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17吃瓜 has awarded internal research grants totalling $83,964 in 2025 to 12 faculty members. Five faculty members received internal research grants (IRG); six received Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Explore research grants (SERG); and one received a L茅vesque human health internal research grant.

鈥淐ongratulations to all faculty members who received these research grants,鈥� said Dr. Greg Naterer, 17吃瓜 Vice-President, Academic and Research. 鈥淩esearch at 17吃瓜 is making important advances in knowledge that contribute in meaningful ways to society. This impactful research and scholarly work by faculty members at 17吃瓜 is addressing both local and global challenges.鈥�

Recipients of the IRG awards are as follows:

• Dr. Gaoliang Fang, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering: 鈥淎 Low-Cost Switched Reluctance Electric Drive System with a Reduced Number of Current Sensors鈥�
• Dr. Pouya Faroughi, Faculty of Science (School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences): 鈥淎dvanced Statistical Methods for Correcting Measurement Errors and Misclassification in Covariates鈥�
• Dr. Suzanne Gray, Faculty of Science (Biology): 鈥淔inding Shells on the Beach: Visual Sensitivity and Shell Choice of Hermit Crabs on PEI鈥檚 Colourful Beaches"
• Dr. Emma Ladouceur, Faculty of Science (Biology): 鈥淥rchid Population Distribution, Change, and Restoration on Prince Edward Island鈥�
• Dr. Stevan Springer, Faculty of Science (Biology): 鈥淢easuring the Mutational Extent of a Magnetic Protein Phenotype鈥�

The SERG recipients are as follows:

• Dr. Thomas Larkin, Faculty of Arts (History): 鈥淢apping Historic Hong Kong鈥�
• Dr. Nicholas Mercer, Faculty of Science (Environmental Sciences): 鈥淎ssessing Water, Energy, and Food Security on the Port au Port Peninsula, Newfoundland: A Two-Eyed Seeing Approach鈥�
• Dr. Jean Mitchell, Faculty of Arts (Sociology and Anthropology): 鈥淩esearching Climate Change and Urbanization in Vanuatu鈥�
• Dr. Sebastien Parker, Faculty of Arts (Political Science): 鈥淚nformation Networks and Environmental Policy Responses: A Comparative Study of Net-Zero Implementation in PEI Communities鈥�
• Dr. Marie Pascal, Faculty of Arts (Modern Languages): 鈥�L'abjection sublime-Volume 1鈥�
• Dr. Magdalena von Eccher, Faculty of Arts (Music): 鈥淔antasie鈥揂 Solo Recording Project鈥揗agdalena von Eccher, Piano鈥�

The L茅vesque research grant recipient is Dr. Joel Ross, Faculty of Science (Biology), for a project titled 鈥淗uman Stem Cell-derived Neurons to Test Regulatory Functions of the Newly Evolved LINC00473 Gene.鈥�

The IRG program supports research projects across a broad range of fields at 17吃瓜. Through this internal funding program, researchers provide excellent student training opportunities and often develop new collaborations with other disciplines. The SERG program supports research pursuits in the social sciences and humanities.

The Fondation J.-Louis L茅vesque, a generous supporter of health research at universities and institutes across the country, supports the L茅vesque human health internal research grant. J.-Louis L茅vesque graduated from Saint Dunstan鈥檚 University (SDU)鈥攐ne of 17吃瓜鈥檚 founding institutions鈥攊n 1934; he was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree by SDU in 1964.

17吃瓜 acknowledges the assistance of Canada鈥檚 tri-council of federal granting agencies鈥擭atural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)鈥攖hrough its Research Support Fund, which helps fund services and infrastructure that support research activities at the University. In 2024鈥�2025, 17吃瓜鈥檚 RSF allocation is $1,041,691.