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Research and Awards Funding Opportunities

Updated on March 18, 2026

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)
- UBC Open Access Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research
  - Rolling deadline starting February 4, 2026 until funds are depleted for that year or August 31, 2026.
- UBC Scholarly Publication Fund
  - Deadline: Starting February 4, 2026, the Fund will take applications any time during the academic year until it is exhausted, or until August 31. Available support for each application depends upon funding and is not guaranteed.

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

April

- UBC Faculty of Education Research Infrastructure Support Services (RISS)
  - Deadlines: Tuesday, April 07, 2026
- SSHRC Connection Grants
  - Deadline to submit signed RPIF to ORE : 10:00 AM Monday, April 23, 2026
  - Deadline to submit RPIF to ORS: 8:30 AM Friday, April 24, 2026
  - Deadline to e-submit in your SSHRC Portfolio: 8:30 AM Thursday, April 30, 2026
  - Deadline to SSHRC: Friday, May 1, 2026
- CIHR Recruitment for Membership to CIHR’s 13 Institute Advisory Boards
  - Deadline to apply: April 24, 2026

June

- SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants – June
  - Deadline to submit signed RPIF to ORE: 10:00 AM Friday, June 5, 2026
  - Deadline to submit RPIF to ORS: 8:30 AM Monday, June 8, 2026
  - E-submit in your SSHRC Portfolio: 8:30 AM Friday, June 12, 2026
  - SSHRC deadline: Monday, June 15, 2026

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

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