Funding & Awards

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Research Grants

Team Grant: Nindinawemadanigok: Founding the Nine Circles Community-Based Research Hub
Role:
Co-PI & Principal Applicant
Funding Source:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Funding Stream: “Team Grant : HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research-Full Submission”
Amount: $1,000,000 (SUBMITTED)

Team Grant: Addressing HIV and other STBBIs through Decolonizing Community-Based Research: Founding the Nine Circles Community-Based Research Hub
Role:
Co-PI & Principal Applicant
Funding Source:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Funding Stream: “Team Grant : HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research-LOI”
Amount: $100,000

Clinical Trial: "Test and Treat" Clinical Trial Intervention to Evaluate the Performance and Treatment Outcomes of Novel Point-of-Care and Self-Test Versions of a Rapid Combination Treponemal/non-Treponemal Antibody Test
Role: Co-Applicant (PI: Sean Rourke)
Funding Source:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Funding Stream: “Clinical Trials Fund”
Amount: $4.2M

Catalyst Grant: Digital Platforms for the Sexual Health of Gay, Bisexual, and other Men who have Sex with Men in Winnipeg: Beyond Infectious Disease Control and Medicalization
Role:
Co-PI and Co-Applicant (PI: Robert Lorway)
Funding Source: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Funding Stream: “HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research”
Amount: $100,000

Operating Grant: COVID-19 Mental Health & Substance Use Service Needs and Delivery among Two-Spirit, Gay, Bisexual and Queer Men in Manitoba.
Role: Collaborator (PI: Rusty Souleymanov)
Funding Source: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Funding Stream: “Matching Access to Service with Needs”
Amount: $175,000

Catalyst Grant: An Examination of Health, HIV risks, HIV-related and Other Health and Social Care Programs and Services for Marginalized Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Manitoba.
Role: Collaborator (PI: Rusty Souleymanov)
Funding Source: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Funding Stream: “HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research”
Amount: $40,000

Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards

Dr. Lorway – CRC Fellowship | $40,000 | 2022-2025

Dr. Souradet Shaw Scholarship | $35,000 | 2025

Digital Platforms Study 2024-2026 – Research Scholarship | $40,000 | 2024

CIHR Fellowship 2024-2027 – Linda Larcombe Lab | $105,000 | 2024

2STLGBQ+ Health Hub Fellowship – CIHR Funded | $10,000 | 2023

SSHRC – Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) | $150,000 | 2022

University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship – Declined | $72,000 | 2022

Lambda Foundation Les McAfee Memorial Award – LGBT Focus | $2,500 | 2020

University of Manitoba Tri-Council Master’s Supplemental & Top Up Award | $28,333 | 2019

SSHRC – Joseph Armand Bombardier CGS-M Award | $17,500 | 2018

University of Manitoba Cheryl Cruikshank Memorial Award (3X) | $1,500 | 2013-2016

University of Manitoba Merit Scholarship | $1,500 | 2015

University of Manitoba Student’s Union Scholarship | $1,500 | 2014

Distinctions & Recognitions

CBC Manitoba Future 40 Under 40 | 2016

GLBTT Manitoba Chamber of Commerce Student of the Year | 2013

Faculty of Social Work Dean’s Honour List | 2012-2016

University 1 Dean’s Honour List | 2011-2012