Results of the March 2007 Major Equipment Award Competitions
In March 2007 AHFMR received 33 applications for a Major Scientific Equipment grant. These grants assist Alberta's medical and health researchers in obtaining major scientific equipment (defined as equipment costing more than $10,000 per unit or setup). It is AHFMR's expectation that large requests (e.g. >$100,000) will include contribution from other sources.
All applications were assessed by the Major Equipment Advisory Committee which is comprised of researchers from universities across Canada. Each application was reviewed in detail by two committee members; no external reviews were obtained.
The Foundation has approved 17 of the 33 applications for a total funding commitment of $990,000. Grants must be implemented no later than June 30, 2008.
Formal letters will be sent to the applicants the week of May 28. These letters will include the reviews received for each application. The list below of successful applicants is provided for information only. The formal letters will serve as the Foundation's official decision should there be any discrepancy with the material on the website.
Dr. Kevin Keough, President and CEO of AHFMR, and the Foundation's Board of Trustees congratulate the successful applicants and acknowledge and thank all applicants for their substantial efforts.
Major Equipment Grants: March 2007 Competition
Candidate |
Department |
Faculty |
Institution |
Equipment Approved |
Amount Approved |
| Agrawal, Babita | Surgery | Medicine & Dentistry | U of A | Bio-Rad iCycler iQ5 Real-Time PCR System | $60,000 |
| Bains, Jaideep S. | Physiology & Biophysics | Medicine | U of C | Olympus Fluorescence Cameras and Accessories, Sutter Filter Wheel, Luigs and Neumann Manipulators & Shifting Table | $80,000 |
| Estabrooks, Carole A. | Nursing | U of A | Server, Storage Area Network, Server Software | $50,000 | |
| Lytton, Jonathan | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Medicine | U of C | SURFER Ion Transport Detection System | $70,000 |
| Michalak, Marek | Biochemistry | Medicine & Dentistry | U of A | AKTA Purifier UPC10 w/ Frac-950 Fraction Collector | $50,000 |
| Riabowol, Karl T. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Medicine | U of C | Beckman Coulter BioMek 3000 | $60,000 |
| Schnetkamp, Paul P.M. | Physiology & Biophysics | Medicine | U of C | Beckman LS6500 Liquid Scintillation Counter | $30,000 |
| Stafford, James L. | Biological Sciences | Science | U of A | Beckman Coulter DTX 880 Multimode Detector | $25,000 |
| Sykes, Brian D. | Biochemistry | Medicine & Dentistry | U of A | APC Symmetra LX 4kVA UPS Systems, 800 MHz Cold Probe Refrigeration Hardware | $70,000 |
| Tonelli, Marcello A. | Medicine | Medicine & Dentistry | U of A | Computing Equipment for GIS Laboratory | $50,000 |
| Triggle, Christopher R. | Pharmacology & Therapeutics | Medicine | U of C | Danish Myo Technologies Culture Myograph System 204CM and Pressure Myograph System 110P | $75,000 |
| Uludag, Hasan | Chemical & Materials Engineering | Engineering | U of A | Beckman Coulter Cell Lab Quanta SC Flow Cytometer | $90,000 |
| Vance, Dennis E. | Biochemistry | Medicine & Dentistry | U of A | Agilent 1200 Liquid Chromatography System, Beckman Coulter LS-6500 Liquid Scintillation Counter | $100,000 |
| Vederas, John C. | Chemistry | Science | U of A | Virtis Bench Top Freeze Dryer with Accessories | $15,000 |
| Waskiewicz, Andrew | Biological Sciences | Science | U of A | Zeiss Lumar Fluorescence Stereomicroscope | $35,000 |
| Wilman, Alan H. | Biomedical Engineering | Medicine | U of A | Open RF Head Coil for 4.7 T (1H Volume Resonator) | $80,000 |
| Zamponi, Gerald W. | Physiology & Biophysics | Medicine | U of C | Perkin Elmer Victor 3V Plate Reader System, Upgrade to Zeiss LSM 510 Confocal Microscope | $50,000 |