NSERC Grants to Study Aging, Food and Nutrition, Plants and Packaging
July 25, 2025 – Congratulations to LFS researchers who were successful in the 2025 NSERC Discovery Research Program and NSERC CREATE Program.
2025 NSERC Discovery Research Program
NSERC Discovery Grants: These grants support ongoing research programs that focus on a long-term horizon, rather than single, short-term projects. They recognize creativity and innovation in research advances.
James McKendry
Mechanisms of Human Skeletal Muscle Proteostasis
Across the Age and Activity Spectrum
NSERC Discovery Horizons Grants: Horizons Grants fund individual and team projects that broadly integrate or transcend disciplines to advance knowledge in the natural sciences and engineering
Anubhav Pratap-Singh
Buccal Tablets and Nasal Sprays for non-invasive delivery of therapeutic peptides and hormones
NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grants: The NSERC Research Tools and Instruments grants foster innovation and training capability of researchers in the natural sciences and engineering by supporting the purchase of research equipment.
- Simone Castellarin: Urgent requirement of a mass spectrometer for plant and food research
Co-applicants: Bohlmann, Joerg; Measday, Vivien; Yang, Tianxi
Simone Castellarin
Urgent requirement of a mass spectrometer
for plant and food research
Co-applicants: Bohlmann, Joerg; Measday, Vivien; Yang, Tianxi
NSERC Create Grants
UBC researchers are leading two new training initiatives to train the next generation of scientists and engineers for their future careers through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program. Read about UBC funded projects here.
In LFS, congratulations to Anubhav Pratap-Singh (Food Processing) for receiving a CREATE Grant for his project titled: Packaging Leaders Training Program (PackLead).
For more information, see the NSERC announcement or visit the UBC Research and Innovation site.
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