Meet the Mitacs Advisor for LFS
Meet Mahtab Nazari, the new advisor supporting LFS projects with Mitacs: “My name is Mahtab, I’m an Advisor at Mitacs supporting LFS. I wanted to take a moment to discuss how Mitacs can support your research. I would love to connect, learn more about your research group, update you on our programs, […]
Notice of Intent for Solutions Scholars research projects is now open for the 2025-2026 Program
Submission Deadline: February 28 at 11:59pm Q&A Session: Thursday February 13, 11:00am – 12:00 pm Q&A Session for Call for Solutions Scholars Projects Program Details and Application Form What is the Solutions Scholars Program? Designed to encourage cross disciplinary research in the areas of climate change mitigation, adaptation and education, researcher teams from […]
Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation 2025 Funding Competitions: Cancer Research
In 2025, the Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation will hold two rounds of competitions for proof-of-principle basic science/preclinical proposals in the field of cancer research. The Foundation is looking to support non-mainstream hypotheses and non-conservative projects which do not fit traditional funding mechanisms and have not received previous grants/awards. This opportunity is intended […]
Applications Open for EduCanada Scholarships for 2025-2026
The Government of Canada, through the Canadian Bureau for International Education, has recently opened applications for two short-term scholarships supporting students to come to UBC through the Visiting International Research Students program. Go Global is currently accepting applications for the following programs: Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (UBC deadline Monday, March 3, 2025) […]
2025/2026 NSERC CREATE Program – NSERC Webinar Feb 6 & 7
NSERC’s Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program awards grants of up to $1.65M over 6 years for the development of innovative training programs designed to enhance collaboration and facilitate the transition of trainees to productive employees in the Canadian workforce. In preparation for the next CREATE competition, NSERC will hold an information session via […]
Wall Legacy Awards 2025
UBC is pleased to launch the 2025 competition for the Wall Fellowships and Wall Research Awards. These awards are valued at approximately $4 million annually and have been made possible by the generosity of Dr. Peter Wall. This suite of awards represents one of the largest internal award programs at any university in North America. […]
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). Through these awards, professors can receive a wage subsidy of […]
NSERC Alliance Webinar on EDI considerations in the Training Plan
NSERC’s Alliance Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Outreach team is offering a presentation on EDI considerations in the Alliance Training Plan for applicants. The interactive session will focus on the importance of EDI in the research team, consideration of EDI in the Alliance application, and how to write a strong statement regarding EDI […]
Call for Nominations, Doug Purvis Memorial Prize
Nominations are open for the 2025 award of the Doug Purvis Memorial Prize. An award will be presented for a work of excellence relating to Canadian economic policy and published in 2024. The award is open to all forms of written media in which material relevant to Canadian economic policy appears including a series of […]
Women Scientists Innovation Award for Cancer Research
The Women Scientists Innovation Award has two grant streams, but UBC is invited to nominate a single (1) candidate for this award. As such, candidates are required to indicate their preferred stream – V Scholar (Early Career) or Translational. UBC internal selection deadline: January 22, 2025 (5pm) Sponsor nomination deadline: February 1, 2025 […]