Vincent Careau, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

The "paradox of stasis" and the correlated evolution of metabolic rate, behaviour and performance
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$102,000
Operation and Maintenance Support to Enhance Research and Highly Qualified Personnel Training at the Queen's University Biological Station
NSERC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$284,176
Joint Evolution of Energetics, Behaviour and Performance in Wild Mice
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$231,000

All 6 grants and awards

No publications available.

The "paradox of stasis" and the correlated evolution of metabolic rate, behaviour and performance

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Careau, Vincent

Keywords: darwinian fitness; quantitative genetics; evolutionary stasis; selection limits; metabolic rate; personality; locomotor performance; wild pedigreed population; breeding designs; artificial selection experiment

$102,000

Operation and Maintenance Support to Enhance Research and Highly Qualified Personnel Training at the Queen's University Biological Station

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Lougheed, Stephen

$284,176

Joint Evolution of Energetics, Behaviour and Performance in Wild Mice

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Careau, Vincent

$231,000

Functional Ecology

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Careau, Vincent

$440,000

Functional Ecology

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Careau, Vincent

Keywords: CRC

$50,000

Functional Ecology

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Careau, Vincent

$60,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Careau, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "The "paradox of stasis" and the correlated evolution of metabolic rate, behaviour and performance" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]