Tuesday, September 2, 2025 – Winnipeg, Manitoba
Today, Research Manitoba along with our funding partners, announces the allocation of $1.41 million in funding for 64 studentship and fellowship awards. These awards will benefit Master’s students, PhD students, and Postdoctoral Fellows, supporting the next generation of researchers in Manitoba.
Find the full list of recipients and projects here: 2025 Studentship and Fellowship Recipients.
Research Manitoba is proud to partner with the following organizations on this year’s awards:
- CancerCare Manitoba
- Centre for Healthcare Innovation
- Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba
- Health Sciences Centre Foundation
- Manitoba Lung Association
Collectively, these partners contributed $317,500 towards this year’s awards.
The funded research projects encompass a diverse range of fields such as cancer biology, neuroscience, mental health, Indigenous health, environmental science, reproductive health, biomedical engineering, immunology, aging and digital health technologies.
Investing in researchers at every stage of their academic journey, from Master’s students to Postdoctoral Fellows, is essential to building a robust and sustainable research ecosystem in Manitoba. Our awards not only provide critical support for emerging talent, but also help ensure that highly qualified personnel choose to stay, work, and contribute to research excellence right here in our province.
This program is designed to support exceptional students, equipping them for careers as independent researchers across diverse sectors. Applicants are considered under three categories: Health, Natural Sciences & Engineering, and Social Sciences & Humanities. Each award provides a one-year annual stipend, funded through a combination of support from Research Manitoba and its funding partners.
Research Manitoba gratefully acknowledges support received from the provincial government’s Department of Innovation and New Technology.
Our government is proud to support Research Manitoba in its mission to empower the next generation of Manitoba-based researchers. Working with Research Manitoba, our goal is to make this province a world leader in research and these awards will support and encourage a new generation of scientists and researchers to ensure that our province remains a leader in innovation and discovery for many decades to come.
The recent $5 million provincial funding increase to Research Manitoba plays a pivotal role in ensuring the sustainability of these programs and the creation of opportunity in our province.
We invite you to join us in congratulating the successful awardees. To learn more about their projects, please visit 2025 Studentship and Fellowship Recipients.
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Master’s Studentship Award
Brandon University
- Carter Williamson
- Raya Turner
University of Manitoba
- Adiam Negash
- Adline Fernando
- Allyson Paton
- Amir Bani Saeed
- Andrea Minutti-Simoni
- Camille Prefontaine
- Cara Follows
- Chantelle Chernick
- Clare Hibbert
- Delaram Jebreili Rizi
- Elizabeth Patterson
- Emerson Do Nascimento Brazil
- Emma Cowman
- Jasvir Kaur Dhaliwal
- Karinne Muniz
- Kasuni Abeykoonge
- Nicolas Leclerc
- Nicole Gerber
- Noah Silvaggio
- Ramiza Nausheen Zaman
- Rebecca Franklin
- Shubhpreet Ubbi
- Simrat Dhaliwal
- Termeh Shakery
- Yimeng Han
- Zainab Husain
University of Winnipeg
- Lilee Donahue
- Manpreet Kaur
PhD Studentship Award
University of Manitoba
- Alana Slike
- Angela Copete
- Ashraf Kadar Shahib
- Aurora Robert
- Courtney Marshall
- Dario Libero Lorenzoni
- Erin Sinclair
- Farshid Ghiyamihoor
- Hannah Zhang
- Havva Afshari
- Jack Dunsford
- Jasmine Pipella
- Jennifer Sebring
- Katherine Dyck
- Kenneth Osafile
- Kristine Doell
- Mahin Hasan
- Meher Kantroo
- Melissa Krook
- Metogbe Ahonon
- Olga Kuzmychova
- Padmanie Ramotar
- Riley Greenslade
- Ruppagawa Gedara Thilini Nuwandhara Dissanayake
- Saeid Maghsoudi
- Shubham Goyal
- Xingying Zhang
- Youssef Ekladuce
Postdoctoral Fellowships
University of Manitoba
- Amir Barzegar Behrooz
- Anne Manson
- Manoela Mallmann
- Manpreet Kaur
- Mansoor Hayat
- Melina Jobbins
Contact:
Freyja Arnason, Director, Strategy and Programs, Research Manitoba
P: 204-942-1948| E: Freyja.arnason@researchmb.ca | W: researchmanitoba.ca
Research Manitoba:
Research Manitoba promotes, supports, and coordinates the funding of research excellence and innovation in health, natural and social sciences, engineering, and the humanities in Manitoba. Research Manitoba supports local talent development by providing research support to early career researchers and graduate students, along with fostering partnerships to strengthen research innovation in Manitoba.