Funding decision
Supporting research to initiate or accelerate the development of solutions that will be required for a sustainable, resilient, and profitable agriculture sector in a net-zero economy.
By competition year:
The fiscal year in which NSERC received the applications.
| Year | Researcher | Project Title | Institution | Partner(s) | Area(s) of Application | Funding Amount | Type of Call | Funded by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kim, Woo Soo | GreenCapture: Precision Agriculture for Sustainable Carbon and Plant Management via Electro-Physiological Sensing and Image Data Analysis | Simon Fraser University | Agriculture; Electrical and electronic machinery and equipment (including computer hardware) | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Foster, Leonard | Toward self-sufficiency in apiculture for food security in a net-zero economy | The University of British Columbia | Agriculture and primary food production; Animal production and animal primary products | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Perez-Lopez, Edel | LeafHope- a multilayered approach to reduce insecticide use and greenhouse gases in Canada | Université Laval | Agricultural chemicals (fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides); Natural resources (economic aspects) | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Windeyer, Claire | Improving Sustainability of the Canadian Cattle Industry through Better Calf Rearing Research and Knowledge Mobilization | University of Calgary | Agriculture; Animal production and animal primary products | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Nobrega, Diego | Milk-sniffer: Development and validation of a rapid, low-cost, milk-based system to measure methane emissions on dairy farms | University of Calgary | Animal production and animal primary products; Animal management (animal diseases, breeding) | $25,308 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Smeaton, Christina | Rooting for net-zero emissions in agriculture: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions using seaweed as fertilizer | Memorial University of Nfld | Agriculture; Climate and atmosphere | $34,628 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Punja, Zamir | Sustainable agricultural crop production using innovative biological, nutrient delivery, and monitoring technologies | Simon Fraser University | Agriculture and primary food production; Plant production and plant primary products | $23,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Farooque, Aitazaz Ahsan | Development of Transformative Precision Agriculture Technologies to Ensure Food Security and Climate Change Mitigation: A Path Towards Sustainable Agriculture | University of Prince Edward Island | Agriculture; Agriculture and primary food production | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Finlay, Kerri | Grasslands as medicine: restoration and conservation of native prairie grasslands for climate action | University of Regina | Climate and atmosphere | $32,232 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Fraser, Evan | Fertile Ground - bringing producers, policy makers, industry, and scientists together to build and test a system to reward farmers for absorbing greenhouse gas emissions | University of Guelph | Agriculture; Climate and atmosphere | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Vasseur, Liette | Can Nature-based Solutions help accelerate our agricultural transition to a more resilient and low carbon system? | Brock University | Agriculture; Farming: soil and water resources | $29,144 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Sargent, Risa | Accelerating the adoption of perennial plantings on agricultural lands for carbon sequestration | The University of British Columbia | Agriculture | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Boffito, Daria Camilla | Dynamic bio-organic delivery systems for resilient bioremediation and farming (DyBio2Farm) | École Polytechnique de Montréal | Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture); Farming: soil and water resources | $34,100 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Henry, Christopher | Closing the yield gap with digital agriculture for a sustainable intensification of Canadian prairie crop production | University of Manitoba | Agriculture and primary food production; Climate and atmosphere | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Reuter, Stephan | Plasma-Electrification of Chemistry (PLANET) | École Polytechnique de Montréal | Agricultural chemicals (fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides); Agriculture and primary food production | $30,200 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Bahrami, Majid | Develop Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Resources (D-Star) | Simon Fraser University | Agriculture and primary food production; Plant production and plant primary products | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Paré, Maxime | Leveraging Canadian Wild Lowbush Blueberry (WLB) Fields to Climate Change Mitigation - Mettre à profit le bleuet sauvage Canadien pour atténuer les changements climatiques | Université du Québec à Chicoutimi | Agriculture; Social sciences | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Campbell, Lesley | Building a Sustainable Agriculture: Engineered Net-Zero Solutions for Resilient Fruit & Vegetable Production in Canada and Globally | Toronto Metropolitan University | Agriculture and primary food production; Energy efficiency | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Courcelles, Benoît | Élaboration d'un procédé de stockage de CO2 par minéralisation visant à réduire les émissions des Gaz à Effet de Serre du secteur agricole | École Polytechnique de Montréal | Agriculture; Climate and atmosphere | $30,951 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Faust, Marie-Eve | L'étoffe du pays, de la ferme à la fibre: Repenser les filières lin et les produits dérivés des ovins (laine-cuir) par une synergie écoresponsable de l'agriculture et l'habillement | Université du Québec à Montréal | Fibres and textiles; Other manufactured products and processes | $31,250 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Uhrig, Richard | Toward net-zero canola production through development of molecular and agronomic technologies to improve nitrogen use efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions | University of Alberta | Agriculture and primary food production; Agricultural chemicals (fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides) | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Kuss, Sabine | Turning Agricultural Waste into Functional Materials for Environmental Monitoring and Sustainable Energy | University of Manitoba | Agriculture and primary food production; Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture) | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Loring, Philip | The Carbon in Context Project for Net-zero and Nature-Positive Agriculture in Canada | University of Guelph | Agriculture and primary food production; Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture) | $30,075 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Isaac, Marney | Towards Sustainable Agriculture in Canadian Cities | University of Toronto | Agriculture; Environment | $15,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Dias, Goretty Maria | Decision support tool to characterize the energy use, impacts and profitability of biofertilizers and alternative technologies in controlled environment agriculture | University of Waterloo | Agriculture and primary food production; Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture) | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Carriveau, Edward | Clean Energy Amplification of Sustainable Agricultural Resilience (CEASAR) | University of Windsor | Nuclear energy; Energy storage and conversion | $26,150 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Wang, Zhanle | Sustainable, Profitable and Net-zero Controlled Environment Agriculture (SPAN-CEA) | University of Regina | Agriculture and primary food production; Alternative energy resources | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Koupaie, Ehssan | Development of a Circular Biorefinery Framework for Sustainable Management of Agricultural Waste and Biomass in Canada | Queen's University | Agriculture; Alternative energy resources | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Létourneau Montminy, Marie-Pierre | Starting from Scratch: Turning Food Waste into Feed to Produce High-Quality Human-Edible Protein and Low-Emission Fertilizers | Université Laval | Agriculture and primary food production; Waste, waste management and recycling | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Jagoda, Kalinga | Transformative Agricultural Futures for Climate Innovation: An Integrated Assessment of Net-Zero Agri-Food Landscapes | University of Guelph | Agriculture and primary food production; Environment | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | An, Chunjiang | Stimulating a transition to low-carbon agricultural organic waste management | Concordia University | Waste, waste management and recycling; Agriculture | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Lobb, David | Advancing Soil and Crop Management Practices to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions from Agricultural Landscapes Across Canada | University of Manitoba | Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture); Social development and community services | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Adamchuk, Viacheslav | A meta systems approach to assure sustainability of Canadian farm operations | McGill University | Agriculture; Environment | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Kochian, Leon | Designing Climate Adaptive Canola for Mitigation, Resiliency and Food Security | University of Saskatchewan | Plant production and plant primary products; Agriculture and primary food production | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Diochon, Amanda | Clearing the way for agricultural expansion in the North: evaluating alternative land conversion practices | Lakehead University | Agriculture; Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture) | $27,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Erland, Lauren | Carbon-Neutral & Sustainable Year-Round Berry Production Systems for Food Security Applications in Rural Canada | University of the Fraser Valley | Agriculture; Environment | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Kwofie, Ebenezer | A Comprehensive Assessment of Sustainability Pathways to Meet Net-Zero Emission Targets through Beef and Dairy Cattle Production Value Chain | McGill University | Animal production and animal primary products | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Asah, Stanley | Accelerating Widespread Adoption and Retention of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices in Canada: A Multidisciplinary Mixed Methods Approach | Dalhousie University | Agriculture and primary food production; Social sciences | $29,546 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Skogstad, Grace | A Next Generation Environmental Farm Plan: Transformative Action on Climate Change | University of Toronto | Agriculture; Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture) | $30,180 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Fonstad, Terrance | Smart Farming & Regenerative Agriculture: NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable agriculture research initiative preparatory funds | University of Saskatchewan | Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture); Agriculture and primary food production | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Zovoilis, Athanasios | Better Soil, Better Health: Developing more Sustainable Agricultural Processes for a Resilient Future | University of Lethbridge | Agriculture | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Bohun, Christopher | Solid Waste Management for Sustainability in Canadian Agriculture | Ontario Tech University | Waste, waste management and recycling; Modelling and mathematical simulation of natural processes | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Mwesigye, Aggrey | On farm sustainable energy generation and use - enhanced anaerobic digestion for cold climates + electrification of heating | University of Calgary | Alternative energy resources; Energy storage and conversion | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Hassini, Elkafi | Farming Analytics and Resilience Modelling (FARM) | McMaster University | Agriculture; Agriculture and primary food production | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Morrissey, Christy | Identifying and Optimizing Marginal Agricultural Land to achieve Nature-based Solutions | University of Saskatchewan | Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture); Agriculture | $28,859 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Hart, Miranda | Net zero wine production in Canada | The University of British Columbia | Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture); Agriculture and primary food production | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Master, Emma | Carbon sequestration through biocatalytic valorization of agricultural residues | University of Toronto | Agricultural chemicals (fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides); Environment | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Maclean, Allyson | Harnessing the Potential of Controlled-Environment Agriculture & Beneficial Microbes to Accelerate the Development of Sustainable Agriculture in Canada | University of Ottawa | Agriculture; Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture) | $28,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Yoshioka, Keiko | REAP(Resilience Enhancement and Advancement Project) for climate change: A genetic-chemical-microbial roadmap for plant health and productivity to reduce greenhouse gas emission | University of Toronto | Agricultural chemicals (fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides); Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture) | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Samuel, Marcus | Developing a resilient, sustainable, and profitable pea cropping system for net zero economy through transdisciplinary integration of genomic technologies | University of Calgary | Agriculture and primary food production; Agriculture | $20,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Spring, Andrew | Co-creating sustainable agriculture as the foundation for ecosystems resilience and food sovereignty in the Northwest Territories through community-led action and research | Wilfrid Laurier University | Agriculture and primary food production; Northern development | $50,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Dhar, Tirtha | Bridging the Data Gap to Build the Canadian Agri-food Sustainability Index Using Remote Sensing, AI, and Machine Learning | University of Guelph | Agriculture and primary food production; Environment | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Green, Jennifer | Flax Fibre to Fabric: An innovative mission-oriented framework for sustainable agriculture value-chains | NSCAD University | Fibres and textiles; Agriculture | $35,000 | Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture | ||
| 2023 | Reuter, Stephan | Plasma-Electrification of Chemical Produce - net-zero carbon emission technology for sustainable greenhouses (PLANET) | École Polytechnique de Montréal | Agricultural chemicals (fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides); Environment | $3,427,713 | Sustainable agriculture | NSERC | |
| 2023 | Wagner-Riddle, Claudia | CANN2ONET-A Canadian Nitrous Oxide Collaboration Network to Meet Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets | University of Guelph | Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture); Agriculture | $7,997,753 | Sustainable agriculture | NSERC | |
| 2023 | Green, Jennifer | Flax Fibre to Fabric: An Innovative Transition Design Framework for Sustainable Agriculture Value-Chains | NSCAD University | Agriculture; Fibres and textiles | $3,282,175 | Sustainable agriculture | SSHRC | |
| 2023 | De France, Kevin | Unlocking canola meal: The key to sustainable growth and reduced greenhouse gas emissions in Canadian agricultural practices | Queen's University | Agriculture and primary food production; Materials sciences | $3,192,950 | Sustainable agriculture | NSERC | |
| 2023 | Morrissey, Christy | IDENTIFYING AND OPTIMIZING MARGINAL AGRICULTURAL LAND TO ACHIEVE NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS | University of Saskatchewan | Agriculture; Social sciences | $3,916,141 | Sustainable agriculture | NSERC | |
| 2023 | Sargent, Risa | PERCS: Perennial Plant Restoration for Carbon Sequestration in Canadian Agricultural Landscapes | The University of British Columbia | Agriculture; Environment | $6,509,527 | Sustainable agriculture | NSERC | |
| 2023 | Perez-Lopez, Edel | LeafHope: A Comprehensive Toolkit to Reduce Insecticide Use and Greenhouse Gases in Canada | Université Laval | Agricultural chemicals (fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides); Climate and atmosphere | $7,098,990 | Sustainable agriculture | NSERC | |
| 2023 | Heung, Brandon | The Canadian Soil Data Portal - Transforming Canada's Soil Data Infrastructure to Facilitate GHG Reductions and Climate Change Mitigation | Dalhousie University | Environment; Agriculture | $6,901,406 | Sustainable agriculture | NSERC | |
| 2023 | Foster, Leonard | Toward self-sufficiency in apiculture for food security in a net-zero economy | The University of British Columbia | Agriculture and primary food production; Agriculture | $4,498,895 | Sustainable agriculture | NSERC | |
| 2023 | Entz, Martin | Net-zero farming systems through diversity, integration, and perenniality: A co-design approach. | University of Manitoba | Agriculture and primary food production; Social sciences | $7,644,337 | Sustainable agriculture | NSERC | |
| 2023 | Isaac, Marney | Toward sustainable urban and peri-urban agriculture for net-zero food systems | University of Toronto | Farming: soil and water resources; Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture) | $3,922,000 | Sustainable agriculture | SSHRC | |
| 2023 | Guan, Leluo | Novel and Adaptive Rumen Microbiome targeted solutions for GHG mitigation in cattle | The University of British Columbia | Agriculture and primary food production; Animal management (animal diseases, breeding) | $7,899,200 | Sustainable agriculture | NSERC | |
| 2023 | Taghipour, Fariborz | Development of a sensor network for sustainable agriculture | The University of British Columbia | Agriculture; Agricultural chemicals (fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides) | $2,640,000 | Sustainable agriculture | NSERC | |
| 2023 | Spring, Andrew | Fostering sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a resilient and thriving food system in the Northwest Territories through co-created action and research | Wilfrid Laurier University | Agriculture; Northern development | $7,881,380 | Sustainable agriculture | SSHRC | |
| 2023 | Basarab, John | Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the Canadian beef industry through the development and adoption of genomic tools | University of Alberta | Agriculture and primary food production; Animal production and animal primary products | $3,803,801 | Sustainable agriculture | NSERC | |
| 2023 | Farooque, Aitazaz Ahsan | Development of Transformative Precision Agriculture Technologies to Ensure Food Security and Mitigate Climate Change: A State-of-the-art Approach to Promote Sustainable Agriculture | University of Prince Edward Island | Agriculture; Environment | $6,924,435 | Sustainable agriculture | NSERC |