NSERC CREATE Program 2025/2026 Important Changes and SPARC Support
Program Link: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/professors-professeurs/grants-subs/create-foncer_eng.asp Sponsor: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Description: For the 2025/2026 CREATE competition, NSERC has announced several important changes to the CREATE application process: Institutions may submit an unlimited number of Letters of Intent (LOIs). The LOI stage will be competitive only if the number of LOI submissions exceed the institution’s allotment. Since UBC’s […]
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 […]
ORE Office Hours
September 24, 2024 Update: Office Hours with Dr. Nancy Perry returns on October 2nd, 2024! Please reach out to educ.ore@ubc.ca should you have any questions. The Office of Research in Education is happy to announce the introduction of ORE Office Hours. Faculty members are invited to a weekly informal check-in with Dr. Nancy Perry, Associate Dean, […]
Congratulations to Dr. Patricia (Patsy) Duff!
The Faculty is extremely pleased to learn that Dr. Patricia (Patsy) Duff, Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education (LLED), has been inducted as a Fellow into the Royal Society of Canada in the Academy of Social Sciences. Dr. Duff has been elected by her peers in recognition of outstanding scholarly achievement. Fellowship in […]
Congratulations to Dr. Shannon Leddy and team for being awarded $15,000 in Public Humanities Hub Research Cluster Grants
A warm congratulations to Dr. Shannon Leddy, Associate Professor in EDCP and her team for being one of two UBC teams awarded $15,000 Public Humanities Hub Research Cluster Grants in the most recent cluster competition. The PHH Research Cluster Grants are designed to support interdisciplinary research cluster development among Humanities scholars in the Faculties of Arts […]
CIHR Multifactor Authentication Coming to ResearchNet
Program Link: https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53537.html Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research Description: CIHR will be implementing multifactor authentication in ResearchNet on September 18, 2024. Multifactor authentication (or MFA) is a way of confirming the identity of a user that involves checking two different proofs of identity before they are given access to a website or application. It is […]
Congratulations Dr. Christopher Martin (OSE) for receiving a UBC-O Critical Research Equipment & Tools (CRET) grant!
Congratulations Dr. Christopher Martin (OSE) for receiving a UBC-O Critical Research Equipment & Tools (CRET) grant! The CRET Program is designed to support the acquisition, development, repairs, replacement or creation of critical research infrastructure at UBC Okanagan and to improve the range and quality of UBC Okanagan’s research infrastructure, keep pace with technology, and provide […]
Congratulations Dr. Stephen Berg (OSE) for receiving a UBC-O Critical Research Equipment & Tools (CRET) grant
Congratulations Dr. Stephen Berg (OSE) for receiving a UBC-O Critical Research Equipment & Tools (CRET) grant. The CRET Program is designed to support the acquisition, development, repairs, replacement or creation of critical research infrastructure at UBC Okanagan and to improve the range and quality of UBC Okanagan’s research infrastructure, keep pace with technology, and provide […]
Tri-Agency: New Research Security Guidance Released by the Tri-Agencies and Canada Foundation for Innovation Update
Program Link: https://researchsecurity.ubc.ca/announcements/03282024 Sponsor: Tri-Agencies and Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Description: Following a message circulated in January regarding the new federal Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern (STRAC), the Tri-Agencies and CFI have now published additional guidance for researchers to refer to when applying for or receiving funding from their programs. This […]
UBC Library Basic Indigenous Reference Training
Program Link: https://about.library.ubc.ca/2024/02/27/how-ubc-library-is-addressing-the-growing-demand-for-indigenous-reference-help/ Sponsor: UBC Library Description: UBC Library is offering Basic Indigenous Reference Training, a new type of workshop recently developed by UBC Library to address the growing demand from all disciplines to learn more about Indigenous topics in coursework and research. To address the growing demand and expand capacity for Indigenous reference help across […]