Important Update to BREB COVID Safety Requirements
Effective February 14, 2023, the Behavioural Research Ethics Board (BREB) has reduced its COVID safety requirements for conducting in-person research. While continuing to be concerned for the safety of research participants, the BREB will no longer require researchers to submit Safe Research Plans for in-person research, except in the following circumstances: Research with immunocompromised individuals […]
HIFI call for proposals with healthy aging stream now open
The call for proposals for the 2023 Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards is now open. The deadline for faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan to submit a proposal is April 14, 2023. UBC Health is offering up to $25,000 to faculty members who are collaborating across faculties, disciplines, and campuses to […]
Pre-announcement: CCS Emerging Scholar Research Grants
Building on the success and lessons learned from the inaugural Emerging Scholar Awards program, we are delighted to announce that the Canadian Cancer Society will soon launch the 2023 Emerging Scholar Research Grants. With this initiative, CCS aims to establish and advance promising early career investigators from across Canada with a focused commitment to […]
Pre-announcement: CCS Research Training Awards
The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) and its partners have identified the next generation of cancer researchers as a critical component to sustain research progress and drive innovation. To support this, CCS will be launching Research Training Awards for Master’s, Doctoral, and Postdoctoral fellows. These awards will seek to build capacity in the cancer research […]
Abbotsford Agricultural Enhancement Grants
Applications are now open for the Abbotsford Community Foundation’s Agricultural Enhancement Grants Program. This is a matching grant of up to $50,000. This year the committee decided that granting will be focused on agricultural innovation, specifically as is related to any or all of the following: Product development Value added agricultural innovations Solutions for […]
NSERC/SSHRC/CIHR Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)
The Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) program is administered jointly by Canada’s three research granting agencies: the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Eligible faculty members may apply for the USRA program. […]