Health After 2020 call for proposals open until Sept. 30
The call for proposals for Health After 2020 is now open to faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan who are interested in starting or extending a collaborative relationship with a scholar or collaborator from outside UBC. UBC Health is offering funding awards of up to $10,000 to support each successful proposal. Health After […]
Genome BC Pilot Innovation Fund EOI Deadline September 1
Genome BC Pilot Innovation Fund Aims to fund a diverse set of innovation projects with a credible probability of success and to test Genome BC’s approach to the funding of innovation projects. Innovation is defined as the practical translation of ideas and research outcomes into new or improved products, services, processes, systems, or social interactions. […]
PopData and DI Program partnership expands government data available to academic researchers
The Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Citizens’ Services, in partnership with Population Data BC, recently launched the Data Innovation Program for academic researchers, allowing access to cross-sector data from multiple provincial ministries and organizations for the first time. The Data Innovation Program (DI Program) is a data integration and analytics program for government […]
SSHRC would like to seek your input on the Imagining Canada’s Future (ICF) initiative
In 2018, SSHRC, in partnership with Policy Horizons Canada, engaged with leaders across academic, government, business and community sectors as part of a foresight exercise to identify key emerging, societal issues facing Canadians. This horizon scan resulted in the identification of 16 future global challenges. Three of the challenges were the focus of recent […]
Advance notice of NEW SSHRC Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative to be launched later this summer
Initiative aims to support partnership research to inform actions to address social disparities related to race, gender and other forms of diversity. Research in the social sciences and humanities is essential to understanding and tackling inequities in society, and identifying systemic barriers and discrimination. With new funds outlined in Federal Budget 2021, SSHRC will soon launch the Race, Gender […]
NSERC Alliance grants – National Security Guidelines for Research Partnerships
Government of Canada releases National Security Guidelines for Research Partnerships NSERC Alliance grant applications involving private sector partners must apply the new guidelines as of July 12, 2021 On July 12, 2021, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry; the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; and the […]
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 […]