Daniel Brooks, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Phylogenetic comparative studies of evolutionary diversification of parasites
NSERC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$275,000
Biodiversity inventories of parasites: something for everyone
NSERC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$63,000
Upgrades for multi-user microscopy facility
NSERC · 2002 · Co-investigator
$23,361

All 10 grants and awards

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Phylogenetic comparative studies of evolutionary diversification of parasites

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Brooks, Daniel

$275,000

Biodiversity inventories of parasites: something for everyone

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Brooks, Daniel

$63,000

Upgrades for multi-user microscopy facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2002Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Tepass, Ulrich

$23,361

The Canadian Barcode of Life Network (BOL.ca)

Co-investigatorNSERC2002Research Networks

Principal investigators: Hebert, Paul

$5,369,000

Leopard frogs and their parasites: linking historical ecology and biodiversity

Principal investigatorNSERC2000Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Brooks, Daniel

$397,500

Leopard frogs and their parasites: linking historical ecology and biodiversity

Principal investigatorNSERC1999Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Brooks, Daniel

$61,950

The integration of information processing

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Research Development Initiatives

Principal investigators: Taborsky, Edwina

$42,000

Microscope and image capture and analysis equipment for morphometrics, evolutionary morphology, and biodiversity inventory studies

Principal investigatorNSERC1996Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Brooks, Daniel

$24,998

Phylogeny and historical ecology of host-parasite systems

Principal investigatorNSERC1993Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Brooks, Daniel

$330,864

Phylogeny and historical ecology of host-parasite systems

Principal investigatorNSERC1990Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Brooks, Daniel

$94,000

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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