Researchers in the Faculty of Dentistry have received a number of important grants from both the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada: Discovery Grants Program
PI: Dr. Jake Barralet
Project: Self Sustaining Scaffolds
Grant: $39,000.00
PI: Dr. Faleh Tamimi
Project: High toughness bioresorbable ceramics for bone regeneration
Grant: $39,000.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
PIs: Drs. Svetlana Komarova, Bettina Willie
Affiliated Institution: CIHR, Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis; Shriners Hospital for Children (Montréal)
Project: Role of extracellular ATP in bone adaptation to mechanical environment
Grant: 5 years, $573,750.
PI: Dr. Monzur Murshed
Affiliated Institution: Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre
Project: Midface hypoplasia caused by cartilage calcification: A mechanistic study with translational implications
Grant: 5 years, $615,060.
PIs: Drs. M. Henderson & Belinda Nicolau
Affiliated Institution: Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine
Project: Linking lifestyle behaviors, microbiota & cardiometabolic health from childhood to early adulthood: The QUALITY Cohort
Grant: 4 years, $1,089,360
Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique
Programme bilatéral de recherche collaborative Québec – Communauté française de Belgique
PIs: Drs. Simon Tran, Matt Kinsella, Dieter Reinhardt
Grant: 3 Years, $100,000/yr.