Featured Funds

Innovation Fund

Advance commercialization and accelerate growth for the newest big ideas.

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James Shapiro

Defeating Diabetes

Support our critical, boundary-breaking research for a diabetes-free future.

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URI Stipend

Empower aspiring researchers through the Undergraduate Research Initiative.

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Ag-Food Endowment

Help agriculture students and researchers dream big to solve world problems.

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    research university in Canada

  • 1,000+

    research projects are advanced annually by donors

  • Top 2

    in Canada for artificial intelligence research

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The work of the Alberta Diabetes Institute is made possible by the contributions of many partners, donors and sponsors enabling researchers to pursue answers to difficult questions and to help develop and train the next generation of diabetes researchers.”

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Research and experimentation lead to new discoveries that drive innovation. Funding it makes you an important part of shaping the future for us all.

News + Impact Stories

President Bill Flanagan, Narmin Kassam, Chancellor Peggy Garritty, Paul Armstrong, Lorne Tyrrell and Brenda Hemmelgarn

$5 million donated to augment cardiovascular research at the U of A

New research chair funded by the CVC Cardiovascular Health Foundation to spark innovation and improve patient care.

Angelina Bakshi, Board Chair, Alberta Diabetes Foundation; Brenda Hemmelgarn, Dean, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry; Lindsay Burnham, Executive Director, Alberta Diabetes Foundation; Peter Senior, Director, Alberta Diabetes Institute; Melanie Hibbard, Executive Director, Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Canada

Donors provide a vital $10M to Defeating Diabetes campaign

Life-changing breakthroughs for millions of people made possible by donor generosity.

Priscilla Adebanji, Computing Science Student

Artificial Intelligence Meets Animal Biology

Thanks to donor funding, students turned artificial intelligence career paths into reality with applications in ecological science.