/unews/url/wwwulethcasgs en /unews/article/grad-students-honoured <div class="field field-name-field-op-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="rnews:creator schema:creator"><div class="view view-openpublish-related-content view-id-openpublish_related_content view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-9873eec36fe668f351353dcb66bd6d1f"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="views-label views-label-title">by</span> <span class="field-content"><a href="/unews/profile/trevor-kenney">Trevor Kenney</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">November 9, 2010</span> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="rnews:articlebody schema:articleBody"> <p>When the School of Graduate Studies and the Office of Research Services handed out their Research Excellence awards recently, there were no trophies, only cold hard cash to the tune of more than $700,000, which was shared by 36 student recipients of graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral studies awards.</p> <p>The investment in research funding directed toward candidates in masters and doctoral programs is critical to help grow the U of L's research programs and its place as a comprehensive research university.</p> <p>"These creative and highly intelligent people are the researchers of tomorrow. They are already working on world-class projects right here in Lethbridge, and this competitive funding shows that our graduate-level candidates are very successful in obtaining scarce research dollars at a national level," says Dr. Robert Wood, the Interim Head of the <a href="../../../../../../../graduatestudies/" rel="nofollow">School of Graduate Studies</a>.</p> <p>The research funding was supported by the <a href="http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/" rel="nofollow">Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council</a>, the <a href="http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/" rel="nofollow">Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council</a>, the <a href="http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html" rel="nofollow">Canadian Institutes of Health Research</a> and Alberta-based agencies <a href="http://www.albertaingenuity.ca/" rel="nofollow">Alberta Ingenuity Fund</a>, <a href="http://www.albertainnovates.ca/health" rel="nofollow">Alberta Innovates Health Solutions</a>, the <a href="http://www.albertacancer.ca/" rel="nofollow">Alberta Cancer Foundation</a>, and the Alberta government-funded Ralph Steinhauer Awards of Distinction.</p> <p>There were also several new awards, including an Alberta Award for the Study of Human Rights and Multiculturalism won by <a href="../../../../../../../hlsc" rel="nofollow">Health Sciences</a> master's candidate Ruksana Rashid. As well, more than $50,000 was received from three separate funds by chemistry and biochemistry candidate Cassandra Churchill.</p> <p>A complete listing of all recipients can be found on the School of Graduate Studies website: <a href="../../../../../../../sgs" rel="nofollow">www.uleth.ca/sgs</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field-group-format group_related_topics field-group-div group-related-topics block-title-body speed-fast effect-none"><h2><span>Related Topics</span></h2><div class="field field-name-opencalais-company-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Company:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/company/alberta-innovates-health-solutions" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alberta Innovates Health Solutions</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-organization-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Organization:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/alberta-ingenuity-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alberta Ingenuity Fund</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/organization/natural-sciences-and-engineering-research-council" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/school-graduate-studies" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">School of Graduate Studies</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/organization/alberta-government" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alberta government</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/alberta-cancer-foundation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alberta Cancer Foundation</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/organization/office-research-services" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">office of Research Services</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/social-sciences-and-humanities-research-council" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-person-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Person:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/person/ralph-steinhauer" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Ralph Steinhauer</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/person/robert-wood" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Robert Wood</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/person/ruksana-rashid" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Ruksana Rashid</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/person/cassandra-churchill" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Cassandra Churchill</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-position-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Position:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/position/interim-head" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">interim head</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/position/candidate" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">candidate</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-provinceorstate-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ProvinceOrState:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/province-or-state/alberta" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alberta</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-url-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">URL:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/url/wwwulethcasgs" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">www.uleth.ca/sgs</a></div></div></div></div><span property="rnews:name schema:name" content="Grad students honoured" class="rdf-meta"></span> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:00:59 +0000 trevor.kenney 4196 at /unews /unews/article/grad-students-honoured-0 <div class="field field-name-field-op-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="rnews:creator schema:creator"><div class="view view-openpublish-related-content view-id-openpublish_related_content view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-728fdb34280303e7034c7127cfcc4ac8"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="views-label views-label-title">by</span> <span class="field-content"><a href="/unews/profile/trevor-kenney">Trevor Kenney</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">October 15, 2010</span> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="rnews:articlebody schema:articleBody"> <p>When the School of Graduate Studies and the Office of Research Services handed out their Research Excellence awards recently, there were no trophies, only cold hard cash to the tune of more than $700,000, which was shared by 36 student recipients of graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral studies awards.</p> <p>The investment in research funding directed toward candidates in masters and doctoral programs is critical to help grow the U of L's research programs and its place as a comprehensive research university.</p> <p>"These creative and highly intelligent people are the researchers of tomorrow. They are already working on world-class projects right here in Lethbridge, and this competitive funding shows that our graduate-level candidates are very successful in obtaining scarce research dollars at a national level," says Dr. Robert Wood, the Interim Head of the <a href="http://www.uleth.ca/graduatestudies/" rel="nofollow">School of Graduate Studies</a>.</p> <p>The research funding was supported by the <a href="http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca" rel="nofollow">Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council</a>, the <a href="http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca" rel="nofollow">Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council</a>, the <a href="http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html" rel="nofollow">Canadian Institutes of Health Research</a> and Alberta-based agencies <a href="http://www.albertaingenuity.ca" rel="nofollow">Alberta Ingenuity Fund</a>, <a href="http://www.albertainnovates.ca/health" rel="nofollow">Alberta Innovates Health Solutions</a>, the <a href="http://www.albertacancer.ca" rel="nofollow">Alberta Cancer Foundation</a>, and the Alberta government-funded Ralph Steinhauer Awards of Distinction.</p> <p>There were also several new awards, including an Alberta Award for the Study of Human Rights and Multiculturalism won by <a href="http://www.uleth.ca/hlsc" rel="nofollow">Health Sciences</a> master's candidate Ruksana Rashid. As well, more than $50,000 was received from three separate funds by chemistry and biochemistry candidate Cassandra Churchill.</p> <p>A complete listing of all recipients can be found on the School of Graduate Studies website: <a href="http://www.uleth.ca/sgs" rel="nofollow">www.uleth.ca/sgs</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field-group-format group_related_topics field-group-div group-related-topics block-title-body speed-fast effect-none"><h2><span>Related Topics</span></h2><div class="field field-name-opencalais-company-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Company:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/company/alberta-innovates-health-solutions" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alberta Innovates Health Solutions</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-organization-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Organization:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/alberta-ingenuity-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alberta Ingenuity Fund</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/organization/natural-sciences-and-engineering-research-council" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/school-graduate-studies" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">School of Graduate Studies</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/organization/alberta-government" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alberta government</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/alberta-cancer-foundation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alberta Cancer Foundation</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/organization/office-research-services" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">office of Research Services</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/social-sciences-and-humanities-research-council" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-person-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Person:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/person/ralph-steinhauer" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Ralph Steinhauer</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/person/robert-wood" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Robert Wood</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/person/ruksana-rashid" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Ruksana Rashid</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/person/cassandra-churchill" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Cassandra Churchill</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-position-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Position:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/position/interim-head" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">interim head</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/position/candidate" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">candidate</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-provinceorstate-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ProvinceOrState:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/province-or-state/alberta" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alberta</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-url-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">URL:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/url/wwwulethcasgs" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">www.uleth.ca/sgs</a></div></div></div></div><span property="rnews:name schema:name" content="Grad students honoured" class="rdf-meta"></span> Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:09:52 +0000 trevor.kenney 4223 at /unews