Donald Burn, University of Waterloo

Latest funding

Estimation of drought events
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$168,000
NSERC Canadian Floodnet
NSERC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$5,150,000
Decision support tool for integrated water monitoring networks design and evaluation
NSERC · 2011 · Co-investigator
$496,800

All 9 grants and awards

Estimation of drought events

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Burn, Donald

$168,000

NSERC Canadian Floodnet

Co-investigatorNSERC2013Strategic Network Grants Program

Principal investigators: Coulibaly, Paulin

$5,150,000

Decision support tool for integrated water monitoring networks design and evaluation

Co-investigatorNSERC2011Strategic Projects - Group

Principal investigators: Coulibaly, Paulin

$496,800

Estimation of hydrological extremes

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Burn, Donald

$170,000

Estimation of hydrologic extremes

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Burn, Donald

$200,000

Risk management tool for water supply systems

Co-investigatorNSERC2002Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Simonovic, Slobodan

$94,280

Estimation of hydrologic extremes

Principal investigatorNSERC2000Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Burn, Donald

$112,000

Integrating drought probability estimates

Principal investigatorNSERC1999Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Burn, Donald

$21,720

Estimation of hydrologic extremes

Principal investigatorNSERC1999Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Burn, Donald

$21,000

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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