Grants and Contributions

Pursue short-term research and/or teaching activities in Latin America and the Caribbean as a means of exploring, creating and advancing institutional partnerships in the areas of research, student mobility, joint programming, capacity building, and others

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Speed meets strategy: Building Canada’s hypersonic innovation network. The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces (DND/CAF) in collaboration with Canada’s academic and defence & security communities are seeking to stimulate the application of hypersonic technologies, including propulsion, flight dynamics, detection, and materials, in the defence and security domain to understand these weapons. The outcomes of this Challenge concentrate on areas that align with immediate priorities in Canada’s NORAD Modernization Plan that develop expertise and advance DND/CAF understanding of hypersonic technologies in aerodynamics, propulsion, structures and materials, and flight control.

With the transition to a low-carbon economy and the uncertainty of complex international relationships, it is required to secure and enhance the supply of critical battery metals in Canada. The project will develop an innovative process that can produce next generation battery materials precursors through selective pressure leaching and precipitation. Leveraging the fundamental research strengths of Queen's University and the NRC's applied research and scale-up capabilities, this project will advance knowledge in selective battery metal production while semi-automated high pressure high temperature (HPHT) reactor systems for critical metal extraction will reduce human intervention. This project will strength chain, reduce GHG emissions, provide HQP training, and promote sustainable resource utilization. By boosting domestic production capacity and accelerating innovation, the collaboration will help drive economic growth and reinforce lobal battery sector. These technological advancements will improve research efficiency and accuracy, supporting a sustainable, low-carbon economy.

Canada Periodical Fund - CPF - Aid to Publishers

The objectives of the Program are: .• promoting volunteerism among seniors; .• engaging seniors in the community through.mentoring of others; .• expanding awareness of elder abuse, including.financial abuse; .• supporting social participation and inclusion of.seniors; and .• providing capital assistance for new and existing.community projects and/or programs for seniors. .

This project is mostly related to technology research and development.

KÉNNES Watershed Restoration: Preserving Ecosystems, Building Climate Resilience, and Protecting WSÁNEĆ Cultural Practices

The Second Generation Balloon-borne Very Long Baseline Interferometry Experiment (BVEX2) aims to help astronomers map incredibly small and distant objects in space, like the regions surrounding supermassive black holes. By suspending a radio telescope from a stratospheric balloon above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere, BVEX2 will demonstrate a new way to observe high-frequency light that is normally blocked by the atmosphere. This project will make the first demonstration that a telescope suspended from a stratospheric balloon can be used as part of an Earth-sized network of radio telescopes. The project will also serve as a pathfinder experiment that will develop technology that could be used for more sensitive high-frequency balloon telescopes to increase the number of mapped black hole shadows and eventually for a space interferometer that can map the regions around dozens of black holes.

The objective of the EAF is to support community based projects across Canada that improve accessibility, remove barriers, and enable Canadians with disabilities to participate in and contribute to their community.

With this A0 we will continue our development of whole-learner supports to support participation in research activities by Indigenous undergraduate and graduate learners by implementing new whole-learner-support oriented programming and activities that we have sandboxed over the past couple of years. This will occur principally in the context of summer research internships in Space Science funded in part through NSERC's USRA program. We are confident that this will lead to improving retention and graduation success of undergraduate STEM learners, and improving recruitment into STEM postgraduate programs and careers relevant to the Space sector. This is the key to achieving our long-term objective.
In the context of this proposal, "whole-learner support" refers to supporting and satisfying the 4 spheres of Indigenous education: Intellectual (the mind), physical (the body), emotional (the heart), and spiritual (the spirit). We enter into this research with the understanding that academic and career success demands balance, and missing support in one or more of these spheres may limit the ability of learners to thrive academically and may therefore limit potential career opportunities in the Space sector.
This project recognizes explicitly the unique challenges facing many Indigenous STEM learners, including inter-generational trauma in education, isolation (both geographically from distant community, and due to local under-representation), sometimes limited access to academic opportunities.
In 2024 and 2025 we initiated a pilot program using one-time training funds from the Royal Military College (RMC) to recruit a team of 3 Indigenous undergraduate STEM learners at Queen's to assist part-time with a variety of research projects in various STEM fields. This led to the recruitment of one of these learners as a full-time summer Astronomy and astrophysics research assistant, with funds provided by NSERC's USRA program and supplemented by granting council funds. It is the successes and lessons learned from this recent experience that inspires our application.
We note that Queen’s University already has a number of infrastructures that aid in supporting the whole learner for undergraduates, and to some extent for graduate students as well. A key aim of this project is integrate these existing supports into an enhanced and and focused 4-sphere program for undergraduate and graduate learners in space science, astronomy, and astrophysics. This will involve activities designed to bring together Indigenous learners within our circle in order to build relationships and local community. These activities will be carried out principally in the context of intensive summer research training experiences.