Over $1.28 million in funding awarded as Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator, or Primary Grant Writer
Insight Grant. “Empowering Emerging Adults through Compassion and Enhanced Social Connection: Co-creating a Compassionate Connection Oasis VR Toolkit (ccOasisVR)”.
Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary Peer Review Committee, SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council)
2025-2029
Role: Co-Investigator
Role: Primary Grant Writer
Dr. Bernhard Riecke (SFU)
Denise Quesnel (BC SUPPORT Unit Fraser Centre), Dr. Alexandra Kitson (University of Victoria)
(CAD) $397,950
“Compassionate Design Approaches: Co-Developing Digital Therapeutics with Emerging Adults”.
Laurisa S. Dill Legacy Award, Mind & Life Institute.
2025-2027
Role: Principal Investigator
Denise Quesnel
Dr. Katarina Tabi (BC Children's Hospital & UBC)
(USD)$24,800 / (CAD)$34,300
“Pathways to flourishing: Leveraging Virtual Reality for cultivating compassion, resilience, social connectedness, and healthy habits in emerging adults facing chronic health challenges”.
New Frontiers in Research-Exploration, Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary Peer Review Committee
2024-2026
Role: Primary Grant Writer
Bernhard Riecke (SFU)
Sylvain Moreno (SFU and Circle Innovation); Katarina Tabi (BC Children’s Hospital)
Awarded to high risk, high reward interdisciplinary research, this partnership-oriented research project explores novel co-design of a VR intervention to support the psychosocial well-being of emerging adults, contributing to compassionate design and filling a known inequity in health system integration.
(CAD) $250,000
“Developing an Equitable, Transdisciplinary Approach to Co-design of Virtual Reality”.
SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) Institutional Grant
2024-2026
Role: Primary Grant Writer
Bernhard Riecke (SFU)
(CAD) $7,000
“JeL: Synchronization through a Virtual Reality installation for interpersonal connection”.
SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) Insight Development Grant
2020-2022
Role: Assistant Grant Writer
Principal Investigators: Bernhard Riecke (SFU) and Thecla Schiphorst (SFU)
(CAD) $72,875
“Positive Technologies for Enhanced Well-being: Designing VR Applications to Address the Social Consequences of Chronic Illness”.
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
2019-2023
Role: Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator: Denise Quesnel
Rank: 12th/167 international applications; $50,000/yr, four years. Vanier Scholars demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement.
(CAD) $200,000
“Virtual Earthgazing - A Countermeasure to Augment Sensory Stimulation during Long Duration Space Missions”.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Human Research Program
2019-2023
Role: Assistant Grant Writer
Principal Investigators: Alexander Stahn, Riecke, Dr. Chouker, Dr. Gunga.
(USD) $100,000
“Development of a Semester in Alternate Reality”.
SFU Teaching and Learning Development Grant, Agile instructional inquiry
2019
Role: Assistant Grant Writer
Principal Investigators: Bernhard Riecke (SFU) and Patrick Pennefather (UBC)
(CAD) $6000
“EarthGazement: Virtual Reality Experience of Overview Effect”.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Engage Grant
2017
Role: Primary Grant Writer
Principal Investigators: Bernhard Riecke (SFU)
NGX Interactive
(CAD) $25,000
“Towards a ‘Perceptual Profiler’ for Virtual Reality: A Novel Unity Software Tool to Predict Human-Observer Reactions and Perceptual Issues using Machine Learning”.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Engage Grant
2016
Role: Assistant Grant Writer
Principal Investigators: Bernhard Riecke (SFU)
Archiact Interactive
(CAD) $25000
“Understanding the Overview Effect Delivered through Virtual Reality for Creating Positive Change: Phenomenological and Quantitative Approaches”.
SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) Institutional Grant
2014-2018
Role: Primary Grant Writer
Principal Investigators: Bernhard Riecke & Alissa Antle (SFU)