Faculty of Education Vancouver Distinguished University Scholars Internal Selection Process and Deadlines
Program Link: https://academic.ubc.ca/awards/distinguished-university-scholar-program Sponsor: Office of the Provost & and Vice-President, Academic Value: DUS appointees receive one-time research support in the amount of $20,000, plus a stipend of $20,000 per year for five years. The annual stipend is potentially renewable once, for another five-year term. Description: UBC has opened its call for nominations to the Distinguished University Scholars (DUS) program. […]
UBC SPARC SSHRC 2025 Insight Grant Peer Review Program
Program Link: https://sparc.ubc.ca/internal-review-program-sshrc-competitions Description: Through SPARC’s internal review program, faculty can receive written feedback from a peer to strengthen proposals prior to submitting to SSHRC competitions. SPARC will match applicants with fellow UBC faculty who have successfully obtained SSHRC funding and/or who have sat on SSHRC review committees. Follow-up meetings can also be organized to discuss feedback at the discretion of the […]
Considering a 2025 SSHRC Insight Grant Application? Contact ORE!
Program Link: 2024 competition link (2025 Competition TBA) – https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/insight_grants-subventions_savoir-eng.aspx Sponsor: Office of Research in Education Description: Are you intending to submit a SSHRC Insight Grant application this October? If so, please consider letting me (Robert Olaj in the Faculty’s Office of Research in Education) know. As with previous competition cycles ORE will create a listserv to communicate Insight Grant […]
PASSAGEC Retirement Income Analysis Tool
Program Link: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/89260006 Sponsor: Social Development Canada (ESDC) Description: SSHRC and Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) would like to share information regarding ESDC’s PASSAGES model and its potential as a research infrastructure tool for the research community, as it may be useful to Social Sciences and Humanities researchers in their research activities. PASSAGES is a dynamic microsimulation […]
Dr. Anusha Kassan appointed as the Myrne B. Nevison Professorship in School or Counselling Psychology
Dr. Anusha Kassan has been appointed as the Myrne B. Nevison Professorship in School or Counselling Psychology for a three-year term, from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. Congratulations, Dr. Kassan! During the term of the Professorship, Dr. Kassan is charged with the following mandate: demonstrably impact education in and beyond BC by advancing […]
SSHRC Policy Innovation Partnership Grants – New Pilot Funding
Program Link: https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/policy_innovation-politiques_innovantes-eng.aspx Sponsor: Social Science and Humanities Research Council Value: $400,000 per year over 15 years for up to a total of $6 million Description: The goal of this pilot funding opportunity is to support a partnership between a postsecondary research entity and one or more federal government departments to establish a long-term research program focusing on specific […]
NFRF Transformation 2026 Competition – Launch and Upcoming Webinars
Program Link: https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/nfrf-fnfr/transformation/2026/competition-concours-eng.aspx Sponsor: New Frontiers in Research Fund Value: Minimum $2,000,000 per year (including indirect costs); Maximum $4,000,000 per year (including indirect costs) for six years Description: The 2026 Transformation stream competition of the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) was launched on February 18th, 2025. All competition information is available on our website, and the […]
UBC Open Access Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research
Program Link: https://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ubc-open-access-fund/ Sponsor: Office of the VP Research & Innovation and Office of the Provost Value: $4,000 maximum Description: The UBC Open Access Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research assists UBC faculty members who wish to publish in Open Access books and journals and who are required to pay associated fees, sometimes known as article processing charges (APCs). This fund […]