UBC SPARC: Fall 2021 CIHR Project Grant Competition Overview
Please join us for a Fall 2021 CIHR Project Grant competition overview. The workshop will be held in webinar format (attendees will be muted and off video). Attendees may join any or all sections of interest, and can ask questions in the Q&A feature. All CIHR Project Grant applicants and affiliated support staff are invited. […]
UBC SPARC: CIHR Project Grant Peer Review Roundtable
This SPARC-hosted event will feature a panel of UBC faculty selected for their service on CIHR Project Grant Peer Review Committees that receive the most applications from UBC faculty. The Project Grant competition is CIHR’s primary operating grant that supports ideas with the greatest potential to advance health-related fundamental and/or applied knowledge. This event is […]
Pilot tri-agency interdisciplinary peer review committee bridges research fields
SSHRC, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have launched the Tri-agency Interdisciplinary Peer Review Committee as a one-year pilot. Researchers whose projects bridge funding agency disciplines can direct their Insight Grants, CIHR Project Grants or NSERC Discovery Horizons Grants applications to this committee of experts […]
Launch of UBC Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (CRMA)
The UBC Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (CRMA) program is now open again. It provides up to $5000 to support new or existing research partnerships between UBC researchers in the Okanagan and Vancouver. Faculty members from all disciplines are invited to apply. Funding may be used to cover travel and accommodation costs associated with […]
Announcing new Health After 2020 initiative and inaugural public lecture on July 14
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on and accelerated our understanding of some the detriments and experience of health and wellbeing in our society. As we face the challenges of responding to the broad effects of the pandemic, UBC Health sees an opportunity to think differently about how we define and value health, how […]
Fulbright Grants for Canadian Scholars in the US for 2022/2023
Fulbright Grants support research with colleagues across the U.S. for a 4 to 9-month period. Applications are accepted through November 15th, 2021, and these opportunities are for a start date of September 2022 or January 2023. Please note that in the same application, you can apply to several of their Research Chairs. Register for the webinar on […]
Agrivita Canada Inc Call for Letters of Intent
Agrivita Canada is pleased to announce a Call for Letters of Intent for the next iteration of the Canadian AgriSafety Applied Science Program (2022-2026). The purpose of the Program is to develop applied science projects addressing priority areas for agricultural health and safety in Canada. Please see the Call for LOIs document through this link: […]
SPARC Workshops for SSHRC Insight Grants
SSHRC Insight Grant Workshop for New Applicants Date: June 16, 2021 – 1:00pm This Zoom workshop will focus on application requirements, evaluation criteria, adjudication process, and strategic advice for developing a competitive submission. For a more “hands-on” session, we recommend you sign up for the IG Writing Bootcamps! SSHRC Insight Grant 2021 Workshop for Re-Applicants […]
Innovate BC Ignite Program Applications Now Open!
Program Objectives The Ignite program aims to provide academic and industry consortiums or project partnerships with the opportunity to accelerate their innovations towards commercialization, to help solve known industry problems and provide significant economic, environmental, social and/or health benefits to British Columbians. The specific objectives of the program are to: Support market-driven research and […]
Climate Solutions for BC Agriculture
In collaboration with their sector stakeholders, BC Agriculture Council and the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC are teaming up to develop a joint application for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Agricultural Climate Solutions Program (ACSP). Keeping with the ACSP objectives, their application will focus on agricultural commodities and regions of the province that have potential […]