CIHR Reviewer in Training Opportunity for Early Career Researchers
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the launch of the Reviewer in Training (RiT) program for the Fall 2022 Project Grant competition. The RiT program offers Early Career Researchers (ECRs) a learning opportunity to gain a better understanding of the elements of high quality review and the peer review process […]
UBC Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies: Catalyst Collaboration Fund
Deadline Cycle 1: Sep. 15, 2022 Deadline Cycle 2: Nov. 15, 2022 As part of the Institute’s focus on inter- and trans-disciplinary coordinated efforts to address the climate and nature emergency, we invite faculty at UBCV and UBCO and their associates to submit applications for the PWIAS Catalyst Collaboration Fund. The available funds ($180,000) will […]
HIFI call for proposals opens August 15
On August 15, 2022, the call for proposals for the Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards will open to faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan. The deadline to submit a proposal is October 14, 2022. UBC Health is offering up to $25,000 to faculty members who are collaborating across faculties, disciplines, and campuses […]
Health in unexpected places: Submit a proposal for Health After 2020
UBC Health is inviting interdisciplinary teams who are undertaking innovative health-oriented research in faculties, schools, or departments that stretches beyond the usual or expected to participate in Health After 2020. The Health After 2020 program enables researchers to engage in interdisciplinary, cross-institutional collaborations that aim to create change in health and health producing systems. Health […]
Contribution Rate Changes to the Extraordinary Expense Fund (Policy FM7) Effective July 1, 2022
The Extraordinary Expense Fund (Policy FM7) was established to help researchers with grant- and contract-funded staff, faculty and postdoctoral fellows (PDFs) who receive funding directly from a source external to UBC, by providing a fund for uncustomary expenses not otherwise covered. The fund provides reimbursement for extraordinary circumstances such as paid short-term sick […]
Applynow: Knowledge Synthesis Grants on Gender-Based Violence
Across Canada, people continue daily to face violence because of their gender, gender expression, gender identity or perceived gender. SSHRC and Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) are offering up to 30 $30,000 grants to synthesize existing research knowledge and identify knowledge opportunities and gaps on gender-based violence. Deadline to apply is September 1, 2022.
Apply for a Fulbright Award for 2023/2024: Opportunities in Arctic Studies, Sciences and more
We would like to introduce you to the Fulbright opportunities for Canadian scholars. Activities that Canadian Scholars can do during their Fulbright: conduct research; deliver lectures; network and promote their work; formal teaching (only if the awards allow it). These opportunities are for a start date of September 2023 or January 2024. Applications are […]
Hampton Fund program relaunch
Following up from the discussion we had of the Hampton Fund grant program earlier this year, we have now finalized and launched the revised criteria for the Hampton New Faculty grant. The main change to eligibility for the funding, in accordance with what we heard from many of you about funding needs, is that “new […]
Fall 2022 CIHR Project Grant Webinar and Early Consultations
To kick-off SPARC Project support for the Fall, a panel of speakers have been coordinated to discuss their experiences serving on CIHR Project Grant Peer Review Committees (PRCs). This event will be held on Wednesday, June 22 from 10:30am-12:00pm via Zoom. This event is suitable for all faculty and affiliated staff, and […]
UBC Health Funding Opportunity: Cedar Lodge Endowment Fund
Funded by the Vancouver Foundation, the income from the Cedar Lodge Endowment Fund is to be used for the purposes of supporting projects that involve residential rehabilitation, assessment, teaching and research for persons recovering from head and other physical injuries. Projects must be led by a principal applicant, who must be either a UBC […]