Ottawa, February 20, 2008 Ten outstanding Canadian researchers have been awarded a total of $700,000 in the 41st annual competition for Killam Research Fellowships, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Among Canada's most distinguished research awards, the Canada Council for the Arts Killam Research Fellowships are made possible by a bequest of Mrs. Dorothy J. Killam and a gift she made before her death in 1965. The awards support scholars engaged in research projects of outstanding merit in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, engineering and interdisciplinary studies within these fields.
Killam Research Fellowships, with a value of $70,000 a year, enable Canada's best scientists and scholars to devote two years to full-time research. The fellowships are awarded to the individual recipients, but the funds are paid to and administered by universities or research institutes. The recipients are chosen by the Killam Selection Committee, which comprises 14 eminent scientists and scholars representing a broad range of disciplines.
After considering 97 applications, the Killam Selection Committee chose the following 10 researchers as new Killam Research Fellows for 2008:
Anthropology
Anctil, Pierre, University of Ottawa: Parcours migrant, parcours littéraires canadiens: le poète yiddish Jacob-Isaac Sefal
Biology
Beatty, J. Tom, University of British Columbia: The High Resolution, 3-D Structure of a Protein Complex Essential for Conversion of Light to Chemical Energy in Photosynthesis
Chemical Engineering
Shoichet, Molly, University of Toronto: Three Dimensional Presentation of Immobilized Growth Factors to Guide and Control Cell Differentiation
Environmental Management
Rood, Stewart B., University of Lethbridge: Flowing to the Future: Impacts of Climate Change and River Regulation on Floodplain Forests in Western North America
Environmental Microbiology
Edwards, Elizabeth A., University of Toronto: Bioremediation in the 21st Century: Contaminant-Degrading Processes Revealed Through Metagenomic Analysis of Microbial Consortia
Law
Smith, Stephen A., McGill University: Court Orders and the Replication, Transformation and Creation of Rights
Musicology
Tenzer, Michael, University of British Columbia: Music and Periodicity
Pharmacology, Physiology
Funk, Colin D., Queen's University: Sorting Out the Cardiovascular Consequences of COX-2 Inhibition: Towards a New Generation of Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Pain Therapies
Philosophy
Demopoulos, William G., University of Western Ontario: Methodological and Metaphysical Aspects of the Applicability of Mathematics
Pure Mathematics
Darmon, Henri, McGill University: Elliptic Curves, Modular Forms and Algebraic Cycles
General information
In addition to its principal role of promoting and fostering the arts in Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts administers and awards a number of distinguished prizes in the arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences and engineering. Among these are the Killam Prizes, the Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes, the John G. Diefenbaker Awards, the Governor General's Literary Awards, the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts and the Walter Carsen Prizes for Excellence in the Performing Arts.
For more information about these awards and prizes, including nomination procedures, contact Carol Bream, Director, Communications and Director, Killam Program, 613-566-4414 or 1-800-263-5588, ext. 5201, or by e-mail; or Janet Riedel Pigott, Acting Director of Endowments and Prizes, 613-566-4414 or 1-800-263-5588, ext. 5041, or by e-mail.
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