Physics & Astronomy Researchers awarded $3.95 million in NSERC funding

The Department of Physics & Astronomy is pleased to celebrate the remarkable success of our faculty in the latest Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) funding round.

Out of the $8.76 million awarded across the Faculty of Science, Physics & Astronomy researchers secured $3,954,798 across 13 projects. These grants, spanning NSERC’s Individual Discovery Grants and Subatomic Physics Discovery Grants, will support crucial research over the next five years in areas ranging from dark matter and exoplanets to quantum systems and subatomic physics.

Congratulations to all our department researchers on this well-deserved recognition and support for their ongoing research!

Explore the complete list of grant recipients across the entire Faculty of Science by reading the full UVic Science NSERC Funding Announcement.