Awards and Grants

Catherine Bell is a co-investigator on a new $2,500,000 Multi Research Collaboration Initiative (MCRI) entitled: "Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage: Theory, Practice, Policy and Ethics." This interdisciplinary project under the direction of Dr. George Nicholas (Archaeology, Simon Fraser University) involves partnerships with indigenous peoples and scholars from around the world and is influenced in part by Professor Bell's SSHRC funded research on First Nations Cultural Heritage in Canada.

Catherine Bell has been awarded a subgrant for $26,200.00 from the Intellecutal Property In Cultural Heritage Multi Research Collaborative Initiative to conduct legal and ethnographic research with Dr. Sheila Greer (archaeologist and anthropologist) and the Champagne & Aishihik First Nation (CAFN), Cacross-Tagish First Nation (CTFN) and Ta'an Kwach'an Council (TKC) Yukon First Nations.

Barbara Billingsley has been awarded a Killam Conference Travel Grant by the Killam Research Fund at the University of Alberta. Barb will be travelling to Warsaw, Poland as an invited speaker in March 2011 to present a paper at the "Modern Solutions in Traffic Accident Compensation Conference".

Timothy Caulfield was recently awarded core project funding from the Stem Cell Network. The project, entitled, "Translation Challenges, Science Policy and Stem Cell Research", is a 3.5 year initiative worth a total of $350,000. Caulfield is the Project Leader and Principal Investigator and will receive $250,000 for his portion of the project.

Timothy Caulfield was recognized as a Health Senior Scholar by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research for 2007-2014. This award provides salary support for seven years and a $50,000 research allowance.

Timothy Caulfield had his Canada Research Chair (CRC) in health law and policy advanced from Tier 2 to Tier 1. This advancement means that Caulfield is no longer considered an emerging researcher in health law and policy, but rather an outstanding researcher who is acknowledged by his peers as world leader in his field. In addition to this increased recognition, he will also receive an award worth $200,000 annually for seven years.

Timothy Caulfield, Amy Zarzezcny and Robyn Hyde-Lay have been awarded $500,000 from the Cancer Stem Cell Consortium. The project, titled: "From the Lab to the Clinic: ELSI Issues in Cancer Stem Cell Research" will extend over 4 years.

Gerald Gall was awarded a $5,000 research grant by the Foundation for Legal Research to assist in the revision of the nationally recognized and widely used treatise on The Canadian Legal System,presently in its 5th edition.

Cameron Hutchison has been awarded a $5000 research grant from the Foundation for Legal Research. Cam's project is titled "An Empirical Analysis of Internet Case Law in Canada".

Eran Kaplinsky has been awarded a SSHRC "Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences" grant in the amount of $17, 798. He also received an additional $10,000 from the Alberta Rural Development Network. Eran, with the assistance of Russ Brown, is organizing an international conference on Planning, Law & Property Rights to be held at the University of Alberta from May 25-28, 2011.

Lewis Klar received $5000 Foundation for Legal Research grant.

Val Napoleon is a collaborator on a $2,500,000 Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI) grant from SSHRC concerning indigenous peoples and governance and is on the executive guiding this project. The MCRI project involves 39 scholars from different disciplines across Canada, with Val’s role being to develop the indigenous legal theory aspect of the project.

Steven Penney received $5000 Foundation for Legal Research grant.

Linda Reif received an Alberta Institute for American Studies Research Grant for $7,500 for her project on “Canada-US Investment Relations: Conflict, Imitation, Concurrence and Competition”.