BU students get financial support from research council
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This article was published 14/08/2021 (1623 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Nine students from Brandon University are receiving a $7,500 boost each thanks to funding from the school and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
According to a Friday news release from BU, the nine pupils received this funding after winning an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research award, which is designed to help students gain research experience that complements their studies.
In total, five chemistry students, three biology students and one student from BU’s department of geography and the environment will use this $7,500 to advance various research topics.
For example, chemistry student Changmin Lee will use his funds to try and design new cancer-preventing compounds.
Meanwhile, biology pupil Kieran Taylor is more interested in using this $7,500 to try and develop rapid tests to accurately and economically detect leaf diseases in soybean crops.
And as a student of geography and the environment, Courtney Izzard wants to try and find quicker methods of restoring ravaged peatlands back to their former glory.
The remaining recipients of this $7,500 grant from NSERC and BU include: Corbin Glufka, Jeffrey Li, Joel Hardy, Keagan Morrison, Reid Opperman and Taylor Goodon.
“Many amazing discoveries have grown from student research projects into the type of trailblazing work that defines careers,” said Dr. Heather Duncan, associate vice-president of research at BU.
“Support from NSERC is truly invaluable in helping these projects get off the ground and in giving students the support that they need (to) grow as researchers.”
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