Research Supports

This resource page is for faculty and staff to access tools and other infrastructure supports.

Indigenous Research

  • Indigenous Peoples Language Guide
    • This useful guide provides information on how to navigate the terminology and meanings associated with Indigenous peoples in order to produce the best — and most respectful — communication results.
  • Indigenous Research Methodologies Library Guide
    • This research guide provides strategies for finding resources about and exemplars of Indigenous research methodologies.
  • Indigenous Finance Guidelines
    • The Indigenous Finance Guidelines have been created to address a long unresolved issue at UBC – how to better support gift giving and compensation in reciprocal, respectful, relationship-based collaborations between Indigenous partners and UBC.
  • Indigenous Undergraduate Research Mentorship Program
    • The Indigenous Undergraduate Research Mentorship Program (IURMP) is an opportunity for Indigenous undergraduate students interested in academic research in any field to be paired with a faculty member on campus.
  • Indigenous Research Support Initiatives
    • IRSI supports UBC’s commitments to research excellence and reconciliation with the university’s Indigenous community partners

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Grant Writing

  • SPARC Resources & Sample Grants
    • To support UBC faculty-led applications to major Tri-Agency research grant competitions, SPARC maintains libraries of CWL-protected resources and successful grant applications.
  • Research Project Information Form
    • All research grant applications and project proposals must be accompanied by a Research Project Information Form (RPIF).
  • Submitting a Grant Application
    • Instructions and timelines for submitting grant applications.
  • Grant Facilitators
    • Grant Facilitators within faculties and schools are available to help researchers to develop, review and administer winning research grant proposals.

Research Budget/Expenses

Research Ethics

Statistics and Computing

Research Software

  • Software Licensing
    • Offers information about the software programs offered to UBC students, faculty, and staff at no cost or discounted rates.
  • Online Nvivo Workshops
    • The online workshops cover both Mac and PC versions of NVivo 1.x.

Administrative Support

  • Institutional Programs Office (IPO)
    • Provides administrative and strategic support to researchers pursuing major infrastructure awards.
  • Research Information Systems (RISe)
    • RISe is an online research administration tool that allows researchers and administrators to manage and track applications online through to approval, certification and awarding of funds.
  • Office of Research Services (ORS)
    • ORS staff will assist you in obtaining institutional signatures for a grant application, setting up research accounts, transferring research funds to collaborators at other institutions, registering clinical trials and more.

Knowledge Mobilization

  • Knowledge in Action
    • Provides support in collaborative research programs and in the sharing of research outputs.
  • KxM Research to Impact Foundations Course
    • KxM Research to Impact Foundations Course is a self-paced, online course designed for members of the UBC community whose research aims to create social impact through informing practice and policy and/or expanding public conversation.
  • Innovation UBC
    • Innovation UBC works with UBC’s researchers to support and accelerate the translation of their research into real-world impacts.

UBC Library

  • Events & Workshops
    • Find events and workshops hosted by the UBC Library.
  • Research Help
    • Offers resources on project planning, research, writing, and publishing.