Catherine Plowright, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Bumblebees: their behaviour and cognition
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$112,000
Bumblebees: their foraging behaviour and cognition
NSERC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$120,000
Animal cognition and foraging ecology
NSERC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$149,045

All 7 grants and awards

No publications available.

Bumblebees: their behaviour and cognition

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Plowright, Catherine

$112,000

Bumblebees: their foraging behaviour and cognition

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Plowright, Catherine

$120,000

Animal cognition and foraging ecology

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Plowright, Catherine

$149,045

Animal cognition and foraging ecology

Principal investigatorNSERC2001Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Plowright, Catherine

$112,000

Animal cognition and foraging ecology

Principal investigatorNSERC1997Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Plowright, Catherine

$92,610

Mechanisms of foraging choices

Principal investigatorNSERC1993Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Plowright, Catherine

$84,000

An ecological approach to mechanisms of choice, with special reference to timing

Principal investigatorNSERC1990Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Plowright, Catherine

$40,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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