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.
Call for Presentations: FIREtalk
Join the Research Commons for FIREtalks, an interdisciplinary discussion forum run by graduate students for graduate students. Share your research in a low-stakes environment, be inspired by research in other disciplines and connect with graduate students who share your interests. Pitch your presentation or activity online or via email to research.commons@ubc.ca For more information from […]
Connection Grants
Sponsor: Social Science Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Internal Review and Application deadlines:
- April 1: Email Robert Olaj (OGPR) to alert him that you intend to participate in OGPR IR.
- April 18: Email Robert Olaj Robert Olaj a draft PDF and Word copy of your full proposal for OGPR IR.
- April 28, Noon: OGPR internal signature deadline. Applicants should email Robert Olaj a PDF of their proposal with a completed, signed, and scanned ORS Research Project Information Form . RPIFs will be returned to you if your application is in order and once the Associate Dean has signed off.
- April 28, 4:00 p.m. : ORS deadline to hit ‘Submit’ online and email ORS your RPIF and the PDF of your application.
- May 2: SSHRC national deadline (subsequent rounds: May 1, Aug. 1, Nov. 1)
Special notes:See above for requisite 50% matching requirement. Applicants/project directors or Co-Applicants on any project funded through a SSHRC Connection Grant that is still active are not eligible to apply for an individual Connection Grant. Co-Applicants for Connections Grants (only) may be from non-academic organizations.
Learning Forward 2016 Annual Conference
Apply to present by Feb. 1, 2016. Sign up to attend or attend as a volunteer on Dec. 3-7, 2016.
Why is my client eating that? Making sense of seemingly senseless behaviour
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism presents a lecture by Laura L. Grow, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education (ECPS) WHEN: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 TIME: 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. WHERE: 2125 Main Mall, Neville Scarfe Bldg. Room 310 In this colloquium, Dr. Grow will […]
Thinking Outside of the Box: Solving Behavioural Problems with Structured Preference Assessments
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism presents a lecture by Tyla Frewing, MSc, BCBA, UBC doctoral student (ECPS) and Behaviour Analyst with Semiahoo Behaviour Analysts, Inc. WHEN: Thursday, April 21, 2016 TIME: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. WHERE: 2125 Main Mall, Neville Scarfe Bldg. Room 200 Structured preference assessments have long been […]
Growing Up Bilingually: Opportunities, Challenges, and Achievements
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism presents a lecture by Paola Colozzo, Ph.D., RSLP, Assistant Professor and Stefka Marinova-Todd, Ed.D., Associate Professor, UBC School of Audiology and Speech Sciences WHEN: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 TIME: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. WHERE: 2125 Main Mall, Neville Scarfe Bldg. Room 310 This presentation will […]