Research Awards
2020 Awards
UCalgary geophysicist receives 2020 J. Tuzo Wilson Medal
Professor David Eaton recognized by Canadian Geophysical Union
2019 Awards
March of Dimes
Dr. Myriam Hemberger, PhD, was awarded the U.S. 2019 March of Dimes and Richard B. Johnston, Jr. MD Prize in Developmental Biology.
NASA Awards
Dr. Emma Spanswick, PhD, and University of Calgary’s auroral research team have received the Goddard Group Honor Award for Exceptional Achievement in Science from NASA.
Dr. Rogers Prize
Dr. Bonnie Kaplan, PhD, has been recognized with the 2019 Dr. Rogers Prize for Excellence in Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Order of the University of Calgary
Dr. Doug Morck, PhD, led the development of the university’s Statement on Animal Care, helped create the Animal Research and Education Unit to oversee animal use, and has served on all the university's animal care committees.
Top 40 Under 40
Avenue Magazine's Top 40 Under 40 for 2019 includes 20 people with ties to the University of Calgary.
Distinguished Service Award for Legal Scholarship
Professor Jennifer Koshan has been named the 2019 Distinguished Service Award winner for Legal Scholarship by the Canadian Bar Association - Alberta branch and the Law Society of Alberta.
EdCan Network Whitworth Award for Career Education Research Excellence
Dr. Shirley Steinberg was recognized as one of Canada’s leading scholars who have expanded media literacy into the field of critical pedagogy, as co-winner of the 2019 EdCan Network Whitworth Award for Career Education Research Excellence.
Web of Science list
Dr. Jess Chua was acknowledged for his research in family business and entrepreneurship in the past decade which has included him in the Web of Science list of highly cited researchers in the world for the past years.
100 Influential Women in Canadian Supply Chain
Dr. Diane Bischak has be honored as one of the 100 Influential Women in Canadian Supply Chain among many other women, who are part of a diverse and powerful group that includes C-Suite executives and corporate leaders, academics, professional service leaders, and other experts and influencers within Canada’s supply chain sector.
Robert K Merton Fellowship in Economic Sociology
Dr. Seok-Woo Kwon was appointed the Robert K Merton Fellowship in Economic Sociology as someone chosen to be one of the institute’s inaugural Robert K. Merton Visiting Research Fellows for 2019, he will be stuyding an issue of some relevance to Albertans.
2019 Royal Society of Canada
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2019 Killam Awards
Killam Emerging Research Leader Awards
Dr. Catherine Lebel, PhD, Dr. Samuel Yeaman, PhD, and Dr. Lucija Muehlenbachs, PhD recognized for excellence in early-career research.
Killam Postdoctoral Scholar: Jordan Squair
Dr. Jordan Squair, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at the Cumming School of Medicine, is on the cutting edge of this research and is getting noticed.
Award recognizes ‘a lifetime of work’ studying immune cells
Wee Yong receives 2019-2020 Killam Research Excellence Award
Concussion researcher named Killam Postdoctoral Scholar
Postdoc Ashley Ware part of world’s largest neuroimaging study of paediatric concussion
2019 Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Five UCalgary faculty members have been recognized for their positive impact on the health concerns of Canadians.
2018 Awards
2018 Carl Block Award
Dr. Eugene Janzen has been awarded the 2018 Carl Block Award from the Canadian Animal Health Coalition (CAHC) for outstanding contributions in the field of livestock animal health.
O. Harold Warwick Prize
Dr. Greg Cairncross, MD, is a co-recipient of the 2018 O. Harold Warwick Prize, awarded by the Canadian Cancer Society.
ASTech Awards
2018 ASTech winners include Dr. Brenda Hemmelgarn, MD, PhD; Emily Marasco; Dr. Orly Yadid-Pecht, DSc; the Automated Monitoring and Control System Group (Dr. Reza Maalek, PhD, Dr. Derek Lichti, PhD, and Dr. Janaka Ruwanpura, PhD), and the Faculty of Science Space Physics group.
Top 40 Under 40
Avenue Magazine's Top 40 Under 40 for 2018 includes 21 people with ties to the University of Calgary.
Grief Award
Dr. Jess Chua has been awarded the 2018 Grief Award for his paper called Family Involvement, Family Influence, and Family‐Centered Non‐Economic Goals in Small Firms published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, for the most impactful entrepreneurship article since publication five years ago.
CSI Research Foundation Limited-Term Professorship
Dr. Alfred Lehar was awarded professorship to study the impact of blockchain technologies on capital markets.
Extra Mural Fellow for Nordic Initiative for Corporate Economics
Dr. Yrjo Koskinen has been appointed an Extra Mural Fellow for Nordic Initiative for Corporate Economics.
2018 Royal Society of Canada
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2017 Killam Awards
Killam Research Excellence Award: Susan Graham
Susan Graham is the director of the Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, a member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, and a professor in the Department of Psychology. Her research program focuses on understanding language and cognitive development during the infancy and preschool years.
2017 Killam Laureates celebrated at annual reception
Doctoral students, postdoctoral scholars and faculty recognized for their outstanding research and leadership
Five scholars receive Killam annual professor awards
Dr. Susan Bennett, PhD; Dr. Josephine Hill, PhD, Dr. David, Hodgins, PhD; Dr. Michael Kallos, PhD; and Dr. Bernhard Mayer, PhD recognized for demonstrating excellence in research and teaching, while serving their academic discipline and their community outside the university.
2017 Royal Society of Canada
UCalgary scholars named new Fellows of the Royal Society
Dr. John Ferris, PhD; Dr. William Ghali, MD; Dr. Pere Santamaria, MD, PhD; and Dr. Barry Sanders, PhD; have been recognized for outstanding scholarship in nanomedicine, military history, public health and quantum computing.
RSC College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Joule Bergerson, PhD; Stephanie Borgland, PhD; and Matthew Hill, PhD were inducted into the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists in recognition of their work driving innovative, life-changing research.
2016 Awards
Alberta Order of Excellence
Dr. Barry Bultz, PhD, was awarded the Alberta Order of Excellence for his pioneering work at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre.
Order of Canada
Primatologist Linda Fedigan honoured for Order of Canada and a lifetime of innovation.
Top 40 Under 40
Avenue Magazine's Top 40 Under 40 for 2016 includes 23 people with ties to the University of Calgary.
ASTech Awards
Four UCalgary researchers have been awarded STech awards in recognition of their excellence in science and technology. A fifth award was also given posthumously to Dr. Cy Frank, one of the university’s and Canada’s most respected clinician scientists.
David Rockefeller Fellow
Dr. Mohammad Keyhani was selected in 2016 as one of the Canadian David Rockefeller Fellows, young leaders under the age of 35 who are invited to meetings of the commission.
30 Innovations that Inspire
Dr. Piers Steel's MetaBUS initiative was recognized by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) as one of 30 “Innovations that Inspire” at the annual AACSB Deans Conference.
2016 Royal Society of Canada
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Christian BöK, PhD, Dr. Susan Bennett, PhD, Dr. Rangaraj M. Rangayyan, Dr. Nigel Shrive, PhD and Dr. Lawrence Harder, PhD recognized as leading Canadian intellectuals.
RSC College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Dr. Eric Smith, MD; and Charlene Elliott, PhD have been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists for their exceptional work as emerging scholars.
2016 Killam Awards
Killam Postdoctoral Laureate
Killam postdoc Georgia Balsevich studies how stress hormones may chemically amp up rewards of eating
2016 Killam Scholars and award winners celebrated
The annual Killam reception held on Oct. 26 was a chance for the Killam
Trustees and honoured guests to meet the University of Calgary’s Killam Laureates and learn more about their innovative research and academic achievements.
Recipients prior to 2016 can be found in our Prize and Awards Listing