Alain-Désiré Nimubona, University of Waterloo

Research

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Latest funding

Ammonia as an energy “currency” to connect the food, energy, and trade sectors
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$125,000
Adaptation, mitigation, and the impact of international trade
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$16,975
Environmental regulation of the Alberta oil sands
SSHRC · 2008 · Co-investigator
$124,200

All 3 grants and awards

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Ammonia as an energy “currency” to connect the food, energy, and trade sectors

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Wu, Xiaoyu

Keywords: Hydrogen economy; Ammonia; Electrochemical process; Process intensification; Sector competition; Electrochemical catalyst; Environmental economics

$125,000

Adaptation, mitigation, and the impact of international trade

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Nimubona, Alain-Désiré

Keywords: climate change; adaptation; mitigation; international trade

$16,975

Environmental regulation of the Alberta oil sands

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Research Grants - Canadian Environmental Issues

Principal investigators: Insley, Margaret C.

Keywords: oil sands; environmental regulation; uncertainty; eco-industry; real options

$124,200

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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