The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, has announced the recipients of the 2024 New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) – Exploration competition.
Nine UBC-led projects were awarded a total of more than $2.2 million over two years, including two led by faculty members in the Faculty of Arts. Learn more about the recipients and their innovative research projects below.
NFRF Exploration Stream
The NFRF Exploration stream supports projects that bring disciplines together to reach beyond traditional disciplinary or common interdisciplinary approaches by research teams. Researchers are encouraged to undertake research that would defy current paradigms; bring disciplines together in unexpected ways and from bold, innovative perspectives; and have the potential to be disruptive or deliver game-changing impacts.
- Dr. Bryan Gick, Professor, Department of Linguistics
Project: Affordable and effective diagnostic tool for early detection of dysphagia - Dr. Naomi Schwartz, Associate Professor, Department of Geography
Project: Interdisciplinary approaches for mapping hidden features in high-value landscapes
