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Twelve UM researchers receive Insight Development Grants

March 13, 2024 — 
Twelve new UM research projects seeking to build knowledge and understanding about people and societies have received federal funding.

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UM and B.C. researchers collaborate to improve wheelchair technology and accessibility

March 13, 2024 — 
As anyone living in Canada knows, the northern climate can create barriers to mobility, especially during the winter months, even for those without physical impairments.

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Nitrogen Innovation Center receives NSERC funding to advance sustainability research

March 13, 2024 — 
An international research project has secured funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Alliance Grant program to establish the Global Nitrogen Center for Clean Energy and the Environment (NICCEE), an information hub to monitor the lifecycle and effects of nitrogen to improve agriculture-food-energy systems around the world.

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UM air pollution research facility receives $4.8 million

March 13, 2024 — 
The new UM AirSAFE lab will be Canada’s first multi-disciplinary research centre for biomedical, engineering, natural science and occupational health experts to study how inhaled pollutants impact health and disease.

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Funding paves way for drug discovery platform for heart research at UM

March 13, 2024 — 
A project led by Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba has received $3.9 million in federal and provincial funding to develop lab infrastructure dedicated to studying heart disease in women.

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Research and International News

UM researchers receive more than $1 million in new project funding

March 13, 2024 — 
On Wednesday March 13, the federal government announced the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) recipients of the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) for fall 2022 and spring 2023.

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Gulden Team tests agriculture drones

Research and International News

UM led research to advance agricultural innovation receives federal funding

March 13, 2024 — 
UM researchers seek to address herbicide resistance in weeds that affect crop plant growth.

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UM launches program to ignite research excellence and innovation

March 11, 2024 — 
UM has launched a new program to support groundbreaking, high-risk, high-reward research that will help solve complex challenges at home and around the world.

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Dr. Ute Kothe.

Dr. Ute Kothe receives Lifetime Service Award

March 7, 2024 — 
Incoming Dean of Extended Education recognized by RNA Society for achievements in the field

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Research and International News

Brain and Gut: working together in health and disease

March 5, 2024 — 
On Wednesday March 27, 2024, join the UM Knowledge Exchange for an exploration of the connection between the brain and the gut in the context of health and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

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