News Releases

Up to $880,000 awarded for industrial research

December 9, 2004 — Researcher Dr. Kathryn Rankin is helping develop a powerful new diagnostic tool that may correctly diagnose disease and effectively monitor drug treatment for a variety of diseases including cancer, heart disease, diabetes and asthma.

$9 million awarded for new energy research centre

October 14, 2004 — Alberta Ingenuity awarded up to $9 million to establish a major new energy research centre based at the University of Calgary.

Alberta Ingenuity announces new President and CEO

July 26, 2004 — Alberta Ingenuity Chair Mr. Alvin Libin announced that Dr. Peter Hackett, an internationally recognized chemical physicist and research leader, has been appointed as President and CEO of Alberta Ingenuity.

$8.6 million awarded to study ice jams, oil extraction, phosphorus pollution and more

July 14, 2004 — Seventy-five new Alberta-based science and engineering students will share up to $8.6 million in research funding awarded by Alberta Ingenuity.

$2 million awarded to study healthier forests, dinosaur evolution and more

June 22, 2004 — Twenty top new science and engineering researchers will share $2 million in research funding awarded by Alberta Ingenuity.

Alberta Ingenuity's water conference highlights water resource concerns

December 2, 2003 — According to water experts at Alberta Ingenuity's two-day conference Watershed: Research Informing Public Policy the province is facing a parched future with greater demand for less and less water.

Alberta Ingenuity awards $1.2 million to 10 new faculty in Alberta

November 6, 2003 — Ten awardees province-wide received more than $1.2 million in funding as part of the first Alberta Ingenuity New Faculty Grant competition.

Alberta Ingenuity awards three Alberta universities up to $7.5 million for water research

October 15, 2003 — Alberta Ingenuity announced the establishment of the new Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Water Research.

Top Alberta researchers share in $7 million in new research funding

July 4, 2003 — Top science and engineering researchers from Alberta's three research-intensive universities will share in $7 million in new research funding awarded across Alberta by Alberta Ingenuity.

New program boost industrial research

April 24, 2003 — Six Alberta companies will share $660,000 in support from an innovative new program designed to help bolster their research capacity by giving them the resources to hire highly-skilled scientists and engineers.