Bridge Funding Grant Results

2026 

Bridge Funding Grants 2020
INVESTIGATOR AMOUNT PROJECT TITLE
Justin Di Trani $40,000 The electron transport chain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its role in biofilm formation, quorum sensing, and value as an antibiotic target
TOTAL $40,000

Bridge Funding Grants 2020
INVESTIGATOR AMOUNT PROJECT TITLE
Andrew Mason $40,000 Role of MAIT cells in primary biliary cholangitis
TOTAL $40,000

There were no bridge funding grants in 2024.

There were no bridge funding grants in 2023.

Bridge Funding Grants 2022
INVESTIGATOR AMOUNT PROJECT TITLE
Carlos Cervera $20,000* The interplay between urothelial intracellular bacterial communities, urine microbiome and innate immune transcriptomics on bacterial cystitis recurrence
Xavier Clemente-Casares $40,000 The role of neutrophil responses in sub-acute and delayed doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy
TOTAL $60,000

*Funding in partnership with the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (50:50) for a total of $40,000

There were no bridge funding grants in 2021.

Bridge Funding Grants 2020
INVESTIGATOR AMOUNT PROJECT TITLE
Troy Baldwin $40,000 Vaccinia virus-induced cancer immunotherapy
TOTAL $40,000

Bridge Funding Grants 2019
INVESTIGATOR AMOUNT PROJECT TITLE
Denise Hemmings $40,000

Chronic inflammation of adipose tissue and aging-related diseases

David Marchant $20,000* Understanding the interactions of respiratory syncytial virus with host cellular factors that lead to virus infection of the lungs
Sue Tsai $40,000 Regulation of B cell function by the insulin receptor in health and infection
TOTAL $100,000

*Funding in partnership with the Women and Children's Health Research Institute (50:50) for a total of $40,000