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Robert McCann

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ProfessorDepartment of MathematicsUniversity of Toronto

Robert McCann

Professor

Department of Mathematics

Faculty of Arts and Science

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 NSERC), most recently in 2020.

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Mathematics, Economics and Physics
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$800,000
Variational problems in physics, economics and geometry
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$258,000
Mathematics, Economics and Physics
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$150,000

All 10 grants and awards

Mathematics, Economics and Physics

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: McCann, Robert

Keywords: optimal transport; nonlinear partial differential equations; convex geometry and analysis; mathematical relativity; mathematical economics; pattern formation; nonsmooth Lorentzian geometry; calculus of variations; fluid dynamics; informational asymmetry

$800,000

Variational problems in physics, economics and geometry

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McCann, Robert

Keywords: optimal transport; monge-kantorovich; mathematical relativity; lower ricci curvature bounds; synthetic lorentzian geometry; partial differential equations; convex geometry and analysis; attractive-repulsive potentials; fluid dynamics; asymmetric information

$258,000

Mathematics, Economics and Physics

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: McCann, Robert

$150,000

Variational problems in mathematics and the sciences

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Mccann, Robert

$205,000

FIELDS - The Fields Institute for Research in the Mathematical Sciences

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Thematic Resources Support in Mathematics and Statistics

Principal investigators: Murty, Kumar

$9,848,778

Optimal transportation: geometry and dynamics

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McCann, Robert

$294,000

Optimal transportation: geometry and dynamics

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: McCann, Robert

$120,000

Optimal transportation and nonlinear dynamics

Principal investigatorNSERC2003Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McCann, Robert

$145,000

The geometry of optimal transportation and its applications

Principal investigatorNSERC1999Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McCann, Robert

$92,400

Mathematics research computing facility

Co-investigatorNSERC1999Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Sulem, Catherine

$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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