UBC Health Scholarships and Awards – Call for Submissions
UBC Health recently announced the 2020 UBC Health scholarships and awards competition. These scholarships and awards recognize the academic and research excellence of students and faculty from various health disciplines at UBC, as well as the achievements of health educators, professionals, and community partners across BC. The submission deadline is Monday, November 30, 2020. Scholarships […]
Updates to Alliance literature and webinars for applicants
Updates to Alliance literature The Alliance literature was recently updated on October 28, 2020. It aims to streamline and clarify various points, as well as to provide access to additional resources based on feedback and questions from the community. Key changes are summarized below, but we strongly encourage you to review the updated literature before […]
2021-22 PWIAS Wall Scholars Program Call for Applications
Wall Scholars Program 2021-22 Theme: Complex Systems DEADLINE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 Applications are invited from accomplished scholars and thinkers from UBC and other academic institutions world-wide to the 2021-22 Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Wall Scholar Program. Successful scholars will spend a year in residence at the Institute focusing on the theme of Complex Systems. […]
Climate Education Grants – Call for Proposals
Climate Education Grants provide up to $5,000 to UBC Vancouver faculty members to incorporate climate change content and teaching approaches into existing undergraduate and graduate courses. Funds can be used for a wide range of curriculum development work, including hiring students or staff to develop new material, hosting workshop(s) to consult on course changes, […]
IDRC’s Research Ideas Competition
Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health have launched a call for research ideas to strengthen policy interventions, population health, environmental sustainability, gender, and social equity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). More info here. The deadline to apply is December 11 2020.
Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund Stage 4 funding launched
The Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund (CRCEF) is extending its wage support for research personnel and trainees whose salaries were adversely affected by COVID-19 and who were paid in part or in whole by non-governmental sources. The new Stage 4 of CRCEF increases the maximum duration of wage support for eligible research personnel from […]
Applications Open for the Emergency On-Farm Support Fund
We are thrilled to announce we are now accepting applications for the Emergency On-Farm Support Fund. The program assists agricultural producers with some of the incremental costs for improving the health and safety of farm workers and limiting the spread of COVID-19 in agricultural operations. The program will provide up to $100,000 per recipient in non-repayable, cost-shared funding. […]
2021/22 Northern Scientific Training Program
The 2021/22 Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) is now open for applications. The NSTP supports student research in the North by supplying supplementary funds to offset the additional costs of Northern research. Before completing the application, students and supervisors must read the Program Manual. Answers to common questions can also be found in the “Frequently Asked Questions” […]
Call for Proposals: SoTL Seed Program & SoTL Dissemination Fund
SoTL Seed Program The UBC Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISoTL) and the Centre for Teaching, Learning, & Technology offer a support program for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). The SoTL Seed Program provides graduate research assistants, collegial support, and complementary funding for projects that seek to research and evaluate […]
Climate Action and Awareness Fund
The new Climate Action and Awareness Fund will invest $206 million over five years to support Canadian-made projects that help to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. The Climate Action and Awareness Fund is designed to support projects that can create middle class jobs for Canadians who work in science and technology, academia and at the […]