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Local students get coveted scholarship

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Two students who show promise as outstanding scholars and young leaders are this year's recipients of the prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarships as they enter their first year of studies at the University of Victoria.

New CIHR funding boosts UVic health research

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Battling parasite-borne disease and improving family fitness are the goals of two University of Victoria projects recently awarded funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). With his seven-year, $959,663 foundation grant, exercise psychologist Ryan Rhodes will explore how parental support can move good intentions about exercise into actions for the entire family. UVic biochemist Martin Boulanger will use his five-year $825,000 project grant to continue research into how Apicomplexa—the group of single-celled parasites that cause toxoplasmosis and severe malaria—invade host cells.

New federal funding for cancer therapies

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A new diagnostic test to determine whether cancer patients should respond well to a specific targeted drug therapy is the goal of a project awarded funding from Genome Canada.

New online inventory for Chinese Canadian artifacts in BC

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The UVic database of Chinese Canadian Artifacts officially launches July 7 at the evening reception of an annual international conference, ISSCO 2016 in Richmond, BC, bringing together 300 scholars and researchers of the Chinese diaspora.

UVic awarded $12.5 million in research funding

Media release

University of Victoria researchers working in areas of critical importance to the Canadian clean energy sector in smart technology and in big data science are among projects awarded federal funding this week.

UVic chemist gets funding to study Zika virus

Media release

Two promising University of Victoria projects to help prevent spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus have been given a funding boost.

2016 SSHRC Storytellers video

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2016 SSHRC Storytellers video

UVic funding to conduct world-class research

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Nearly $825,000 in BC funding for UVic to conduct cutting-edge research will be applied to health and life sciences, infrastructure, remote sensing, software development and transportation.

ONC's earthquake detection network

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The BC government is investing $5 million in Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) to advance the development and use of earthquake early warning systems in BC.

New support for CARSA

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UVic's Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities (CARSA) has had an overwhelming amount of recreation usage and community support since it opened in May 2015. Barely one month into 2016, Vikes Athletics and Recreation are pleased to announce three partnerships in the new naming of CARSA's RBC Blue and Gold Room, the UVic Alumni Association Spirit Section and the Ian and Gillian Stewart Varsity Weight Room.

UVic aerospace centre funding

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Forest fire management will be one of the applications of new technology being developed by University of Victoria’s Centre for Aerospace Research (CfAR) which received new funding from Western Economic Diversification this month.

Island Health research grants

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Improving dementia care, stroke recovery and cancer support services are among the goals of eight newly funded projects involving University of Victoria health researchers. Each of the projects is receiving $15,000 from Island Health through its new Collaborative Research Grant Competition, which aims to strengthen ties between the health agency (formerly known as the Vancouver Island Health Authority, or VIHA) and its academic partners.

2015 Iskowitz Prize to Meigs

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Seven months after being named one of eight recipients of the Governor General’s Awards for Visual and Media Arts, Department of Visual Arts professor Sandra Meigs has been announced as the winner of the $50,000 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO for 2015. In addition to the cash award, the prize comes with a solo exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario and a further $10,000 towards a publication on Meigs’ work.

2015 Fulbright Canada grants

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Political science PhD candidate Sam Grey has been awarded a Fulbright Canada student grant to conduct research at the University of Minnesota in 2015–16 on her project, “Irreconciled and Unforgiven: Emotion, Virtue and the Politics of Reparation in …

President's Beyond Borders Fund

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New funding rolled out by President Jamie Cassels has increased support for UVic students to engage in rich and meaningful learning experiences well beyond the campus.

Physicists share Breakthrough Prize

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A team of UVic researchers shared in one of the world’s most lucrative science awards this November. The $3 million 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to five international experiments, including more than 1,300 individual scientists, “for the fundamental discovery of neutrino oscillations, revealing a new frontier beyond, and possibly far beyond, the standard model of particle physics.” Eight current and former Victoria Subatomic Physics and Accelerator Research Centre (VISPA) members are among the laureates.

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