I. External Research Funding
2021-2022 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Individual Partnership Engage Grants: “Promoting volunteerism in Chinese Communities in the Covid-19 and post-COVID-19 Era” (Co-I, with Dr. Weiguo Zhang as PI, Dr. Peizhong Wang and Dr. Xiaolin Xie as Co-Is). March 1, 2021 – Feb 28, 2022.
2020-2025 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant: “Boundary Conditions for Age-related Associative Deficit: Behavioural Moderators and Neural Mechanisms” (PI). April 1, 2020 – March 31, 2025.
2020-2022 New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) under Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant: Canadian 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Rapid Research Funding: “Mobilizing the Chinese Immigrant Community and Battling the Potential COVID-19 outbreak in the Greater Toronto Area: Gathering essential information, creating a mutual support quarantine network and assessing psychological impacts” (Dr. Lixia Yang is a PA) with Dr. Peizhong Wang (NPA) at Memorial University, Dr. Weiguo Zhang (Co-I) at University of Toronto at Mississauga and Dr. Xiaolin Wei (Co-I) at University of Toronto. Feb. 28, 2020 – Feb. 28, 2022.
2020-2022 New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) under Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant: Canadian 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Rapid Research Funding: “Spatial and social patterning of COVID-19 prevention and transmission in Canada: Investigating the impacts of risk perception and preventive behaviour on individual activity space” (PA) with Dr. Lu Wang (NPA) at Ryerson University, and Dr. Dongmei Chen (PA) at Queen’s University. Feb. 28, 2020 – Feb. 28, 2022.
2020-2022 New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) under Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant: Canadian 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Rapid Research Funding: “Mobilizing the Chinese Immigrant Community and Battling the Potential COVID-19 outbreak in the Greater Toronto Area: Gathering essential information, creating a mutual support quarantine network and assessing psychological impacts” (Co-PA) with Dr. Peizhong Wang (NPA) at Memorial University. Feb. 28, 2020 – Feb. 28, 2022. Sub-Grant: Apr. 13, 2020 – Mar. 31, 2021.
II. Internal Research Funding
2020-2022 Partnership for Change: The RBC Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion Project Award: “Acculturation and its Relationship with Engagement and Wellbeing in Chinese Older Immigrants” (PI, with Dr. Linying Dong as co-applicant). Office of the Vice-president, Research and Innovation, Ryerson University. June 1, 2020 – July 31, 2021.
III. Internal Project, RA, and Travel Awards
06.2020-08.2020 Ryerson Career Boost Program, Research Assistant for Summer 2021. Career Center, Ryerson University.