Announcing the 2022/23 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters Competition
We are pleased to announce the 2022/23 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) Competition. This competition is open to emerging and established clusters of research excellence in all disciplines on the Vancouver campus, and we welcome applications from both previously funded and new clusters. Applicants may select a budget term of one or two years. […]
UBC Climate Change Research Symposium October 13 & 14
VP Research and Innovation is hosting a UBC Climate Change Research Symposium, being held virtually on October 13 & 14. It will feature climate researchers from multiple faculties on our Vancouver and Okanagan campuses, with keynote speakers UBC Professor of Climate Justice, Naomi Klein and Professor David Wilkinson (Chemical and Biological Engineering). This symposium will help to make connections between related areas of climate change research and enhance the potential of UBC researchers to significantly […]
Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund
The Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund supports implementation of the 2020 Indigenous Strategic Plan. Funds are available to support projects that advance UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan priority actions across both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. Funding is allocated across three streams with amounts ranging from $30K for new initiatives that have impact at the […]
UBC’s Campus as a Living Lab Fund Competition (2021-22)
UBC’s Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) Fund Competition (2021-22) is now open. Proposals are invited from UBC Faculty & Staff to co-develop innovative, impactful and collaborative ‘living lab’ projects on campus. The competition closes on November 12, 2021. This program offers Faculty & Staff a unique opportunity to incubate, test and demonstrate innovative research ideas in a real-world setting, embedded […]
Coming soon: Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program competition
The Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program will open its next competition this fall, with application deadlines in spring 2022. The competition will be the program’s first since its redesign.
Coming soon: Canada First Research Excellence Fund competition
The next Canada First Research Excellence Fund competition will launch in fall 2021, with a letter of intent deadline in spring 2022 and full application deadline in late summer 2022. The funding boosts institutions’ capacity to recruit top global research talent, seek partnerships, make breakthrough discoveries, and excel globally in research.
Seventh Open Research Area call for international research proposals
SSHRC, the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany) and the Economic and Social Research Council (United Kingdom) have launched the seventh Open Research Area Call for Proposals. Joint research projects funded strengthen international cooperation while conducting high-quality research. Projects must include researchers coming from at least three of the four countries (Canada, […]
New Frontiers in Research Fund’s 2022 Transformation competition opens
To apply to the 2022 Transformation competition, research teams must submit their notice of intent by November 2, 2021. The six-year grants of $2 million-to-$4 million per year support large-scale, interdisciplinary research projects that address major, well-defined problems or challenges and have potential to create transformative, lasting change.
Call for Innovative Research Approaches in Pandemic Context
The New Frontiers in Research Fund’s 2021 special call, Innovative Approaches to Research in the Pandemic Context, offers renewable one-year grants of up to $250,000 for successful researchers and teams developing new approaches to pandemic-related challenges in research and data collection. Notices of intent to apply are due by September 21, 2021.
BC Conservation & Biodiversity Awards
The awards are given annually for the most impactful initiatives brought forward by BC-based non-profit organizations, individuals or groups of individuals, for specific work contributing to the improvement of the natural environment of BC and the preservation of its wilderness and biodiversity. Award applications are accepted throughout the calendar year to December 31, with the […]