Renée Hložek, an assistant professor at the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, is receiving a $100,000 Discovery Grant from NSERC.
The funding, NSERC’s largest annual investment, provides researchers with financial support though scholarships, fellowships, research supplements and equipment grants.
Chemist Aaron Wheeler (on right) was awarded an E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship to support his work in the emerging field of microfluidics, while astrophysicist Jérémy Leconte received the NSERC Howard Alper Postdoctoral Prize for his investigations into the climate of planets outside our solar system and their ability to support life.