2020-2025 NSERC Discovery Grant. Sensory ecology of acoustic communication: implications of a changing environment. Principal
Investigator. D.M. Higgs Direct costs: $165,000
2019-2023 GEN-FISH Grant. Environmental DNA ("eDNA), meta-barcoding and transcriptional profiling to improve sustainability of
fisheries and fish culture. Direct Costs $193,000.
2016-2018 Great Lakes Fishery Commission. D.M. Higgs, S. Meihls, N.S. Johnson. Physiological and behavioural responses of sea
lamprey to low frequency sounds. Direct Costs $74,655.
2015-2016 Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Johnson, N.S., Buchinger, T., Higgs, D.M., Binder, T., Farha, S. Investigation of
sound production by spawning lake trout. Direct Costs $10,000.
2015-2020 NSERC Discovery Grant. Neuroethology of Acoustic Communication in Aquatic Vertebrates. Principal Investigator D.M.
Higgs Direct costs: $200,000
2013-2015 NSERC Strategic Development of high performance Chinook salmon stocks for commercial aquaculture: genetic
hybridization to maximize culture efficiency and minimize environmental impact. Principal Investigator Daniel Heath. Direct
costs: $526,600.
2013 NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation. Principal Investigator: Trevor Pitcher. Direct Costs: $200,000
2013 NSERC RTI. High through-put digital field-based fish measurement system. Principal Investigator: Daniel Heath. Direct
Costs: $27,808.
2012 NSERC RTI. Networked hydrophone arrays for passive acoustic recording of underwater sound. Principal Investigator: D.M.
Higgs. Direct costs: $65,000
2012 NSERC RTI. Four-season Research Field Vehicle for Studies and Training in Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Science.
Principal Investigator: Oliver Love. Direct costs: $36,836
2012 NSERC RTI. Light source and shutter for optical analysis of neural responses. Principal Investigator: Barbara Zielinski. Direct
costs: $11,213
2011 Invasive Species Partnership Fund: shared with Lynda Corkum as co-PI. Direct costs: $16,000
2010 NSERC RTI: Under-water acoustic arrays for studying large and fine scale movement of the Great Lakes fish. Principal
Investigator: Aaron Fisk. Direct costs: $68,000
2009-2012 A multisensory approach to targeted management of the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus). NSERC Strategic.
Principal Investigator: B. Zielinski. Direct costs: $446,690.
2009-2011 Hydrodynamic Impacts on Walleye Egg & Larval Distribution and Survival in Western Lake Erie. MNR Canada/MITACS.
Principal Investigator: D.M. Higgs. Direct costs: $25,500
2009-2010 Inflatable Boat for Shallow Water Field Sampling. NSERC RTI. Principal Investigator: D.M. Higgs. Direct costs: $13,757
2009-2011 Genetic & Physiological Basis of Growth, Survival & Reproduction in Chinook Salmon: Applications for Aquaculture.
NSERC CRD. Principal Investigator: T.E. Pitcher. Direct costs: $130,000
2008-2013 Multisensory Integration in Teleost Fishes. NSERC. Principal Investigator: D.M. Higgs. Direct costs: $135,000
2008-2010 Mechanisms of Range Expansion in the round goby. CAISN, Principal Investigators: D.M. Higgs and D.D. Heath.
Direct costs: $17,100
2008 Evolution of Hearing in the Sciaenidae. Linnaen Society of London, Principal Investigator: D.M. Higgs. Direct costs:
$2,720.00
2008-2010 A tripartite approach to interactive Tablet PC-based instruction across a Biology curriculum. Hewlett Packard
Technology for Teaching, Principal Investigator: K.R. Poling. Direct costs: $77,000
2007 Aquatic Facilities for Research Animals. NSERC RTI. Principal Investigator: D.M. Higgs. Direct costs: $47,240
2007 Confocal microscope for multichannel and live imaging. NSERC RTI. Principal Investigator: A. Swan. Direct costs:$131,000
2006 Potential management tools for round goby. MNR Canada. Principal Investigator: L Corkum. Direct costs: $30,000
2006 Field vehicle with towing capacity. NSERC equipment grant. Principal Investigator: J. Ciborowski. Direct costs: $29,462
2005 Potential management tools for round goby. MNR Canada. Principal Investigator: L Corkum. Direct costs: $54,000
2005 Multi-user confocal imaging facility upgrade. NSERC RTI. Principal Investigator: B Zielinski. Direct costs: $77,753
2005 Remote operating vehicle for aquatic field research. NSERC RTI. Principal Investigator: L Corkum. Direct costs: $28,332
2004-2005 An integrated field and laboratory facility for underwater acoustic sampling and analysis. CFI/OIT. Principal
Investigator: D.M. Higgs Direct costs: $135,137
Updated: February 2022
Investigator. D.M. Higgs Direct costs: $165,000
2019-2023 GEN-FISH Grant. Environmental DNA ("eDNA), meta-barcoding and transcriptional profiling to improve sustainability of
fisheries and fish culture. Direct Costs $193,000.
2016-2018 Great Lakes Fishery Commission. D.M. Higgs, S. Meihls, N.S. Johnson. Physiological and behavioural responses of sea
lamprey to low frequency sounds. Direct Costs $74,655.
2015-2016 Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Johnson, N.S., Buchinger, T., Higgs, D.M., Binder, T., Farha, S. Investigation of
sound production by spawning lake trout. Direct Costs $10,000.
2015-2020 NSERC Discovery Grant. Neuroethology of Acoustic Communication in Aquatic Vertebrates. Principal Investigator D.M.
Higgs Direct costs: $200,000
2013-2015 NSERC Strategic Development of high performance Chinook salmon stocks for commercial aquaculture: genetic
hybridization to maximize culture efficiency and minimize environmental impact. Principal Investigator Daniel Heath. Direct
costs: $526,600.
2013 NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation. Principal Investigator: Trevor Pitcher. Direct Costs: $200,000
2013 NSERC RTI. High through-put digital field-based fish measurement system. Principal Investigator: Daniel Heath. Direct
Costs: $27,808.
2012 NSERC RTI. Networked hydrophone arrays for passive acoustic recording of underwater sound. Principal Investigator: D.M.
Higgs. Direct costs: $65,000
2012 NSERC RTI. Four-season Research Field Vehicle for Studies and Training in Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Science.
Principal Investigator: Oliver Love. Direct costs: $36,836
2012 NSERC RTI. Light source and shutter for optical analysis of neural responses. Principal Investigator: Barbara Zielinski. Direct
costs: $11,213
2011 Invasive Species Partnership Fund: shared with Lynda Corkum as co-PI. Direct costs: $16,000
2010 NSERC RTI: Under-water acoustic arrays for studying large and fine scale movement of the Great Lakes fish. Principal
Investigator: Aaron Fisk. Direct costs: $68,000
2009-2012 A multisensory approach to targeted management of the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus). NSERC Strategic.
Principal Investigator: B. Zielinski. Direct costs: $446,690.
2009-2011 Hydrodynamic Impacts on Walleye Egg & Larval Distribution and Survival in Western Lake Erie. MNR Canada/MITACS.
Principal Investigator: D.M. Higgs. Direct costs: $25,500
2009-2010 Inflatable Boat for Shallow Water Field Sampling. NSERC RTI. Principal Investigator: D.M. Higgs. Direct costs: $13,757
2009-2011 Genetic & Physiological Basis of Growth, Survival & Reproduction in Chinook Salmon: Applications for Aquaculture.
NSERC CRD. Principal Investigator: T.E. Pitcher. Direct costs: $130,000
2008-2013 Multisensory Integration in Teleost Fishes. NSERC. Principal Investigator: D.M. Higgs. Direct costs: $135,000
2008-2010 Mechanisms of Range Expansion in the round goby. CAISN, Principal Investigators: D.M. Higgs and D.D. Heath.
Direct costs: $17,100
2008 Evolution of Hearing in the Sciaenidae. Linnaen Society of London, Principal Investigator: D.M. Higgs. Direct costs:
$2,720.00
2008-2010 A tripartite approach to interactive Tablet PC-based instruction across a Biology curriculum. Hewlett Packard
Technology for Teaching, Principal Investigator: K.R. Poling. Direct costs: $77,000
2007 Aquatic Facilities for Research Animals. NSERC RTI. Principal Investigator: D.M. Higgs. Direct costs: $47,240
2007 Confocal microscope for multichannel and live imaging. NSERC RTI. Principal Investigator: A. Swan. Direct costs:$131,000
2006 Potential management tools for round goby. MNR Canada. Principal Investigator: L Corkum. Direct costs: $30,000
2006 Field vehicle with towing capacity. NSERC equipment grant. Principal Investigator: J. Ciborowski. Direct costs: $29,462
2005 Potential management tools for round goby. MNR Canada. Principal Investigator: L Corkum. Direct costs: $54,000
2005 Multi-user confocal imaging facility upgrade. NSERC RTI. Principal Investigator: B Zielinski. Direct costs: $77,753
2005 Remote operating vehicle for aquatic field research. NSERC RTI. Principal Investigator: L Corkum. Direct costs: $28,332
2004-2005 An integrated field and laboratory facility for underwater acoustic sampling and analysis. CFI/OIT. Principal
Investigator: D.M. Higgs Direct costs: $135,137
Updated: February 2022
