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Awards and recognition

Two projects led by MSL faculty receive CIHR fall 2024 priority announcement funding

Two collaborative research projects by Drs. Leonard Foster and Wilfred Jefferies have received priority announcement funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant: Fall 2024 competition. Both projects focus on disease prevention, developing and testing new approaches to protect against Mpox and malaria.

This funding competition awarded approximately $411 million in research grants across Canada, with an additional $14.1 million in priority announcement grants and $400,000 in supplemental prizes. At UBC, a total of 55 projects were awarded a combined $38.1 million.

Dr. Leonard Foster (left) and Dr. Wilfred Jefferies (right).

MSL-Led Priority Announcements:

Innovative Expression Platform for Therapeutic Antibody Delivery

Principal Investigator(s): Leonard Foster (MSL, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

Co-Investigator(s): Wilfred Jefferies (MSL, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Medical Genetics)

Priority Announcement Area: Global Health Research – Centre for Research on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies

$100,000 (1 yr)

Accelerating Next-Generation Vaccine Development to Combat the Global Mpox Crisis

Principal Investigator(s): Leonard Foster (MSL, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

Co-Investigator(s): Wilfred Jefferies (MSL, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Medical Genetics, Centre for Blood Research)

Priority Announcement Area: Global Health Research – Centre for Research on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies

$100,000 (1 yr)

 

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