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Competition results for the 2021 Discovery Accelerator Supplements program
NSERC is pleased to announce the 2021 competition results for the Discovery Accelerator Supplements program (DAS).
The DAS program aims to provide substantial and timely additional resources to accelerate progress and maximize the impact of outstanding research programs. In 2021, NSERC awarded $5.28 million to 44 applications in the DAS competition. These supplements are valued at $120,000 over three years.
The winners are listed below:
| Researcher | Research title | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Bajic, Ivan | Collaborative Intelligence | Simon Fraser University |
| Bazalova, Magdalena | Facilitation ultRahigh dOse-rate aNd spaTIally-fractionatEd Radiotherapy (FRONTIER) | University of Victoria |
| Beck, Sara | Pathogen Reduction in Decentralized Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies | The University of British Columbia |
| Bérubé-Lauzière, Yves | Radiation propagation modelling and image reconstruction for X-ray time-of-flight computed tomography | Université de Sherbrooke |
| Bray, Signe | Precision mapping of children's functional brain development | University of Calgary |
| Chica, Roberto | Next-generation computational enzyme design for the creation of efficient artificial biocatalysts | University of Ottawa |
| Christians, Julian | Sex-dependent fetal and placental responses to adversity | Simon Fraser University |
| Claydon, Victoria | Factors influencing orthostatic blood pressure regulation in healthy humans | Simon Fraser University |
| Collins, Christopher | Guidance in Visual Analytics through Mixed-Initiative and Implicit Interaction | Ontario Tech University (University of Ontario Institute of Technology) |
| Côté, Jean-François | Planification des transports dans un environnement dynamique et stochastique | Université Laval |
| DeRosa, Maria | Nucleic acid aptamers for molecular recognition applications in agriculture | Carleton University |
| Doliskani, Javad | Computer Algebra, Quantum Computing and Post-Quantum Cryptography | Ryerson University |
| Downey, Michael | Molecular control of non-histone protein acetylation in budding yeast | University of Ottawa |
| Frederickson, Megan | Ecology and evolution of plant-animal and host-microbe mutualisms | University of Toronto |
| Gracie, Robert | Computing Energy Advancement: Computational Engineering for Geomechanics and Fracture | University of Waterloo |
| Haggard, Daryl | Physics at the Black Hole Frontier: The McGill Extreme Gravity and Accretion Group | McGill University |
| Haney, Cara | Maintaining plant immune homeostasis in the rhizosphere microbiome | The University of British Columbia |
| Head, Jessica | Genetic and Epigenetic Determinants of Sensitivity to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Birds | McGill University |
| Hein, Jason | Integrating automated experimentation with process analytical technology | The University of British Columbia |
| Johnson-Freyd, Theodore | The higher algebra of spaces of quantum systems | Dalhousie University |
| Karimi, Ebrahim | Structured Quantum Waves: From Quantum Cryptography to Extreme Quantum Microscopy | University of Ottawa |
| Kim, Il Yong | System, Layout, and Topology Optimization for Automotive and Aerospace Design | Queen's University |
| Laird, Robert | Evolution of senescence in plants | University of Lethbridge |
| Li, Xia | Development of safe and high-energy all-solid-state lithium-sulfur and sodium-sulfur batteries | Concordia University |
| Ma, Lei | Testing, Debugging and Repairing Machine Learning Software at the System Level | University of Alberta |
| Mohajerani, Majid | Spontaneous activity, memory replay and the default mode network | University of Lethbridge |
| Nikolov, Aleksandar | Geometric Methods in Data Analysis | University of Toronto |
| Poisot, Timothée | The many paths to ecological network inference: reconciling machine learning, empirical data, and ecological knowledge | Université de Montréal |
| Quenneville, Cheryl | Novel methodologies to establish injury limits and surrogates to assess trauma risk for high rate impact loading to males and females | McMaster University |
| Rajakumar, Rajendhran | From Model Organism to Model Clade: Plasticity and Evolution of Interorgan Communication Networks | University of Ottawa |
| Robere, Robert | Towards a Unified Theory of Proof and Circuit Complexity | McGill University |
| Senatore, Adriano | Studying mechanisms for the evolution of synaptic and electrical signaling in the nervous system | University of Toronto |
| She, Yuntong | Prediction of Dynamic Ice Processes in Complex River Systems | University of Alberta |
| Shih, Steve | Microfluidics for synthetic biology | Concordia University |
| Sio, (Corliss) Kin I | Igneous petrology through the lens of non-traditional stable isotopes | University of Toronto |
| Swidinsky, Andrei | Resource exploration for a net-zero emission future with electromagnetic methods in applied geophysics | University of Toronto |
| Taylor, Matthew | Leveraging Human and Agent Guidance for Improved Reinforcement Learning | University of Alberta |
| Tosatti, Valentino | Ricci flow on compact Kahler manifolds | McGill University |
| Vanderperre, Benoît | Function of novel proteins encoded in non-canonical open reading frames | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| Vette, Albert | Novel Approaches for Modeling, Mapping, and Restoring Human Trunk Neuromechanics | University of Alberta |
| Vutha, Amar | Nuclear T-violation searches using ultracold atoms and molecules | University of Toronto |
| Wunch, Debra | Atmospheric measurements of the carbon cycle | University of Toronto |
| Yuzwa, Scott | Neural stem cell fate decisions: clonal and spatially-resolved approaches. | University of Toronto |
| Zhou, Zhou | Statistical Inference for Complex Temporal Systems: Non-stationarity, High Dimensionality And Beyond. | University of Toronto |