Support

Funding

NSERC Discovery Grants

Support ongoing research programs with long-term goals.

Funded Research Programs

  • Diverse Synthetic Crowds in Media, Design, and Analysis

John R. Evans Leaders Fund

“a critical strategic investment tool designed to help institutions attract and retain the very best of today’s and tomorrow’s researchers. “

Funded Research Programs

  • Human Motion at the Intersections of Engineering and Art through Extended Realities

B.C. Knowledge Development Fund

“The B.C. Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) supports the development of research infrastructure, like labs and equipment.”

Funded Research Programs

  • Human Motion at the Intersections of Engineering and Art through Extended Realities

W.E. Cowie Faculty Innovation Award

W.E. Cowie Awards were established in memory of Wilbur Elliot Cowie, P.Eng. for funding the development of novel and innovative research.

Funded Research Programs

  • 2022 – 2023: Title withheld

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

Fund 16-week research positions for undergraduate students.

Recipients

  • Summer 2023: Steven Bobyn
  • Summer 2021: Jonas Buro

Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA)

The University of Victoria provides a stipend to encourage students to engage in research.

Recipients

  • 2022 – 2023: Steven Bobyn
  • 2021 – 2022: Colin Johnson
  • 2020 – 2021: Yiping Wang

Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Awards (VKURA)

Research-enriched and Applied Learning (REAL)

The University of Victoria award provides an opportunity for first-year students to gain research-enriched and applied experiences in their discipline or field of study.

Recipients

  • 2022: Liam Shatzel

Academic Partners

Graphics and Multimedia at York (GaMaY) Lab

Co-Director

Petros Faloutsos

Location

York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Intelligent Visual Interfaces (IVI) Lab

Director

Mubbasir Kapadia

Location

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Link

IVI Lab

Robotics and Embodied AI Lab (REAL)

Co-Director

Glen Berseth

Location

Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
affiliated with Mila

Link

REAL