IAFNS Summer Research Opportunity Fellowship
The Institute for the Advancement of Food & Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS) is looking for highly motivated graduate students for a paid fellowship that provides the opportunities to directly participate in advancing food safety or nutritional sciences. As the fellowship is a means to expand experiences while not adversely impacting progress towards completion of […]
Shaping BC’s Biodiversity Future: Join Genome BC’s Ideas Lab
Genome BC is hosting an Ideas Lab designed to bring together stakeholders from government, Indigenous organizations, academia, and conservation groups to address the future of biodiversity conservation in British Columbia. This initiative will leverage genomic tools and innovative conservation strategies to mitigate the impacts of climate change, enhance environmental resilience, and create data-driven policy […]
Updates to the 2025/2026 NSERC CREATE Program
SPARC is hosting a webinar to support applicants for this year’s NSERC CREATE competition on March 12, 10 – 11 AM. The session will also provide information on UBC’s internal competition for the Genomics call. We have also invited a NSERC Selection Committee member to provide advice on developing successful proposals from a […]
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 […]