Grants Issued
It has been an another successful year for the Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation. The Foundation would like to celebrate the achievements of the 2024 grant recipients and recognise all the work they have accomplished over their funding period. Below is a recap of grant recipients’ research activities, milestones and accomplishments for the past year. We wish Maddison, Noah…
Once again, we are thrilled to celebrate the innovative and important work being undertaken by graduate students across Canada with another round of grants. With over 60 applicants from 17 different Universities, this year’s selection process was highly competitive, showcasing the exceptional talent and creativity of students in the field of clean energy research. After a very challenging adjudication process,…
It has been an exciting year for the Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation. The Foundation would like to celebrate the achievements of the 2022 grant recipients and recognise all of the work they accomplished over their funding period. Below is a recap of grant recipients’ research activities, milestones and accomplishments for the past year. Marie-Pier Trépanier – Simulating the…
The end of the year is always an exciting time for the Foundation, as we get to announce the newly awarded grant recipients. Like the past several years, the Foundation received a significant amount of applications from universities across the country. As always, our Foundation’s grant advisors were given the daunting task of selecting this year’s winners from a large…
2021 Grant Recipient Project Summary Poster
The Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation has awarded a $10,000 grant to the John Grace Graduate Scholarship in Chemical and Biological Engineering. The John Grace Graduate Scholarship in Chemical and Biological Engineering was endowed by Dr. Sherrill E. Grace for University of British Columbia graduate students in Chemical and Biological Engineering. The recipients demonstrate academic excellence and potential for…
This past year was a successful time for our 2021 grant recipients, with many milestones achieved. With the end of the year, however, comes an exciting time at the Foundation to announce this year’s newly awarded grant recipients. As has been the case for the past several years, a high number of applications were received from a number of different…
It has been another exciting year for the Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation. The Foundation would like to celebrate the achievements of the 2021 TLCERF recipients and recognise all of the work they accomplished over their funding period. Despite on-going interruptions and changes due to COVID-19, it was a productive year for our three TLCERF grant recipients. All three…
With the start of a new year, the Foundation would like to celebrate the achievements of the 2021 TLCERF recipients and recognise the work their accomplished over their funding period. Like 2020, this past year has certainly been a challenging time. But despite the various interruptions due to COVID-19, it was a productive year for our three TLCERF grant recipients.…
Once again in 2021, graduate students have been finding was to adjust their research plans and modify their work to accommodate more remote work or hybrid schedules. While navigating this ‘new normal’ has undoubtedly not been easy, this did not affect the caliber of this year’s grant applications. This year saw a high number of applications submitted, giving Foundation’s grant…
As is tradition each year at the Ride for Clean Energy, the newest Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation grant winners and their research is highlighted. The scientific poster summarising the important research being funded by the grant is traditionally on display at the Ride’s after party. Like last year, since the Ride is taking a virtual format again this…
To kick off 2021, we are spotlighting a former TLCERF grant awardee, Matthieu Boudreau, who was the successfully chosen candidate in 2016. Matthieu was a mechanical engineering PhD student at the Université Laval, where he also received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, researching a clean and renewable technology for energy extraction from river or tidal currents. Matthieu also spent a…
This past year has certainly been a challenging time, but despite the various interruptions due to COVID-19, it has been a productive year for our 2019 TLCERF grant recipients. Each of the three candidates has made the Foundation proud, with their achievements over the past year and we look forward to their future success in the field of clean and…
Although 2020 has been a challenging year all across the world, with graduate students at most Universities across the country having to adjust their plans and transition to remote work and research, this year’s round of grant applications were once again stacked with accomplished and impressive candidates. Once again, this year saw a diverse scope of projects and post-secondary institutions,…
Despite this year’s Ride for Clean Energy taking place remotely, we would still like to highlight the important research that our grant recipients are undertaking. Each year at the ride, scientific posters are on display summarising all of the research projects that the Foundation has funded. Above is this year’s poster, highlighting the work of Cong Dong (University of Regina),…
It has been an exciting year for the Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation. In 2019, more than $20,000 was raised during the Ride for Clean Energy, and for the second consecutive year, three grants were awarded to three very deserving projects. As the Foundation continues to grow each year, we wanted to start 2020 with an update of a…
Building on the Foundation’s growth from last year, three grants have once again been awarded to deserving clean energy research projects being undertaken by accomplished graduate students across Canada. This year saw a large number of applications from a diverse range of projects and post-secondary institutions, with almost every province being represented. The Foundation’s grant advisors, with help from the…
Another successful year is in the books for the Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation. The past year has been marked with a lot of great highlights, including over $20,000 raised at the Ride for Clean Energy (fourth consecutive year), as well as an all-time high number of awarded grants. For the 2018 round of applications, three candidates were chosen…
Over the last several years, the Foundation has grown tremendously and as a result has been able to expand its support it is able to provide to deserving clean energy projects being undertaken by talented graduate research students across Canada. With a record number of applicants, composed of a diverse range of high calibre projects from the widest range of…
It has once again been a successful year for the Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation. Not only did the Ride for Clean Energy raise over $20,000 for its third consecutive year, but we were fortunate enough to be able to award two research grants for the first time in the Foundation’s history. With the growth of the Foundation came…
This past June, one of the Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation 2017 grant awardees, Leah Ellis, presented her work at the International Meeting on Lithium-Ion Batteries in Kyoto, Japan. The international conference hosted talks by world famous scientists and leaders within the lithium-ion battery industry. Leah presented a poster highlighting her work dedicated to new techniques for analysing electrolytes…
It has been an exciting year for the Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation. With another successful Ride for Clean Energy, and for the first time since the Foundation’s inception, the awarding of two grants, there has been no lack of progress. Additional successes are the extraordinary work and milestones that have been achieved by Matthieu Boudreau, the 2016 TLCERF…
Since its inception in 2013, the Foundation has grown tremendously thanks to the support of our many donors and supporters of annual fundraising efforts. More recently, the Foundation has grown enough to expand the support we are able to provide to deserving clean energy projects being undertaken by talented graduate research students across Canada. It is with this growth that…
It has been a very productive year for our 2015 grant recipient, Nimrat Obhi, a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto in the Seferos Research Group in the Department of Chemistry. Nimrat has been busy pursuing her research investigating the use of organic polymers with unique 2-dimensional architectures for use in organic solar cells. Her project has led to…
This year, the Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation received a record number of applications. The Grant Advisory members and Foundation Board members had the challenging task of choosing just one recipient of the grant, amongst a pool of very strong candidates and diverse projects. Applications were received from many different post-secondary institutions across Canada, from both Master’s and Doctorate…
The Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation received many qualified applications for the 2015 Research Grant. The motivation, dedication and depth of knowledge of the applicants were inspiring. After adjudication by the Granting Advisory members and the Foundation Board members, we are exceedingly proud to announce the selection of Nimrat Obhi as the 2015 Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation…
Our inaugural grant recipient, Arthur Montazeri, a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is pursuing the capture and storage of infrared energy. His project has led to collaboration with UC-Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), in Berkeley California. Here are some of his accomplishments in the past year. His…
The Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation accepted applications for its inaugural research Grant of $10,000.00 in the summer of 2014. The Foundation Board and Advisors were exceedingly impressed by the depth of academic and personal attributes demonstrated in the many applications received. After much consultation and review by the Grant Advisory Committee and the Foundation Board, we are pleased…
Research Overview Posters
2014/2015 Grants: Arthur Montazeri (University of Toronto), Nimrat Obhi (University of Toronto)
2016 Grant: Matthieu Boudreau (University of Laval)
2017 Grants: Leah Ellis (Dalhousie University), Marten Pape (University of Waterloo)
2019 Grants: Cong Dong (University of Regina), Ryley McConkey (University of Waterloo), Chris White (Dalhousie University)
2023 Grants: Maddison Eisnor (McGill University), Noah Frymire (Western University), Sophie Janke (University of Victoria)