Martin Houde, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Characterizing the physical environment of flaring maser sources
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$57,000
Operations and Maintenance Support for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
NSERC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$300,000
Astrophysical Processes in the ISM
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$320,000

All 9 grants and awards

No publications available.

Characterizing the physical environment of flaring maser sources

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Houde, Martin

Keywords: radiative processes: non thermal; superradiance; masers; molecular spectroscopy; ism: magnetic fields; ism: polarization

$57,000

Operations and Maintenance Support for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Wilson, Christine

$300,000

Astrophysical Processes in the ISM

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Houde, Martin

Keywords: Astrophysical processes; Interstellar medium; Magnetic fields; Molecular spectroscopy; Polarization; Star formation; Submillimetre astronomy; Turbulence

$320,000

Characterizing magnetized turbulence in molecular clouds and galaxies

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Houde, Martin

$185,000

Star Formation

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Houde, Martin

Keywords: CRC

$500,000

Magnetic field and polarization studies in turbulent molecular Clouds

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Houde, Martin

$79,515

Magnetic fields and star formation

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Houde, Martin

$44,869

Magnetic fields and star formation

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Houde, Martin

$95,700

Canada Research Chair in Star Formation

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Houde, Martin

$100,420

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 Houde, 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 "Characterizing the physical environment of flaring maser sources" (2024), 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]