UBC Collaborative Research Mobility Awards – UBCO and UBCV
Program Link: https://research.ubc.ca/vpri-competitions-initiatives/collaborative-research-mobility-awards/ubc-vancouver-okanagan Sponsor: Offices of the President, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UBC Okanagan; the Vice-President, Research and Innovation; the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, UBC Okanagan; the Provost and Vice-President Academic, UBC Vancouver; and the Provost and Vice-President Academic, UBC Okanagan. Value: A total funding envelope of $100,000 is available for this one-year funding cycle. […]
SSHRC Connection Grants – May
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 engage […]
Congratulations to Dr. David Wright!
A warm congratulations to Dr. David Wright (PI) in the School of Kinesiology for his successful CIHR Project Grant application! Dr. Wright and his co-applicant Dr. Margaret Hahn (U Toronto) were awarded $956,250 for their project Targeting the Exercise-Inducible Signalling Factor FGF21 as a Novel Approach to Mitigate the Side Effects of Antipsychotics. Project abstract: […]
UBC Public Humanities Hub Fellowship Awards
Program Link: https://publichumanities.ubc.ca/funding/public-humanities-faculty-fellowships/ Sponsor: UBC Public Humanities Hub Value: 1. salary costs associated with hiring a sessional lecturer to teach a three-credit course that the faculty member would normally teach that semester (up to $11,000, paid directly to the faculty member’s department); 2. up to $5000 to cover research expenses. Expenses eligible under the Tri-Agency […]
Tri-Agency Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)
Program Link: https://students.ubc.ca/career/campus-experiences/undergraduate-research/nserc-undergraduate-student-research-awards Sponsor: NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC Value: $6,000 + top-up from faculty member (see note below on minimum Faculty pay rates) Description: Objectives To 1) nurture interest by undergraduate students in developing their potential for a research career in health, natural sciences, engineering, social sciences or humanities, and, 2) to encourage them to undertake graduate […]
NSERC CREATE Information Webinar
Program Link: https://sparc.ubc.ca/events-workshops/nserc-create-information-webinar-february-7-2024 Sponsor: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Description: NSERC’s Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program awards grants of up to $1.65M over 6 years for the development of innovative training programs designed to enhance collaboration and facilitate the transition of trainees to productive employees in the Canadian workforce. In preparation for the next CREATE […]
CIHR Project Grant – Spring 2024
Program Link: https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=3961&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=EXACT&resultCount=25&sort=program&next=1&all=1&masterList=true Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research Value: The total amount available for the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Project Grant Competitions is $650M. Within the investment allocated to each Project Grant competition, there will be a funding envelope of: $16.25M dedicated to large grants. Large grants are defined as those within the top 2% largest […]
UBC-O Salary Research Grant
Program Link: https://ors.ok.ubc.ca/research-account-management/study-leave-and-salary-research-grants/ Sponsor: Canada Revenue Agency and VP Research and Innovation Value: Varies Description: This program permits scholars, for periods other than study leave, to receive a research grant in lieu of salary under certain conditions established by the Canada Revenue Agency. Not that this is not a typical grant; funds are not accessible through a […]
UBC-V Salary Research Grant
Program Link: https://ors.ubc.ca/funding-opportunities/internal-funding-opportunities Sponsor: Canada Revenue Agency and VP Research and Innovation Value: Varies Description: This program permits scholars, for periods other than study leave, to receive a research grant in lieu of salary under certain conditions established by the Canada Revenue Agency. Not that this is not a typical grant; funds are not accessible through a […]
Congratulation to Dr. Johanna Sam (PI) for her successful Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Program application!
A warm congratulations to Dr. Johanna Sam (PI), Tŝilhqot’in Nation, Assistant Professor in ECPS, as well as NITEP – Indigenous Teacher Education Program, for her successful Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Program application. Dr. Sam was awarded $450,000 for her project titled Nini nanaghintsan ?anh (is your mind tired?): The Healing Journeys of Indigenous Adolescents Navigating Pathways to Urban and […]