Glossary for the Alberta Synchrotron Institute [researched, wrote, designed and edited the initial edition].

                    
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