Island Prosperity Strategy Funds Support Graduate and Post Doctoral Fellowships

The Department of Innovation and Advanced Learning is pleased to announce the results of the peer review process and the decision to offer awards to the top four students in each of the following three categories: masters and PhD students and post-doctoral fellows.

This program promotes partnerships with private businesses and research institutions by sponsoring graduate students or post-doctoral researchers whose studies are aligned with the Island Prosperity Strategy. Individual assistance of up to $20,000 for Graduate students and $40,000 for post-doctoral fellows will support research projects exhibiting commercial potential.

In total, 36 applications were considered for funding in this first round of the Graduate and Post-Doctoral Fellowships. Below is a summary of the successful applicants in alphabetical order.

Project	Student / Fellow
Erythritol-Based Cores for Biodegradable Materials.	Donald Cameron
Evaluation of Selective Dry Cow Treatment Following On-Farm Culture Using Petrifilm on Low Somatic Cell Count Cows at Dry Off.	Marguerite Cameron
Development of a Bacterial Terpene Production Method.	Jennifer Cuillerier
Biodegradable Polymer Stars and Oligomers as Drug Delivery Platforms.	Andrew Elliott
Development of Models to Study Drug Resistance in Sea Lice.	Okechukwu Igboeli
Novel Strategies for Enhancing Functional Recovery Following Focal Ischemic Stroke.	Jessica Livingston-Thomas
Evaluation of an On-Farm Culture System and Treatment Decision Algorithm for Clinical Mastitis in Canada.	Kimberley MacDonald
Isolation and Characterization of Novel PTP1B Inhibitors.	Malcolm McCulloch
Fungal and Bacterial Diversity and Natural Products Drug Discovery From Marine Gorgonian Corals and Sponges.	Rebecca Pike
Validation of Potential Human Health Benefits of Functional Foods Produced on PEI.	Jennifer Slemmer
Development of Molecular Markers to Evaluate the Impact of Tunicate Mitigation Treatments on Mussel Gene Expression and Health.	Sarah Stewart-Clark
Development of Novel Fatty Acid-Based Nutraceuticals for Brain Health.	Hua Wang