Past Projects
- A series
of successful scientific grant applications
totalling over C$160 million in new funding for the University of Alberta,
the University of Calgary, and the University of Saskatchewan [primarily
editing and document design].
- Nanotechnology
in the Environment Industry, a major research report and bibliography
commissioned by various Canadian and Alberta organizations [co-researching,
co-writing, editing and document design].
- National
Guidelines for Hazardous Waste Landfills, a manual published
by the Canadian Council of the Ministers of the Environment that was intended
for owners and operators of hazardous waste landfills [editing].
- An application for a B.C. Environmental Assessment Certificate for the Ruby Creek Molybdenum Mine. This application was a major document (more than 700 pages of text and in excess of 1000 pages of appendices) produced by a large engineering and environmental consulting firm. The application was subsequently successful [editing].
- Research
grant reports, activity reports and annual reports for an Alberta Ingenuity Centre, the Canadian
Light Source, academic researchers, and the Alberta Synchrotron Institute
[editing and document design].
- CMOS
Imagers: From Phototransduction to Image Processing, Orly Yadid-Pecht
and Ralph Etienne-Cummings (eds.): a research monograph in electronic
engineering published by Kluwer Academic Publishers [editing and indexing].
- Peer-reviewed
articles and patents for academic researchers and industry [editing].
- Other
print documents: scientific workshop program books, advertising
brochures, technical trade show displays, scientific conference posters,
news articles, and press releases [document design and editing].
- Other electronic documents: technical websites and an internet glossary [website design and editing].
Successful Scientific Grant Applications
| Projects Supplied with Editing, Writing and/or Document Design Services | Researchers |
Award |
2010 Qatar National Research Fund (Third Cycle): Using Pluripotent Gingival Cells and Ultrasound for Dental/Periodontal Tissue Engineering and Repair
|
Tarek El-Bialy |
US $1,042,545 over 3 years |
| 2010 Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Resources
|
D. Graham Pearson |
$10,000,000 |
| 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.
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].
[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].
[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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