John Ferris, University of Calgary

Research

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Latest funding

British and American intelligence and the road to the Pacific War, 1936-1941
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$54,000
Meeting of The Society For Military History
SSHRC · 2000 · Principal investigator
$14,000
Codebreaking, British diplomacy and strategy, 1916-1942
SSHRC · 1997 · Principal investigator
$13,834

All 3 grants and awards

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British and American intelligence and the road to the Pacific War, 1936-1941

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Ferris, John R.

Keywords: intelligence; strategy; international relations; Pacific War; World War 2; Britain; United States; Japan

$54,000

Meeting of The Society For Military History

Principal investigatorSSHRC2000Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Ferris, John

Keywords: military history; war and society; strategic studies

$14,000

Codebreaking, British diplomacy and strategy, 1916-1942

Principal investigatorSSHRC1997Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Ferris, John

Keywords: British diplomacy and strategy; international relations; appeasement; intelligence

$13,834

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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