Nathan Reiter

Lethbridge Herald

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The University of Lethbridge just received an out of this world research grant. Literally.

The Canadian Space Agency contributed a $225,000 grant to the university. The grant was announced recently by Melanie Joly, the Minister of Industry and responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec regions. The grant is part of $2.8 million contributed in research grants to 14 Canadian post-secondary institutions.

Dr. Gerlinde Metz, a neuroscientist at the University of Lethbridge’s Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, along with a team of researchers, will look to gain a better understanding of how the human body adapts to life in space.

In an interview with the Herald, Metz says she’s done similar studies

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