Faculty of EducationOffice of Research in Education

Research and Awards Funding Opportunities

Updated on December 09, 2025

2025 Opportunities

November

- France Canada Research Fund Call for Proposals
  - Deadline to submit application for UBC internal selection: Friday, November 14, 2025
- Spencer Foundation Research-Practice Partnership Grants Program
  - Pre-Proposal Deadline: 12:00PM, November 14, 2025 CT (Central Time/North America)
- UBC SOTL Seed Program
  - Application Deadline: November 17, 2025
- UBC-Vancouver Public Humanities Hub Public Engagement Award
  - Deadline: November 17, 2025
- CIHR Health System Impact Embedded Early Career Researcher Award Webinar
  - Event Date: November 18, 2025
- Introduction to Digital Research Alliance of Canada Training Session
  - Event Date: November 18, 2025
- UBC ORE Knowledge Mobilization Spotlight: Introduction to Book Publishing
  - Event Date/Time: 1:00PM to 2:00PM, November 19, 2025
- UBC ORE Writing Retreat: From Proposals to Publications
  - Event Date/Time: 2:15PM to 5:00PM, November 19, 2025

- SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant – The Arts Transformed
  - Deadline to submit RPIF and copy of the application to ORE for Faculty signature: 12:00PM, Monday, November 24, 2025
  - Deadline to submit Faculty-signed RPIF and application to ORS for institutional approval: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
  - SSHRC submission Deadline: December 2, 2025
- SSHRC Connection Grants – Webinars
  - Event Date: November 25, 2025
- SSHRC Insight Development Grants Updates and Webinars
  - Event Date: November 27, 2025
- 2025 UBC Vancouver Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) Fund
  - Application Deadline: November 28, 2025
- UBC Call for CFI and CIHR Research Advisors
  - Deadline to submit a letter of interest and a UBC CV: December 1, 2025

December

- UBC Postdoc Research Day
  - Event Date: December 1, 2025
- Spencer Research Grants on Education: Small Research Grant
  - Deadline to submit signed RPIF to ORE: 10:00AM (PT), December 5, 2025
- Government of Canada Environmental Damages Fund
  - RPIF Deadline: 10:00AM, December 10, 2025

2026 Opportunities

January

- UBC Faculty of Education Research Infrastructure Support Services (RISS)
  - Deadlines: Monday, January 05, 2026, and Tuesday, April 07, 2026
- SSHRC Destination Horizon Grants
  - Internal selection for January 2026 competition: 12:00 PM Tuesday, January 6, 2026
  - Deadline to submit signed RPIF to ORE : 10:00 AM Wednesday, January 14, 2026
  - Deadline to submit RPIF to ORS : 8:30 AM Thursday, January 15, 2026
  - SSHRC (Sponsor) deadline: Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 8:00PM ET
- UBC Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters
  - Application Deadline: January 8, 2026
- SSHRC Insight Development Grants ORE Review and Proposal Development Support
  - Dates: January 2 to January 16, 2026
- SSHRC Connection Grants
  - RPIF Deadline: January 23, 2026
  - ORS Submission Deadline: January 26, 2026
  - E-submission Deadline: January 30, 2026
  - Sponsor Deadline: February 2, 2026
- Michael Smith Health Research BC: Research Trainee Program
  - Deadline to submit signed RPIF to ORE: 10:00 AM Wednesday, January 21, 2026
  - Deadline to submit RPIF to ORS: 8:30 AM Thursday, January 22, 2026
  - SSHRC Deadline: Thursday, January 29, 2026 (4:30 pm PT)
- SSHRC Insight Development Grants Deadlines
  - RPIF Due: January 23, 2026
  - ORS Deadline: January 26, 2026
  - E-submission: January 30, 2026
  - SSHRC Deadline: February 2, 2026

February

- SSHRC Partnership Grants — Stage 1
  - Deadline to submit signed RPIF to ORE : 10:00 AM Monday, February 2, 2026
  - Deadline to submit RPIF to ORS: 8:30 AM Tuesday, February 3, 2026
  - E-submit in your SSHRC Portfolio: 8:30 AM Monday, February 9, 2026
  - SSHRC (Sponsor) Deadline: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 (8 p.m. eastern)
- Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRAs)
  - Deadlines: February 9, 2026 (Monday), February 17, 2026 (Tuesday), March 4, 2026 (Wednesday), March 20, 2026 (Friday)
- Faculty of Education 2026 Internal Research Grants Program
  - Deadline to E-mail Applications to Robert Olaj in ORE (robert.olaj@ubc.ca): February 25, 2026 (Wednesday)

March

- NFRF Transformation 2026 Competition – Launch and Upcoming Webinars
  - Full Application Stage Deadline (Invite-only): March 3, 2026 (at 8 p.m. Eastern Time)
- UBC Open Access Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research
  - Deadline: Rolling, until annual funds are exhausted
- SSHRC Talent Award
  - Deadline for departments to submit nominations to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies: 4 PM Monday, March 14, 2026
  - SSHRC nomination deadline: April 1, 2026

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