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Alberta will provide $8 million to support community-led research into undocumented deaths and burials at residential schools, Premier Jason Kenney announced Wednesday.

Grant money will be made available to Indigenous communities and organizations to do research, use ground-penetrating radar to explore potential unmarked burial sites, and do maintenance and commemorative work such as the installation or restoration of grave markers and memorials.

Communities and organizations can submit a research proposal for a single residential school site under the Residential Schools Community Research Grant program.

Individual applications can receive up to a maximum