Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRAs)
Program Link: https://students.ubc.ca/career/undergraduate-student-research-awards-nserc-cihr-sshrc/ Sponsor: The Tri-Agencies: NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council), CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research), and SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) Value: $6,000, plus a faculty member funded top-up to create a minimum 4-month stipend of $13,977.60 Description: Special note: The Faculty of Education’s School of Kinesiology has its own USRA […]
Michael Smith Health Research BC: Research Trainee Program
Program Link: https://healthresearchbc.ca/fundingprogram/research-trainee-program/ Sponsor: Michael Smith Health Research BC Value: 60,000/annum for up to 3 years and travel allowance of $4,500/annum. Description: These awards provide salary support for talented post-doctoral or health professional researchers and develops their health research careers. They help post-doctoral researchers increase their, and their labs’, research productivity. In addition, these awards prepare […]
SSHRC Partnership Grants — Stage 1
Program Link: https://sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/opportunities/partnership-grants/2026/stage-1-competition.aspx Sponsor: Social Science and Humanities Research Council Value: Stage 1: up to $30,000 Description: Partnership Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Research partnerships program. Proposals exclusively for partnered research training initiatives are expected to respond, instead, to the objectives of the Research training and talent development program. These grants provide […]
SSHRC Destination Horizon Grants
Program Link: https://sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/opportunities/joint-initiatives/2025/destination-horizon-grants/competition.aspx Sponsor: Social Science and Humanities Research Council Value: Up to $15,000 for 1 year Description: Please consult the internal competition instructions if you plan to apply Destination Horizon Grants support researchers affiliated with eligible Canadian post-secondary institutions to build capacity, foster existing partnerships, and further develop networks and/or consortia with member states and associated countries, […]
UBC Faculty of Education International Research Visiting Fellowship (IRVF)
Link: https://ore.educ.ubc.ca/research/internal-and-external-funding/ Description: The IRVF supports visiting fellows to spend a minimum 2 weeks between Apr. 1, 2026 and Aug. 30, 2027 to engage in high quality collaborative and innovative research with researchers in the Faculty of Education-V. Fellows should be acclaimed scholars in their respective fields, as evident through track-records of high quality research, […]