Dinosaur Research Institute

About the DRI

Mission:

    The Dinosaur Research Institute strives to support and enhance research on the western Canadian dinosaur fossil assemblage.

Executive:

     President – Al Rasmuson

    Secretary – Dr. Philip Currie

    Treasurer – Mathieu Brunner, CPA

Paleontologists on Grant Evaluation Committee:

     Dr. Caleb Brown; Curator, Dinosaur Systematics and Evolution, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

    Dr. Philip Currie; Professor, Dinosaur Palaeobiology, University of Alberta

    Dr. David Evans; Temerty Chair in Vertebrate Palaeontology & Deputy Head, Department of Natural History
       (Palaeobiology), Royal Ontario Museum

    Dr. Eva Koppelhus; Assistant Professor and Curator for Palaeobotany and Palynology Collections, University of Alberta

    Dr. Michael Ryan; Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University

    Dr. Darla Zelenitsky; Associate Professor, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary

Directors at Large:

    Brian Cooley

    Anita Fryters

    Kerri Kamra

    Guy McLaughlin

    Mona Trick

Goals:

1. To strengthen the Dinosaur Research Institute as an enduring source of stable, reliable private funding for Canadian dinosaur research with an emphasis upon western Canada.
    
2. To support and raise awareness of western Canada’s unique role in dinosaur palaeontology.
    
3. To fund high-quality scientific dinosaur research on western Canadian dinosaurs; including exploration and recovery, preparation, presentation, and any related research.
    
4. To fund dinosaur research related to western Canada that may be undertaken by any qualified scientist.
    
5. To fund appropriate dinosaur research conducted by professional scientists or their graduate students.
    
6.  To cooperate and collaborate with scientific and educational institutions and researchers, and public, private and not-for-profit sectors to further dinosaur research in Canada.
    

This page last modified on... October 29, 2024