The University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus is the recipient of a $2.7 million award for several research projects.
UBCO is one of eight universities across the province that have received a combined $30 million from the BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) to support research that will help “create jobs, protect biodiversity and the environment.”
The fund, which was established in 1998, supports research projects across a variety of sectors including health and life science, information and communication technologies, social sciences and humanities, clean technology and natural resources.
The $2.7 million award will help researchers at UBCO secure state-of-the-art scientific equipment and infrastructure.
A few of the projects that will receive funding include:
Advanced MRI hardware laboratory, led by Rebecca Feldman
Basic and applied investigations of motor imagery to promote recovery after stroke, led by Sarah Kraeutner
Laboratory of next-generation video surveillance for environmental monitoring, led by Shan Du
Quantitative ecology laboratory with a focus on animal conservation, led by Michael Noonan
Investigating parent-adolescent dynamics in the emotion dynamics lab, led by Jessica Lougheed
For more information on research projects happening at the UBCO campus, click here.
“I am grateful for this support from the Province through the BCKDF and look forward to seeing how these innovative initiatives will contribute to ongoing socio-economic development and diversification in BC’s southern Interior region,” states Lesley Cormack, principal and deputy vice-chancellor.
Other universities that received part of the award include Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Northern British Columbia, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Langara College, Vancouver Island University and the University of Victoria.
In the past 24 years, the BCKDF has awarded more than $850 million to more than 1,500 post-secondary research projects.
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