John and Doris Andrews Research and Development Award
Dr. John H. M. Andrews, former Dean of Education, UBC from 1973-79, and his wife Doris Andrews have generously endowed one award offered to tenure and tenure-track faculty in the Faculty of Education. This award is designed to support educational research and development projects that have an impact on the community and make a contribution […]
The African Storybook in Global Perspective:Children’s Literacy and Teacher Identity – IECER Graduate Student Brown Bag Lunch Series
The Institute for Early Childhood Education & Research (IECER) along with Early Childhood Education Graduate Students in the Faculty of Education are proud to host a faculty and graduate student research brown bag series intended to bring faculty, students and the ECE community together to consider inquiry and research across the complex and multi-faceted discipline […]
An Ethic of Hospitality in Early Childhood Education -IECER Graduate Student Brown Bag Lunch Series
The Institute for Early Childhood Education & Research (IECER) along with Early Childhood Education Graduate Students in the Faculty of Education are proud to host a faculty and graduate student research brown bag series intended to bring faculty, students and the ECE community together to consider inquiry and research across the complex and multi-faceted discipline of Early […]
May 2016 Graduation Deadline
April 22 is the deadline for program completion for May 2016 graduation.
2016 TESOL Distinguished Research Award
Congratulations to Bonny Norton and Ron Darvin, PhD candidate (LLED) for receiving a 2016 TESOL Distinguished Research Award!
The UBC Peter Wall Solutions Initiative
Sponsor:Peter Wall Endowment of UBC
Application Deadlines:
- Apr 13: Optional OGPR internal review service of Letter of Intent application. Applicants please email Robert Olaj your LOI for review and feedback. Proposals submitted after this date may be considered for review, if time permits, however, support will be limited.
- Apr 28, 9:00 a.m.: OGPR internal signature deadline for LOIs. Applicants please email Robert Olaj your full LOI for Dr. Beth Haverkamp’s signature on the LOI form. No UBC RPIF required.
- May 1: Deadline to email your signed LOI package to the Solutions Program Manager, Bernadette Mah, at solutions@pwias.ubc.ca
Special notes: For more information on the program please contact Bernadette Mah in the Peter Wall Institute at solutions@pwias.ubc.ca
A list of previously funded projects is available here: http://pwias.ubc.ca/programs-awardees/solutions-initiative/program-guidelines/#projects
Congratulations to Our Successful UBC Research Award Winners!
Congratulations to Dr. Shelley Hymel, Professor in ECPS, for being awarded 2015 UBC Killam Research Prize and to Dr. George Belliveau, Professor in LLED for being awarded UBC’s 2015 Sam Black Award for Education and Development in the Visual and Performing Arts.
CATE Award for Excellence in Research in Teacher Education
Sponsor: Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE)
Internal Review (IR) and Nomination deadline:
- Feb 18: Email Robert Olaj to alert him that you are interested in nominating someone, or having yourself nominated for this award.
ORS deadline to hit “Submit” online and email ORS your RPIF and the PDF of your application.
- Mar 18: CATE submission deadline.
Special notes: Candidates do not need to be CATE members, but must be nominated by a member of CATE. The application must include two additional letters of recommendation from people associated with at least one other institution. However, these people do not need to be CATE members.
SSHRC Impact Awards
Sponsor: Social Science Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Internal Review (IR) and Nominations deadlines:
- Feb 5: Deadline to alert the OGPR about a potential nomination.
- Feb 18: Deadline for the Faculty to submit to the VPRI a 500 word summary on why the individual or team should be considered for this award (please review SSHRC’s selection criteria when writing the 500-word rationale). An updated SSHRC CV must also be submitted.
- Apr 5: SSHRC deadline.
Special Note: The nomination package requirements are quite exacting. Please be sure to review the nomination package requirements on the SSHRC web site.