Current and
Recent Research Funding
GRANTS
2014 University of Alberta Endowment Fund for the
Future: Support for the Advancement of
Scholarship. Perceptual motor
integration in a discrete motor task. Principal Investigator: Maraj, B.K.V. ($5,000).
Status: Funded.
2013 Sports Science Association of Alberta:
Applied Sport Research Program. The
development of perceptual-motor capacity for facilitating successful sprint
relay exchanges in Athletics. Principal Investigator: Maraj, B.K.V.
($6000) Status: Funded.
2012 University of Alberta Endowment Fund for the
Future: Support for the Advancement of
Scholarship. The development
of perceptual-motor capacity for facilitating successful sprint relay exchanges
in Athletics. Principal Investigator: Maraj, B.K.V. ($3,200).
Status: Funded.
2012 University of Alberta Human Performance Fund.
Effecting energeticallty efficient
strategies for sprint relay training.
Principal Investigator: Maraj,
B.K.V. ($6,000). Status: Funded.
2010 Natural Science and Engineering Research
Council of Canada. Spatial and temporal parameters in the transfer of motor learning.
Principal Investigator: Maraj, B.K.V. ($104,000). Status: Not
funded
2010 Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada. Advancing methods for motor learning in persons with Down syndrome.
Principal Investigator: Maraj, B.K.V. ($124,000). Status: Not
evaluated due to change in agency mandate (too health related)
2008 Canadian
Institutes of Health Research
Developmental Motor Disorders: From Genes to Behaviour. Principal Investigator: Dewey, D. Co
Investigators: Barlow, K., Beaulieu, C.,
Bernier, F., Cantell, M., Causgrove Dunn, J., Goodyear, B., Kooistra, L., Maraj, B., Mohamed, I.,
& Welsh, T. ($1,395,562) Status: Funded for 5 years (2008-2013)
2007 National Institutes of Health. Learning
and Handedness in Persons with Down Syndrome. $1,834,169 (US). Principal Investigator: Ringenbach, S.D., Co
Investigators: Weeks, D.J., Maraj, B.K.V., Landers, D.M., McBride,
I., O’Neil, J.W., & Mulvey, G.M.
Status:
Not funded
2007 University
of Alberta Endowment
Fund for the Future: Support for the Advancement of Scholarship:
Small Faculties Research Grant Program (Operating grant). Post
targeting task complexity effect on locomotor pointing accuracy. Principal Investigator: Maraj, B.K.V. ($5,000).
Status: Funded.
2007 University of Alberta McCalla Research
Award. Kinesiology Undergraduate Research Team Projects ($32,000). Maraj B.K.V. Status: Funded.
2007 Alberta
Centre on Aging: Research Development Grant.
The influence of environmental
factors on the mobility and health of Alberta seniors. Principal
Investigator: Maraj, B.K.V., Co
Investigators: Berry, T., Boule, N., Holt, N., Spence, J.,
& Young, B. ($4,000) Status: Funded
2005-2008 Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada. Optimizing strategies for motor learning in persons with Down syndrome.
Principal Investigator: Maraj, B.K.V. ($92,135). Status: Funded (3
years)
2004 Humanities, Fine Arts, and Social Sciences
Research Fund (University
of Alberta). Movement characteristics of gross motor
tasks in adolescents with Down syndrome.
Travel grant for Maraj, B.K.V. to 7th Motor
Control and Human Skill conference, Perth,
Australia
($1,500). Status: Funded.
2004
University
of Alberta Endowment
fund for the Future: Support for the
Advancement of Scholarship: Small Faculties Research Grant Program (Operating
grant). The effect of mechanical context on unimanual coordination.
Principal Investigator: Maraj,
B.K.V. ($5,000). Status: Funded.
2003 University
of Alberta EFF for the
Advancement of Scholarship: Small Faculties Research Grant Program (Operating
grant). Perceptual
judgments for performance capability in stair descent. Principal Investigator: Maraj, B.K.V. ($2,500).
Status: Funded.
2003 Sports Science Association of Alberta: Applied Sport
Research Program. Reaction
Time Analyses in the Sprint Start. Principal Investigator: Maraj, B.K.V.
($3,528) Status: Funded.
2002-2005 Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada. Motor skill acquisition in persons with Down syndrome.
Principal Investigator: Maraj, B.K.V. ($88,500). Status: Funded (3
years).
2002 University
of Alberta EFF for the
Advancement of Scholarship: Small Faculties Research Grant Program (Operating
grant). Gross motor skill learning in persons with Down syndrome. Principal Investigator: Maraj,
B.K.V. ($5,000). Status: Funded.
2002 Alberta
Science and Research Investments Program (ASRIP). Infrastructure support for the Laboratory for perceptual motor behaviour in
Down syndrome and other special populations. Principal Investigator:
Maraj, B.K.V. ($100,000).
Status: Funded.
2001 Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada. A
comparison of thermal responses to exercise with selected industrial protective
headwear designs. Principal
Investigator: Petersen, S.
Co-Investigator: Maraj, B.K.V. ($35,000).
Status: Funded.
2001 Alberta
Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Conference Grant for the First International Scientific Congress on
Nutrition and Athletic Performance.
Maraj, B.K.V. ($5,000). Status: Funded.
2001
University of Alberta,
Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation Travel Grant. Maraj,
B.K.V. ($500) for travel to
the annual meeting of the North American
Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity in St. Louis, MO
(June, 2001). Status: Funded.
2001 Athletics Canada Sport Science Program. Analysis
of sprint and hammer throwing event performances in athletics. Maraj, B.K.V.
($15,500). Status: Funded.
2001 University
of Alberta EFF for the
Advancement of Scholarship: Small Faculties Research Grant Program (Operating
grant). The effect of visual information on the kinematics of stair negotiation.
Maraj, B.K.V. ($4,000). Status: Funded.
2001
University
of Alberta
Conference Grant for the First
International Scientific Congress on Nutrition and Athletic Performance. Maraj, B.K.V. ($3,000).
Status: Funded.
2001 Canadian Foundation for Innovation (New
Opportunities Program). Infrastructure
support for the Laboratory for perceptual
motor behaviour in Down syndrome and other special populations. Principal Investigator: Maraj, B.K.V. ($128,766).
Status: Funded.
2001 Sports Science
Association of Alberta:
Applied Sport Research Program. Power
analysis of the lower extremity during elite and sub-elite sprinting. Principal Investigator: Maraj, B.K.V. Co-Investigators: Kivi, D., and Gervais, P.
($2800). Status: Funded.
2000 Athletics Canada Sport Science Program: Analysis of speed and power event
performances in athletics. Maraj, B.K.V. ($26,000). Status: Funded.
2000 University
of Alberta EFF for the
Advancement of Scholarship: Small Faculties Research Grant Program. The
organization of locomotion in stair negotiation (travel & equipment)
($5,000). Principal Investigator: Maraj,
B.K.V. Status: Funded.
2000 Sports Science Association of Alberta: Applied Sport
Research Program. The influence of ankle position on
electromyographic activity of the lower leg and moment of inertia of the
recovery leg during sprinting. Principal Investigator: Maraj, B.K.V. Co-Investigators: Kivi, D. and Gervais, P.
($4,200). Status: Funded.
2000
University
of Alberta
Social Sciences Research (SSR) Conference Travel Fund. Maraj, B.K.V.
($1,800) Funds to travel to the World
Down Syndrome Congress in Sydney,
Australia
(March, 2000). Status: Funded.
2000
University of Alberta,
Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation Travel Grant. Maraj,
B.K.V. ($500) for travel to the World Down Syndrome Congress in Sydney,
Australia (March, 2000). Status: Funded.
1999
National Institutes of Health: Perceptual motor behavior in Down syndrome. Principal Investigator: Elliott, D. Co-investigators: Maraj, B.K.V., Weeks, D.,
Chua, R. Roy, E., Robertson, S., Weinberg, H. (Total: $534,607 US). Status: Funded (3 years).
1999 Louisiana
Education Quality Support Fund: Enhancing the study of human pathology. Co-Principal Investigators: Landin, D., and Maraj, B.K.V. ($57,224 US).
Status: Funded.
1998 Louisiana
Education Quality Support Fund: Enhancing the study of kinesiology through
the use of movement analysis systems. Co-Principal Investigators: Magill, R.A., and Maraj, B.K.V. ($86,675 US).
Status: Funded.
1997 Research & Economic Development: Louisiana State University. Locomotor
patterns in the elderly for stair ascent and descent. Principal Investigator:
Maraj, B.K.V. ($4,000 US).
Status: Funded.
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