SSHRC Connection Grants – August Deadline
Program Link: https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/connection_grants-subventions_connexion-eng.aspx Sponsor: Social Science and Humanities Research Council Value: For 1 year Events: $7,000 to $25,000 Outreach activities: $7,000 to $50,000; higher amounts may be considered if well justified Description: These grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. These events and activities represent opportunities to exchange knowledge and to […]
UBC SPARC SSHRC 2025 Insight Grants Info Sessions (June 5)
Program Link: https://sparc.ubc.ca/events-workshops Description: UBC’s SPARC office is hosting two information sessions on June 5 on SSHRC’s 2025 Insight Grants program. One session is for applicants new to the program and the other is for re-applicants. Insight Grant 2025 Information Session for New Applicants (on zoom) June 5, 2025, 10:00 am to 11:30 am Registration: https://sparc.ubc.ca/events-workshops/june-5-sshrc-insight-grant-2025-information-session-new-applicants-zoom SSHRC Insight Grant 2025 […]
UBC SPARC 2025 Insight Grants Writing Bootcamps
Program Link: https://sparc.ubc.ca/events-workshops Description: UBC SPARC is once again running its highly successful zoom Insight Grants bootcamps for applicants to this fall’s SSHRC Insight Grants program. Whether you’re new to SSHRC and the IG program or a seasoned IG applicant, the program offers helpful strategies and tips to preparing the various components of your IG application. Faculty […]
SPARC NSERC Grant Supports
Program Link (CWL protected): https://sparc.ubc.ca/cwl/overview-nserc-funding-competitions-and-sparc-support-new-ubc-faculty Sponsor: UBC SPARC (Strategic Programs to Advance Research Capacity) Description: UBC’s SPARC office has created an overview of NSERC funding competitions and SPARC support for new UBC faculty. Contact: If you have any questions, contact Alexander Unterberger, Manager of Research Development for NSERC at alexander.unterberger@ubc.ca
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 […]
UBC Campus as a Living Lab Pre-Launch Zoom Info Session (June 10)
Program Link: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9MQdT2Ddrbni6rA Sponsor: UBC Sustainability Hub Description: The UBC Sustainability Hub is hosting an information session on June 10 in advance of the next Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) competition (September launch). UBC’s Vancouver Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) initiative, managed by UBC Sustainability Hub, provides a collaborative framework for researchers, students, staff […]
UBC Scholarly Publication Fund
Program Link: https://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ubc-scholarly-publication-subvention-fund/ Sponsor: UBC Library with funding support from the Vice-President, Research & Innovation and the Provost and Vice-President Academic, UBC Vancouver through the Academic Excellence Funds. Value: Up to $5,000 for direct subvention support. Up to $2,000 for other publication charges. Individuals and co-authors are limited to $7,000 in funding within a two-year period. Description: The UBC […]
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 […]
UBC 2025 Partnering in Research Conference
Program Link: https://communityengagement.ubc.ca/events/2025-ubc-partnering-in-research-conference/ Sponsor: The conference is a collaborative venture between the Knowledge Exchange Unit and Indigenous Research Support Initiative of UBC’s Vice President Research and Innovation, the Office of Community Engagement under the Vice President External Relations, and the Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement in the Faculty of Arts. Description: Today’s societal challenges are complex. Addressing them requires the co-creation of new […]