Since our foundation in July of 2009, MAPLE Lab research has attracted over $1 million in external funding. We are appreciative of support from three major tri-council grants, international awards funding clinical applications of our basic research, several competitive internal grants supporting new initiatives, and a significant private donation in memory of Gordon and Winnie LeBarre. Although each of our peer-reviewed grants were adjudicated and awarded independently, they are designed to complement each other to provide funding for three crucial aspects of our work: infrastructure, operating costs, and personnel (i.e. student support).
Canadian funding agencies
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant. $185,248 (2018-2023). Moved by Music: Exploring emotional communication across two centuries of musical history. Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Schutz
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant. $155,000 (2016-2021). Dynamic sounds and perceptual processes: Exploring the role of amplitude envelope in auditory perception. Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Schutz
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Research Tools and Instruments. $146,722 (2016-2021). Multiparticipant response system: Collecting interactive behavioural ratings and reaction times in 100 people simultaneously. Co-applicant: Dr. Michael Schutz (Laurel Trainor, PI)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant. $302,343 (2016-2020). Understanding music as a complex social activity. Co-applicant: Dr. Michael Schutz (Laurel Trainor, PI)
- Canadian Foundation for Innovation – Leaders Opportunity Fund (CFI-LOF). $424,933 (2012). Informing Musical Performance by Exploring the Production and Perception of Music for Percussion. Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Schutz
- Ministry of Research and Innovation’s Early Researcher Award (ERA). $140,000 (2011-2016). Perceiving Percussive Sounds: Studying Our Perception of Impact Events. Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Schutz
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant. $95,000 (2010-2016). The role of amplitude envelope in audio-visual integration. Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Schutz
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant. $75,000 (2014-2016). The exploration of music’s powerful ability to convey emotion. Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Schutz
International funding agencies
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) R03 grant. $300,000 (2010-2013). Sensory Integration and Language Processing in Autism. Principal Investigator: Dr. Laura Silverman. Consultant: Dr. Michael Schutz
- American Academy of Audiology (AAA) New investigator award. $10,000 (2011). Sensory Integration and Sensory Interference in Individuals with Hearing Impairment and Individuals with Normal Hearing. Principal Investigator: Dr. Kristi Buckley; Co-Investigator: Dr. Michael Schutz
Arts Research Board (McMaster)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Explore Standard Research Grant. $5,905 (2016-2020). Exploring changes in the perceptual power for cues for emotion. Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Schutz
- Research grant. $5,950 (2015). Developing software to facilitate novel study of multi-limb movement and rhythm perception. Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Schutz
- Research grant. $4,891 (2013). Moved by music: How composers and performers convey emotion in music. Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Schutz
- Research grant. $5,244 (2012). Surveying the sounds used in auditory perception research. Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Schutz
- Research grant. $6,695 (2011). Exploring the communication of emotion in western music. Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Schutz
- Research grant. $7,000 (2009). Are percussive sounds processed in a special manner? Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Schutz
- Travel grant. $1,261 (2017). Presentation at the Rhythm Perception and Production Workshop (RPPW) (Birmingham, UK).
- Travel grant. $845 (2015). Presentation at the International Conference of Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) meeting (Memphis, TN).
- Travel grant. $825 (2011). Presentation at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (Indianapolis, IN).
- Travel grant. $1,665 (2010). Presentation at the International Conference of Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) meeting (Seattle, WA).
- Travel grant. $1,142 (2009). Presentation at the Society for Music Perception and Cognition meeting (Indianapolis, IN).
Other research funding
- Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award. $25,000. This award recognizes the achievements of exceptional young researchers at McMaster. Dr. Schutz’s award focuses on an outreach program involving testing expert musicians’ perceptual abilities.
- Donation in honour of Gordon and Winnie LeBarre. $25,200. The MAPLE Lab is deeply grateful for a recent donation for the Gordon and Winnie LeBarre Recording room.