COVID-19 Impacts on ORE’s Internal Grants Program
UBC has adopted the Communicable Disease Prevention Framework to cover all UBC activities, including research. Guidance continues to apply for in-person research involving human participants. Please consult the websites of the applicable research ethics board (BREB, BREB-O, Clinical REB, C&W REB, PHC REB and the BC Cancer REB) for the latest guidance on human participant research.
Applicants to our internal programs should consider carefully their research timelines and methodologies for their proposals in keeping with the aforementioned UBC COVID-19 directive on research. If applications are funded, applicants should be prepared to adjust the operationalization of their projects in accordance with the current and future University directives on research activity.
– The ORE team
Internal Funding
Funding for research and knowledge mobilization is available through internal programs of the Faculty of Education and UBC. You can learn about our Faculty’s Internal Research Funding Programs below. For more information about these internal research funding opportunities, please contact Robert Olaj in the Faculty’s Office of Research in Education.
As part of the Faculty of Education’s ongoing research enhancements efforts, the Office of Research in Education is excited to launch its inaugural Inception Grants program. The Inception Grants will be made available as a two-year pilot initiative (starting fall 2023 and ending spring 2025) designed to provide applicants to major Tri-Agency research grant programs up to $6000 soon after their grant application is submitted. For applicants who are ultimately successful with their Tri-Agency application, the Inception Grant will advance project objectives ahead of agency funding. Alternatively, for applicants who are unsuccessful in a first attempt, the Inception Grant will allow for preparatory work that may better position them for success when they reapply to their grant program in the next cycle.
ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility for Inception Grants is open to full-time members of the Faculty of Education professoriate at UBC-V and UBC-O (Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors, and their counterparts in the Educational Leadership stream).
Applicants must be the main PI (“Applicant” for SSHRC and NSERC; “Nominated Principal Applicant” for CIHR) and must submit an application to one of the following Tri-Agency programs:
SSHRC Insight Grants
NSERC Discovery Grants
CIHR Project Grants (one cycle per year only)
New Frontiers in Research Fund
Applicants to SSHRC’s Connection Grants and partnership suite of grants (Partnership Development Grants, Partnership Engage Grants and Partnership Grants) have access to other supportive funds though the Faculty’s RISS program.
Applicants are eligible to apply to the Inception Grants once per project, for new applications only. Applicants who are unsuccessful with their Tri-Agency application will not be eligible to apply for Inception Grant funding.
Additionally, Inception Grant recipients who are unsuccessful with their Tri-Agency application are expected to re-apply to the next funding cycle.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
The Office of Research in Education will liaise with UBC-V’s Office of Research Services after each submission deadline to confirm the list of eligible Tri-Agency applicants from the Faculty of Education.
ACCESS TO FUNDS
Upon the submission of a UBC Research Project Information Form (RPIF) and a brief budget to ORE, funds will be transferred to an ORS research account. Inception Grant funds will be accessible for one year commencing one month after the respective Tri-Agency application deadline. Extension will not be permitted.
ELIGIBLE EXPENSES & PAY RATES
Faculty are highly encouraged to use Inception funds to hire Graduate Research Assistants (GRAs), although all expenses eligible under the Tri-Agency expense guidelines will be permissible except those related to conferences (registration, travel, accommodation, per diem, paper preparation, etc.).
In addition, recipients of Inception Grants are expected to pay student research assistants at minimum the Faculty’s minimum recommended pay rates:
Undergraduate GRA minimum hourly rate: $24
Masters GRA minimum hourly rate: $26
Doctoral GRA minimum hourly rate: $28
REPORTING
At the end of the term of their award, Inception Grant recipients will be asked to provide ORE with a brief report of the impact of the funding on their project. This will aid in our review of the program.
New guidelines for the postdoctoral fellows benefits category - see downloadable RISS guidelines!
The Faculty of Education’s Research Infrastructure Support Services (RISS) program is designed to help Education faculty pursue excellent research as defined by the disciplines represented within the Departments and the Schools, by supporting activities and expenses that are typically ineligible for support from research grants or for which stand-alone support is challenging. RISS supports are limited to external grant matching, postdoctoral benefits, funds for lead conference organizers to assist with pre-conference planning, matching for UBC’s SSHRC Bridge Funding Program and funds to support engagement with non-academic community partners external to UBC for early stage research project planning.
The program is NOT designed to fund expenses related to primary research (e.g., data collection and/or analysis) or knowledge mobilization activities (e.g., on-site conference expenses, expenses related to publication, website development). It is expected that faculty will apply for external research funding (e.g., Tri-Agency grants), internal University grants such as the Faculty's SSHRC Explore Grants, or University publication or open access funds to support such work.
Except for applications for postdoctoral fellow benefits and VPRI Bridge Funding matching (which may be submitted any time), RISS applications must be emailed to Robert Olaj in ORE by 12 noon on Tuesday October 3, 2023; Tuesday January 9, 2024 and Tuesday April 2, 2024.
Download the Expense Eligibility Guidelines & Application Form.
Download the RISS Final Report (for previous awardees).
For more information, please contact Robert Olaj in the Office of Research in Education (ORE)
The SSHRC Explore Grant distributes funds from UBC’s annual SSHRC Institutional Grant. The primary goal of the Explore Grant is to support high-quality Faculty of Education research by providing small funds to support early stage research activities that will maintain or strengthen research capacity and research excellence in the social sciences and humanities.
Terms of Reference
- Members of the Faculty of Education professoriate at UBC-V are eligible for this competition (Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors, and their counterparts in the Educational Leadership stream). Faculty at UBC-O's School of Education have access to a separate set of seed grants funded through a separate SSHRC allocation made to UBC-O.
- Research that has previously been funded, in part or in full, is not eligible. Funds are not intended to supplement current or completed Tri-Council or other currently funded projects or duplicate support for projects awaiting funding decisions from other sources.
- Principal investigators may submit one SSHRC Explore Grant application.
- Only one SSHRC Explore Grant will be awarded per research project.
- Applicants with active SSHRC Explore Grants and those who have been previously funded but who have not submitted final reports by the application deadline are not eligible to apply.
- Preference will be given to proposals that offer opportunities for graduate student training/mentorship.
- Projects must support new research and proposals must make clear how these seed funds will enable future research (e.g., lay foundation for an external research grant).
- Preference will be given to projects which lay the foundation for a (specified) external research grant.
- Eligible seed activities include (but are not restricted to) pilot research; field/library/archival research; case studies; and research projects with community partners.
- Applications with budgets of no more than $6,000 are eligible to be submitted.
- The term of the grant is 12 months beginning from the date of the award notice. No funding extensions are available.
- Neither conference travel nor teaching buy-out are eligible expenses for this funding program.
- Successful applicants must submit a final report to ORE within one month of the end of the term of the award describing how they used the funds.
Deadline: Please email your complete application package to Robert Olaj in ORE at robert.olaj@ubc.ca by March 25, 2024, Monday.
Guidelines and application form: Please find the instructions and application form here.
For more information, please contact Robert Olaj in the Office of Research in Education (ORE).
- Members of the UBC-V Faculty of Education professoriate are eligible to apply for this endowed grant (Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors, and their counterparts in the Educational Leadership stream).
- Applicants must clearly demonstrate how their project will have an impact on the community and increase our understanding of Canadian education.
- The proposal must clearly identify community educational partner(s) and their roles.
- Projects budgets of $6,800 maximum are eligible to be submitted.
- The term of the awards is 12 months.
- Successful applicants are required to write a one page summary describing the outcomes of the project for the Faculty of Education Development Office. This summary may be shared with the donor.
Deadline: Please email your complete application package to Robert Olaj in ORE at robert.olaj@ubc.ca by March 25, 2024, Monday.
Guidelines and application form: Please find the instructions and application form here.
For more information, please contact Robert Olaj in the Office of Research in Education (ORE).
Funding for the Faculty of Education Jacqueline Farquhar Endowment for Children’s Mental Health is made available through a fund established by the Vancouver School Board and Jacqueline’s family and friends, and is specifically designed to carry on her passion for enhancing schools’ capacity to identify and respond to students struggling with depression and anxiety.
The primary goals of the Jacqueline Farquhar Endowment for Children’s Mental Health are to:
- translate completed research into accessible forms that community stakeholders and educators can utilize, disseminate and take into the classroom and/or community with a goal of impacting practice;
- find practical uses for completed research, for example, the production of a brochure, books, workshops, instructional materials, web sites, etc., with a clear potential for impact on practice (technology component as a tool for sharing); and
- increase the awareness of issues relating to children’s mental health.
Terms of Reference
- Funds are open to UBC-V faculty/graduate student teams, consisting of at least one member of the UBC-V Faculty of Education professoriate (Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors) and one or more graduate students registered in the UBC-V Faculty of Education. The faculty member is expected to play a leadership role in the knowledge mobilization project. One grant per collaborative team project is available.
- Graduate students who are on leave or on extension are ineligible to apply for this funding.
- Funds are not intended to support data collection or analysis of research but rather to support activities designed to disseminate and mobilize research findings or outcomes to the community through an activity or product.
- Projects with a budget of $10,000 maximum are eligible to be submitted. Please note that this is an estimate of the maximum award amount available from the endowment and the precise program budget will be determined in April 2023.
- The term of the award is 12-months from the date of notification.
- Successful applicants are expected to communicate the results of their project to the Faculty of Education Development Office within one month of the end of the term of the award.
Deadline: Please email your complete application package to Robert Olaj in ORE at robert.olaj@ubc.ca by March 25, 2024, Monday.
Guidelines and application form: Please find the instructions and application form here.
For more information, please contact Robert Olaj in the Office of Research in Education (ORE).
The Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia would be pleased to receive nominations for International Research Visiting Fellowships (IRVFs) for 2024-2025. Applications are due January 15, 2024 to educ.ore@ubc.caVisiting fellows will be expected to spend a minimum of two weeks between April 1, 2024 and August 30, 2025 engaged in high quality collaborative and innovative research with researchers in the Faculty of Education at UBC. It is expected that fellows will be internationally acclaimed scholars in their respective fields, as evident through track-records of research, scholarly publications, knowledge mobilization activities, major recognitions, and grant funding. It is also expected that the funds will act as a catalyst for subsequent collaborative research with UBC researchers beyond the time of their stay at UBC. A Faculty of Education Co-Nominator must be identified and listed in the application form.
Each department/school may submit up to two nominations for adjudication.
AWARD VALUE
The maximum IRVF award is $8,000. Up to three awards (with a maximum value of up to $8,000/fellow) will be made available within the program timeline (April 1, 2024 – August 30, 2025).
ELIGIBLE EXPENSES
- Funds may be used towards travel, accommodation, per diem expenses, honoraria, and research/meeting costs.
- Honoraria are capped at $500.
- Budgets should be carefully thought out and funds must be used for the requested expenses, particularly with regard to accommodation. Nominators should be particularly mindful of their overall budget ask if their intention is to personally host the international researcher, as booked accommodation expenses can make up a significant portion of a budget.
- Budgets may be reduced post-award if significant changes in the plan result in eliminated or significantly reduced expenses.
- UBC business expense rules apply.
- Funds may not be used to purchase computers or equipment.
NOMINATOR ELIGIBILITY
- Nominations will be accepted from Education faculty in the research stream professoriate at the UBC-V campus.
- A Faculty of Education Co-Nominator must be identified and listed in the application form.
- Previously funded nominators must have submitted both an interim and a final report by the nomination deadline.
NOMINEE ELIGIBILITY
- The same visitor cannot be nominated more than once through this program.
- Visitors must be from a university outside Canada.
- The nominee must be an outstanding researcher as assessed through their track-record of research, publications, knowledge mobilization, major recognitions, and grant funding.
- As a condition of the award, it is expected that visiting fellows will give at least one research talk (open to members of the University as well as the general public).
Nominators are advised to consult with their department/school administrative manager regarding requisite travel documentation, including visas, social insurance numbers, etc.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Please refer to the Instructions and Application Form below for complete requirements.
DEADLINE
Please submit the following two PDF documents to educ.ore@ubc.ca by January 15, 2024:
- A consolidated PDF of the application form and requisite attachments, and
- A completed and signed UBC Research Project Information Form (RPIF).
HOW TO APPLY
Please find the instructions and application form here.
For more information, please contact Robert Olaj in the Office of Research in Education (ORE)
International Research Visiting Fellowship Report Templates: IRVF Interim Report Template
External Funding
For research grant and award opportunities for members of the Faculty of Education professoriate, please visit ORE’s Research and Awards Funding Opportunities webpage.
For assistance in developing external research grant proposals please contact Dr. Nandini Maharaj, Research Grants Facilitator in the Faculty’s Office of Research in Education (ORE).
For funding opportunities for ALL disciplines, please see the UBC Office of Research + Innovation website.
Please note that all grant applications must abide by UBC’s research signature process and address UBC’s Indirect Costs of Research Policy.