UNB Research
Research Support Fund helps ensure compliant, streamlined animal care processes.
UNB Research
Posted: October 28, 2025 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Category, Research, Research Support Fund, Partnerships, Research Services
The Government of Canada’s Research Support Fund provides financial support to institutions for the indirect costs of research funded by Canada’s three federal granting agencies – everything from office and laboratory space, to library resources, to financial administration, to ethics and health and safety support, and more. Essentially, these costs are intended to support the...
Read the full postCelebrating our award-winning researchers
UNB Research
Posted: October 8, 2025 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research, Accolades
A message from Dr. David MaGee, vice president research: UNB's University Research Scholar award honours active UNB faculty members who have demonstrated a consistently high level of scholarship, and whose research is, or has the potential to be, of international stature. Normally, a maximum of two such awards are given each year, and awards are presented at a special event held in the...
Read the full postWelcome to our fourth annual Research Celebration Week!
UNB Research
Posted: October 6, 2025 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Category, Research Services, Partnerships
A message from Dr. David MaGee, vice president research: It’s hard to believe it’s already autumn, let alone that we’re now onto our fourth UNB Research Celebration Week. While 2025 seems to be racing by, this week is one that I’ve been looking forward to. Every year, we have so much to celebrate and highlight from our research community. This year, I’m especially...
Read the full postResearch Support Fund enables smarter solutions for UNB research administration
UNB Research
Posted: September 19, 2025 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Category, Research Support Fund, Research Services
Support from the Government of Canada’s Research Support Fund has enabled UNB’s Office of Research Services to bring on staff to help our team modernize workflows and make processes more time-efficient and reliable. Software support specialist Chelsey Rickard joined ORS last January, and in that short time has already been able to transform UNB’s research administration. UNB...
Read the full postUNB research administrator Kara MacGillivray recognized for community-minded creativity
UNB Research
Posted: August 7, 2025 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Category, Accolades, Research Services
Behind every research project undertaken at UNB, there’s a team of dedicated professionals who work to support it. Our institution’s Office of Research Services (ORS) ensures that the administrative elements of every project, from grant applications to fund administration to institutional reporting, are properly carried out. This work upholds UNB’s reputation as a responsible...
Read the full postMeet the chair: Dr. Sajjad Dadkhah, Mastercard IoT Research Chair
UNB Research
Posted: April 22, 2025 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Innovation & Commercialization, Research, Partnerships
In April 2022, the University of New Brunswick (UNB) and Mastercard announced a new partnership to advance cybersecurity research and training opportunities in the Internet of Things (IoT) sector. Mastercard’s $1.75 million in financial support enabled a number of activities, including scholarships, the creation of a research lab and establishing the Mastercard IoT Research Chair. Dr....
Read the full post“If we succeed, it will be a giant leap for humanity.” Meet the chair: Dr. Stijn De Baerdemacker, CRC in Theoretical Chemistry
UNB Research
Posted: April 14, 2025 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research, Faculty of Science
“The working of the universe is beautiful, and, well, you need to smile about that sometimes. You need to appreciate it.” Dr. Stijn De Baerdemacker is the Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Theoretical Chemistry at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). He’s also an associate professor of chemistry and associate research director of UNB’s Research Institute in Data Science...
Read the full postDr. Stijn De Baerdemacker: A deeper dive into neural networks and machine learning
UNB Research
Posted: April 14, 2025 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research, Faculty of Science
Dr. Stijn De Baerdemacker is the Canada Research Chair in Quantum Chemistry at UNB, as well as an associate professor of chemistry and associate research director of UNB’s Research Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. We spoke with him about his research and what he hopes to accomplish as chair. As part of that conversation, we also spoke about what doors quantum...
Read the full postDr. Stijn De Baerdemacker: A deeper dive into Quantum Computing
UNB Research
Posted: April 14, 2025 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research, Faculty of Science
Dr. Stijn De Baerdemacker is the Canada Research Chair in Quantum Chemistry at UNB, as well as an associate professor of chemistry and associate research director of UNB’s Research Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. We spoke with him about his research and what he hopes to accomplish as chair, and as part of that conversation, we talked to him about how he applies...
Read the full postUNB scientist joins national Antarctic research body
UNB Research
Posted: March 5, 2025 6:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research, Faculty of Science
Dr. Chris Watson (B.Sc. ’08, M.Sc. ’11, PhD ‘15), a research scientist at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), has been appointed to the Canadian Committee on Antarctic Research (CCAR). The CCAR, which is part of the Government of Canada’s Polar Knowledge Canada body (POLAR), provides advice and guidance to POLAR on Antarctic matters including opportunities to...
Read the full postMeet the chair: Dr. Suchinta Arif, CRC in Ecological Modelling
UNB Research
Posted: February 26, 2025 6:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research, Accolades
Among the most recent cycle of new and renewed Canada Research Chairs announced by the Government of Canada are two UNB researchers. One is Dr. Suchinta Arif, who begins her career at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) with funding and an appointment as Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Ecological Modelling. Who are you? My name is Dr. Suchinta Arif, and I am an assistant professor at UNB and...
Read the full postMeet the chair: Dr. Veronica Whitford, CRC in Cognitive Neuroscience of Bilingual Reading Across the Lifespan
UNB Research
Posted: February 21, 2025 6:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research
Among the most recent cycle of new and renewed Canada Research Chairs announced by the Government of Canada are two UNB researchers. One of them is Dr. Veronica Whitford, whose research in language acquisition has been recognized and supported by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) funding for a second term as Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Cognitive Neuroscience of...
Read the full postRead the latest annual report from the Office of the Vice President Research
UNB Research
Posted: February 18, 2025 6:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research, Research Services, Accolades, Partnerships, Innovation & Commercialization, Publications
Our 2023-2024 Office of the Vice President Research annual report is now available online. From the vice president research: Last year, my office set out to modernize our annual reporting and bring it in line with other university reports. We took the opportunity to look at the how and why underlying our reporting process. We started with a simple question: How do we measure research? Or, more...
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