Twenty-Seven McMaster Faculty Receive Seed Funding for Innovative International Research Collaborations
Twenty-seven McMaster University faculty members working at the forefront of research, education, and global engagement have received seed funding to support new international collaborations.
Through the International Initiatives Micro-Fund (IIMF), the Office of International Affairs invited proposals that demonstrated innovation, partnership, and a strong commitment to internationalization. This year’s recipients span a wide range of disciplines and approaches, united by a shared goal: to foster inclusive, sustainable, and globally connected initiatives that benefit both local and international communities.
The selected projects are as follows:
| Faculty | Name | Project Title |
| Business | Berk Gorgulu |
Simultaneous Disease and Specimen Pooling in Infectious Disease Testing
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| Business | Manish Kacker |
Distribution Channel Design and Management for Inclusive Access and Growth in Developing Economies
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| Business | Milena Head | International Collaborations to Expand Aging Related Research Growth in Developing Economies |
| Business | Yao Yao |
Generative AI in HRM: A study on HRM Professionals’ Experiences and Perceptions
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| Humanities | Dilyana Mincheva |
Archival Research and Academic Screenwriting: Investigating Interfaith Lifeworlds in the Cold War Balkans
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| Humanities | Lucy El-Sherif |
Looking for Palestine: Edward Said and Arab Youth Subjectivity
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| Humanities | Christina Baade |
Hearing Maternity: Developing an International Research Network on Music, Sound, and Maternity
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| Social Sciences | Jarita Greyeyes |
Understanding Indigenization: Perspectives from Indigenous Academic Leaders
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| Social Sciences | Tommy Wu |
A Comparative Analysis of Food Delivery Workers in Toronto and New York City
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| Social Sciences | Netina Tan |
Digital Authoritarianism and Non-State Actors in Africa and Asia
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| Social Sciences | Victor Satzewich |
‘At Wars End? Ukrainian Displaced Persons in Canada, Poland and Germany
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| Social Sciences | Andrew Roddick |
A Photogrammetry Reappraisal of Formative Sculptural Tradition
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| Science | Gillian Goward |
Building an International Network of Battery Researchers
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| Science | Graham Scott |
Physiological mechanisms of adaptation in high-altitude mice
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| Science | Ryan Cloutier |
Characterizing the Dominant Drivers of Planet Evolution around Young M Stars
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| Science | Shui Feng |
Bayesian Nonparametric Inferences
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| Science | Rodrigo Narro Pérez |
Glacial Landsystem Analysis in the Vilcabamba Mountain Range, Southern Perú
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| Engineering | Kanwarpal Singh |
Demystifying acute and chronic intestinal inflammation with spectroscopic cellular optical coherence tomography (sc-OCT)
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| Engineering | Heather Sheardown |
Development of Novel Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Myopia
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| Engineering | Saiedeh Razavi |
Cooperative Planning in Lean Constriction through Ethical, Safe, and Responsible use of AI
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| Engineering | Telex M. N. Ngatched |
Optical Wireless Communication for Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network in 6G
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| Engineering | Onaizah Onaizah |
Magnetic Tracking for Localization of Magnetic Continuum Robots for ENT Surgery
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| Health Sciences | Mohit Bhandari |
Measuring the Creative Potential of Surgeons: A Mixed-Methods Cohort Study
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| Health Sciences | Waliul Khan |
Impact of common food dyes on human gut health in Bangladesh: a pilot study
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| Health Sciences | Margaret Fahnestock |
BDNF isoforms and pro BDNF biology and regulation
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| Health Sciences | Deborah Sloboda |
Characterizing the impacts of maternal BMI on placental structure, perfusion, & inflammation
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| Linguistics & Languages | Ivona Kučerová |
Closing the Digital Divide: Accessibility, Employability, and Safety
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Information about the next IIMF call for applications is available on our website.
The Office of International Affairs extends its congratulations to all of this year’s winners. We look forward to these new partnerships and projects!
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