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2020 research grants competition - results by peer review committee

Subatomic Physics
Applicant name Institution Program Title Term Amount awarded
Boulay, Mark
Department
Physics
Carleton University SAPPJ DEAP-3600 Data Collection And Analysis 2 $500,000.00
Bryman, Douglas
Department
Physics and Astronomy
The University of British Columbia SAPPJ Rare Kaon Decay Experiments 3 $149,000.00
Burgess, Clifford
Department
Physics and Astronomy
McMaster University SAPIN The Gravity of New Phenomena in Particle Physics 5 $90,000.00
Caballero Suarez, Olga Liliana
Department
Physics
University of Guelph SAPIN Nuclear physics in the Multi-messenger era 5 $40,000.00
Christian, Gregory
Department
Astronomy and Physics
Saint Mary's SAPIN Direct and Indirect Studies of Astrophysical Reactions 5 $79,000.00
Clark, Kenneth
Department
Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy
Queen's University SAPIN Dark matter search with a scintillating bubble chamber 5 $70,000.00
Creutzig, Thomas
Department
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
University of Alberta SAPIN Vertex Algebras in Geometry and Physics 5 $52,000.00
Danninger, Matthias
Department
Physics
Simon Fraser University SAPPJ Bridging grant application for ATLAS-Canada; Prompt and Long-Lived Particles - Searching for new physics at the Energy Frontier 1 $120,000.00
David, Claire
Department
Physics and Astronomy
York University SAPPJ The Higgs boson and the top quark in the ATLAS detector: gateway to new physics 1 $50,000.00
Davids, Barry
Department
Science Division
TRIUMF SAPMR Expert Support for Experiments at ISAC 3 $93,000.00
Deconinck, Wouter
Department
Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba SAPIN Precision Electroweak Studies of the Standard Model 2 $40,000.00
Dillmann, Iris
Department
Science Division
TRIUMF SAPEQ A multi-purpose particle detector for measurement of decays of highly-charged ions in storage rings 1 $149,755.00
Farine, Jacques
Department
Physics
Laurentian University SAPPJ The nEXO Search for Neutrino-less Double Beta Decay 1 $716,000.00
Fortin, Jean-Francois
Department
Physique, gιnie physique et optique
Universitι Laval SAPIN On Conformal Field Theory and Dark Matter 5 $40,000.00
Frank, Mariana
Department
Physics
Concordia SAPIN Beyond the Standard Model Scenarios: Dark Matter and Collider Signals 5 $45,000.00
Frey, Andrew
Department
Physics
The University of Winnipeg SAPIN The Landscape, the Swampland, and Information 5 $40,000.00
Fujiwara, Makoto
Department
Science Division
TRIUMF SAPPJ Fundamental Symmetry Tests with Trapped Antihydrogen: ALPHA at CERN/AD 3 $890,000.00
Gale, Charles
Department
Physics
McGill University SAPIN The study of strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions 5 $100,000.00
Giroux, Guillaume
Department
Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy
Queen's University SAPPJ NEWS-G Search for Light Dark Matter with Spherical Proportional Counters 3 $91,000.00
Hackman, Gregory
Department
Science Division
TRIUMF SAPMR The Canadian Institute of Nuclear Physics 5 $85,000.00
Hallin, Aksel
Department
Physics
University of Alberta SAPPJ The Darkside Dark Matter Detector 1 $188,000.00
Harris, Deborah
Department
Physics and Astronomy
York University SAPPJ Bridging grant application for T2K/-Canada: Improved measurements of neutrino oscillations and interactions 2 $70,000.00
Harris, Deborah
Department
Physics and Astronomy
York University SAPPJ Neutrinos exposed: from the cosmos to deep underground 3 $90,000.00
Junginger, Tobias
Department
Physics and Astronomy
University of Victoria SAPPJ Support for accelerator physics research including ARIEL 3 $80,000.00
Kovtun, Pavel
Department
Physics and Astronomy
University of Victoria SAPIN Theories of hot and dense matter: from hydrodynamics to holography 5 $75,000.00
Maloney, Alexander
Department
Physics
McGill University SAPIN Holography, Black Holes, and Conformal Field Theory 5 $90,000.00
Moore, Roger
Department
Physics
University of Alberta SAPPJ IceCube data analysis and detector upgrade developments 3 $190,000.00
Peet, Amanda
Department
Physics (St. George Campus)
University of Toronto SAPIN String Theory, Black Holes, and the Subatomic Structure of Spacetime 5 $20,000.00
Pinfold, James
Department
Physics
University of Alberta SAPEQ The MAPP (MoEDAL Apparatus for Penetrating Particles) Upgrade for the MoEDAL-LHC Experiment at RUN-3 1 $306,701.00
Poppitz, Erich
Department
Physics (St. George Campus)
University of Toronto SAPIN Nonperturbative Gauge Theory 5 $80,000.00
Ragan, Kenneth
Department
Physics
McGill University SAPPJ Particle Astrophysics with the VERITAS Detector 3 $155,000.00
Ritz, Adam
Department
Physics and Astronomy
University of Victoria SAPIN Quantum Fields and Physics Beyond the Standard Model 5 $100,000.00
Sandapen, Ruben
Department
Physics
Acadia SAPIN Hadron phenomenology using holographic light-front Quantum Chromodynamics 5 $15,000.00
Sobie, Randall
Department
Physics and Astronomy
University of Victoria SAPEQ Development platform for HEP cloud services 1 $28,550.00
Sobie, Randall
Department
Physics and Astronomy
University of Victoria SAPMR HEPNET/Canada 3 $129,500.00
Starosta, Krzysztof
Department
Chemistry
Simon Fraser University SAPIN Electromagnentic probe of nuclear interactions 5 $104,000.00
Swiatlowski, Maximilian
Department
Science Division
TRIUMF SAPPJ ATLAS Bridging Application: Di-Higgs Processes as a Window to the Standard Model and Beyond 1 $100,000.00
Vieira, Pedro
Department
Physics and Astronomy
University of Waterloo SAPIN Bootstrapping One Theory and Bootstrapping All Theories 5 $70,000.00