Please note:
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- UBC Office of Research Services (ORS) has an internal deadline of at least two full working days in advance of the sponsor deadline and five working days prior to any major competition deadline. Please check the ORS Calendar of Funding Deadlines for specific dates and the ORS e-submission procedures for the specific grant application pages required.
- Please allow at least 48-hour turnaround time for LFS signatures.
- Major funding agency’s deadlines are Feb 1 (NSERC SPG, SSHRC IDG, SSHRC CG) and Nov 1 (NSERC DG, SSHRC CG).
The following list is updated as often as possible; however, funding deadlines may be changed at any time. Please make sure that you visit the funding agency’s site and related UBC webpage to confirm the sponsor’s deadlines and UBC internal deadlines.
Mitacs Accelerate Program (Student Internships)
Mitacs Accelerate Fellowship
Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Funding
NSERC Alliance Grants
NSERC Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories Program
UBC Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Theme Development Workshops
UBC Open Access Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research
UBC SoTL Dissemination Fund
UBC ARC Sockeye standard tier high-performance computing
UBC ARC Chinook secure object storage
UBC OER Rapid Innovation Grant
UBC Strategic Equity & Anti-Racism (StEAR) Enhancement Fund (until August 2024)
Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
January 8, 2025: UBC Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters Competition Application deadline (NOI deadline November 1, 2024)
January 8, 2025: NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grants Application deadline (January 8, 2025; March 31, 2025; June 20, 2025; September 22, 2025)
January 16, 2025: UBC OER Implementation Grant Application deadline
January 20, 2025: Banting Research Foundation: Discovery Award Application deadline (NOI deadline November 1, 2024)
January 21, 2025: SSHRC Storytellers Challenge deadline
January 23, 2025: Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) Program Full Application deadline (LOI deadline: November 19, 2024)
January 23, 2025: Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Program Full application deadline (LOI deadline November 19, 2024)
December 1, 2024: SSHRC Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative Application deadline
December 2, 2024: Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) Nutrition Research Funding Program LOI deadline (By invitation only full proposal deadline April 7, 2025)
December 6, 2024: NSERC Synergy Awards for Innovation Nomination deadline (Annual)
December 6, 2024: Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) Dairy Production Research Funding Program LOI Deadline (Full Proposal Submission by invitation only Deadline: April 14, 2025)
December 9, 2024: The Future of Food | Humboldt Residency Programme 2025 Application deadline
December 12, 2024: SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants: Envisioning Governance Systems that Work Application deadline
December 15, 2024: SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant Application deadline (September 15, December 15, March 15 and June 15)
December 31, 2024: BC Conservation & Biodiversity Awards Application deadline
November 1, 2024: SSHRC Connection Grants Application deadlines (February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1)
November 1, 2024: UBC Research Facility Support Grants (RFSG) Application deadline
November 1, 2024: UBC Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters Competition NOI deadline (Application deadline January 8, 2025)
November 1, 2024: Banting Research Foundation: Discovery Award NOI deadline (Application deadline January 20, 2025)
November 4, 2024: UBC Vancouver-Okanagan Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (UBC CRMA) Application Deadline
November 5, 2024: NFRF 2024 Exploration Competition Full application deadline (NOI deadline August 26, 2024. UBC Internal Application Deadline October 29, 2024)
November 6, 2024: CPS 2025 Request for Proposals Submission deadline
November 8, 2024: UBC Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Application deadline (Annual. One nominee per department)
November 8, 2024: UBC Health awards and scholarships submission deadline
November 15, 2024: UBC VPRI Faculty Research Award Opportunities Full Nomination deadline (EOI deadline September 16, 2024)
November 15, 2024: NSERC Award for Science Promotion Nomination deadline
November 15, 2024: SSHRC Partnership Development Grants (PDG) Application deadline (Annual)
November 15, 2024: Fulbright Canada Research Chairs Program Competition deadline
November 18, 2024: 2025 France Canada Research Fund (FCRF) New Research Collaboration Program UBC internal deadline
November 19, 2024: Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) Program LOI deadline (Full Application deadline: January 23, 2025)
November 19, 2024: Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Program LOI deadline (Full application deadline January 23, 2025)
November 20, 2024: Globalink Research Award Thematic Call Application deadline
November 27, 2024: Ministry of Health and UBC Health Seed Grant Program Full application deadline (NOI deadline September 27, 2024)
November 28, 2024: NSERC John C. Polanyi Award Nomination deadline
November 28, 2024: NSERC Herzberg Medal Nomination deadline
November 28, 2024: NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize Nomination deadline
November 28, 2024: NSERC Donna Strickland Prize for Societal Impact of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Nomination deadline
November 29, 2024: UBC Seed Funding for Cooperation with the Global South Application deadline
November 30, 2024: UBC Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) Fund Application deadline (NOI deadline September 27, 2024)
October 1, 2024: SSHRC Insight Grants Sponsor Application deadline (UBC internal deadline September 24, 2024)
October 2, 2024: NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships UBC Internal Nomination Deadline (UBC optional EOI deadline September 12, 2024. Sponsor deadline: December 16, 2024)
October 5, 2024: Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes Application deadline (Annual)
October 10, 2024: KU Leuven Global Seed Fund Application deadline
October 11, 2024: IDRC ustice for Women and Indigenous Peoples through Climate-resilient Forests and Food Systems – John G. Bene Fellowship 2024 Application deadline
October 15, 2024: UBC Scholarly Publication Fund Application Deadline (October 15, February 15, and June 15)
October 17, 2024: NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowships Program Application deadline (Annual)
October 18, 2024: NSERC Discovery Horizons (pilot) Full application deadline (LOI deadline: June 14, 2024)
October 23, 2024: NFRF 2024 Transformation Competition NOI deadline (LOI deadline January 9, 2024; Full application deadline September 5, 2024)
October 25, 2024: NSERC Discovery Grants (DG) Program UBC internal deadline (NOI deadline August 1, 2024; Annual)
October 25, 2024: NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grants (RTI) program Application deadline (Annual)
October 29, 2024: NFRF 2024 Exploration Competition UBC Internal Application Deadline (NOI Deadline August 26, 2024. Full application deadline November 5, 2024)
September 1, 2024: UBC SSH Internal Funding Opportunities: Hampton New Faculty Grant Application deadline (Annual)
September 5, 2024: NFRF 2024 Transformation Competition Full application deadline (NOI deadline October 24, 2023; LOI deadline January 10, 2024)
September 5, 2024: CIHR Project Grant Fall 2024 UBC internal application deadline (Registration Deadline: August 14, 2024; Sponsor application deadline: September 11, 2024)
September 5, 2024: University Killam Professor Deans' nominations deadline
September 10, 2024: OECD Co-operative Research Programme (CRP) Research Fellowships and Conference Sponsorship Application deadline
September 11, 2024: CIHR Project Grant Fall 2024 Sponsor application deadline (Registration Deadline: August 14, 2024; UBC internal application deadline: September 5, 2024)
September 12, 2024: NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships UBC Optional EOI Deadline (UBC Internal Nomination deadline October 2, 2024. Sponsor deadline: December 16, 2024)
September 12, 2024: SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships Application deadline
September 13, 2024: UBC Peter Wall Legacy Awards Wall Fellowships Full Application Deadline (NOI deadline June 7, 2024)
September 15, 2024: SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant Application deadline (September 15, December 15, March 15 and June 15)
September 15, 2024: NSERC PromoScience Grant Application deadline
September 15, 2024: Sloan Research Fellowships Nomination deadline (Annual, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation)
September 16, 2024: NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grants Application deadline (January 8, 2024; April 2, 2024; June 25, 2024; September 16, 2024)
September 16, 2024: UBC VPRI Faculty Research Award Opportunities EOI deadline (Full Nomination deadline November 15, 2024)
September 17, 2024: NSERC CREATE program full application UBC internal deadline (Sponsor deadline: September 23, 2024)
September 22, 2024: IDRC Research Awards 2025 Application deadline
September 23, 2024: NSERC CREATE program full application Sponsor deadline (UBC internal deadline: September 17, 2024)
September 24, 2024: SSHRC Insight Grants UBC internal application deadline (Sponsor deadline October 1, 2024)
September 25, 2024: Genome BC Sector Innovation Program SIP8 Application Submission Deadline
September 27, 2024: UBC Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) Fund NOI deadline (Application deadline November 30, 2024)
September 27, 2024: Ministry of Health and UBC Health Seed Grant Program NOI deadline (Full application deadline November 27, 2024)
September 30, 2024: Stockholm Water Prize Nomination deadline (Annual, Stockholm International Water Institute)
August 1, 2024: NSERC Discovery Grants (DG) Program NOI deadline (UBC internal deadline October 25, 2024; Annual)
August 1, 2024: UBC-Samsung Open Call for Innovative Projects in the Digital and Health domains NOI deadline
August 7, 2024: CIHR Planning & Dissemination Grants - Summer 2024 competition Application deadline
August 14, 2024: CIHR Project Grant Fall 2024 Registration Deadline (UBC internal application deadline: September 5, 2024; Sponsor application deadline: September 11, 2024)
August 26, 2024: NFRF 2024 Exploration Competition NOI deadline (Full application deadline November 5, 2024)
August 27, 2024: Genome BC Genomics Innovation Fund Final submission Deadline (EOI deadline May 6, 2024)
August 31, 2024: Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences Sponsor deadline (Annual)
August 31, 2024: Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research Sponsor deadline
July 5, 2024: LFS Climate and Environment Research Fund (CERF) Application Deadline
July 8, 2024: Innovate BC Ignite Program Application deadline
July 15, 2024: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships UBC internal deadline
July 15. 2024: Canada Gairdner Momentum Award Nomination deadline
June 1, 2024: UBC SSH Internal funding opportunities: SSHRC Institutional Grants (SIG) Application deadline
June 6, 2024: NRC Killam Prize Sponsor Deadline
June 7, 2024: UBC Peter Wall Legacy Awards Wall Fellowships NOI Deadline (Full application due September 13, 2024)
June 11, 2024: National Science Foundation Global Centres Application deadline
June 13, 2024: NRC Dorothy Killam Fellowships Sponsor deadline
June 14, 2024: NSERC Discovery Horizons (pilot) LOI deadline (Full application deadline: October 14, 2024)
June 15, 2024: UBC Scholarly Publication Fund Application Deadline (October 15, February 15, and June 15)
June 15, 2024: Holberg Memorial International Prize Nomination deadline (Annual. Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund)
June 20, 2024: SSHRC Connection Grants Application deadline (February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1. Note: The August 1, 2024, deadline for Connection Grants has been moved to June 20, 2024 due to necessary IT work taking place in summer 2024)
June 25, 2024: NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grants Application deadline (January 8, 2024; April 2, 2024; June 25, 2024; September 16, 2024)
June 29, 2024: UBC Peter Wall Legacy Awards Wall Research Awards (Team faculty Awards and Individual faculty Awards) NOI Deadline
June 30, 2024: Frontiers of Knowledge Awards Nomination deadline (Annual. BBVA Foundation)
May 1, 2024: SSHRC Connection Grants Application deadlines (February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1)
May 1, 2024: World Food Prize Nomination Deadline (Annual. The World Food Prize Foundation)
May 3, 2024: UBC-Metro Vancouver Open Call for Research LOI deadline
May 6, 2024: UBC Vancouver-Okanagan Collaborative Research Mobility Awards Application Deadline
May 6, 2024: Genome BC Genomics Innovation Fund EOI Deadline (Final submission deadline August 27, 2024)
May 13, 2024: Michael Smith Health Research BC Reach Program Application Deadline
May 13, 2024: Michael Smith Health Research BC C2 Program Application Deadline
May 22, 2024: SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant Application deadline (September 15, December 15, March 15 and June 15. Note: The June 15, 2024, deadline for Partnership Engage Grants has been moved to May 22, 2024 due to necessary IT work taking place in summer 2024.)
May 30, 2024: 2024 NordForsk-Led International Joint Initiative on Sustainable Development in the Arctic Registration deadline
April 1, 2024: SSHRC Impact Awards Sponsor nomination deadline (UBC Internal deadline January 31, 2024)
April 2, 2024: NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grants Application deadline (January 8, 2024; April 2, 2024; June 25, 2024; September 16, 2024)
April 2, 2024: A. G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences Nomination LOI deadline
April 5, 2024: Order of British Columbia Sponsor deadline
April 8, 2024: Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) Nutrition Research Funding Program By invitation only grant proposal deadline (LOI deadline December 1, 2023)
April 15, 2024: Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) Dairy Production Research Funding Program Full Proposal Submission by invitation only Deadline (LOI Deadline: January 8, 2024)
April 15, 2024: Abbotsford Agricultural Enhancement Grants Full application deadline (LOI deadline March 25, 2024)
April 15, 2024: Alexander von Humboldt Professorship Nomination deadline (twice a year, April 15 and September 15)
April 17, 2024: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellowships Sponsor deadline
April 30, 2024: BC Foundation for Non-Animal Research funding program Application deadline (between January 1st and April 30th of each year)
April 30, 2024: The Weston Family Foundation: Rapid Response 2024 program LOI Deadline (Full Proposal Deadline August 7, 2024)
March 1, 2024: AGU (American Geophysical Union) Union Awards, Union Medals, Union Prizes Nomination Deadline
March 4, 2024: UBC Public Humanities Faculty Fellowships Competition Application deadline
March 6, 2024: CIHR Project Grant Spring 2024 Application Deadline (Registration Deadline: February 7, 2024)
March 15, 2024: SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant Application deadline (September 15, December 15, March 15 and June 15)
March 15, 2024: Balzan Prize Nomination Deadline
March 17, 2024: UBC Green Labs Fund Application deadline
March 19, 2024: Human Frontiers of Science Program Research Grants Initiation of LOI deadline (Submission of LOI Deadline March 28, 2024)
March 25, 2024: Abbotsford Agricultural Enhancement Grants LOI deadline (Full application deadline April 15, 2024)
March 27, 2024: NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program UBC’s Internal competition deadline (LOI due May 1)
March 27, 2024: AGU (American Geophysical Union) Union Fellows Program, Scholarships and Grants, Section Awards and Lectures Nomination Deadline
March 31, 2024: King Faisal International Prize Sponsor deadline
February 1, 2024: SSHRC Connection Grants Application deadlines (February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1)
February 1, 2024: NSERC Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships Application deadline (Annual)
February 2, 2024: SSHRC Insight Development Grants Sponsor deadline (Annual)
February 4, 2024: Embassy of France in Canada Mourou-Strickland Mobility Program Application deadline
February 4, 2024: Ambassade de France au Canada: French Scientist in Residence at Green College, UBC, Vancouver Application deadline
February 4, 2024: Embassy of France in Canada High Level Scientific Fellowship Application deadline
February 6, 2024: UBC Work Learn International Undergraduate Research Awards (WLIURA) Proposal Deadline
February 7, 2024: CIHR Project Grant Spring 2024 Registration Deadline (Application Deadline: March 6, 2024)
February 10, 2024: SSHRC Partnership Grants (PG) Stage 1 application deadline (Annual)
February 15, 2024: UBC Scholarly Publication Fund Application Deadline (October 15, February 15, and June 15)
February 16, 2024: NSERC/SSHRC/CIHR Undergraduate Student Research Awards LFS internal deadline
February 20, 2024: UBC Emeritus College Award for Excellence in Innovative and Creative Endeavours Nomination deadline
February 20, 2024: President's Award for Distinguished Service by UBC Emeriti Nomination deadline
February 20, 2024: BC Cleantech Awards Nomination deadline
February 21, 2024: Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) Contributions Program Application deadline (Annual)
February 22, 2024: CIHR Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship Application deadline
February 22, 2024: NSERC Alliance Vouchers for Early Career Researchers LOI deadline
February 23, 2024: Michael Smith Health Research BC’s Research Trainee Program Full application deadline (LOI deadline December 12, 2023)
February 24, 2024: Agilent Early Career Professor Award Sponsor deadline
February 29, 2024: Egg Farmers of Canada research funding Proposal deadline
January 8, 2024: Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) Dairy Production Research Funding Program LOI Deadline (Full Proposal Submission by invitation only Deadline: April 15, 2024)
January 8, 2024: NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grants Application deadline (January 8, 2024; April 2, 2024; June 25, 2024; September 16, 2024)
January 10, 2023: NFRF 2024 Transformation Competition LOI deadline (NOI deadline October 24, 2024; Full application deadline September 5, 2024)
January 10, 2024: Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters Competition Application deadline (NOI deadline November 1, 2023)
January 16, 2024: SSHRC Storytellers Challenge deadline
January 18, 2024: UBC OER Implementation Grant Application deadline
January 20, 2024: Volvo Environment Prize Nomination deadline (Annual. Volvo Environment Prize Foundation)
January 22, 2024: Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Program Full application deadline (LOI deadline November 21, 2023)
January 24, 2024: Banting Research Foundation: Discovery Award Application deadline (NOI deadline November 1, 2023)
January 26, 2024: WorkSafe BC Applied Innovation and Proof of Principle and Prototyping Grants LOI deadline
January 30, 2024: NSERC Science Exposed Contest deadline
January 31, 2024: Gerda Henkel Prize Nomination deadline (Biennial. The Gerda Henkel Foundation)
January 31, 2024: Japan Prize Nomination deadline (Annual. The Japan Prize Foundation)
January 31, 2024: SSHRC Impact Awards UBC Internal deadline (Sponsor nomination deadline April 1, 2024)
January 31, 2024: Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC (CUFA BC) Distinguished Academics Awards Nomination deadline (Annual. CUFA BC)
January 31, 2024: CIHR Reviewer in Training (RiT) program Application deadline
December 1, 2023: Chicken Farmers of Canada Request for Proposals Submission Deadline
December 1, 2023: Alberta Land Institute (University of Alberta) 2023 Call for Proposals Application deadline
December 1, 2023: SSHRC Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative Application deadline
December 1, 2023: DFC Nutrition Research Funding Program LOI deadline (By invitation only grant proposal deadline April 8, 2024)
December 1, 2023: CFI 2025 Innovation Fund UBC Internal EOI deadline
December 4, 2023: PICS Climate Action Events Program Application deadline
December 12, 2023: NFRF 2023 Exploration Competition Full application deadline (NOI deadline October 11, 2023)
December 12, 2023: Michael Smith Health Research BC’s Research Trainee Program LOI deadline (Full application deadline February 23, 2024)
December 14, 2023: NSERC Synergy Awards for Innovation Nomination deadline (Annual)
December 15, 2023: UBC Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) Fund Application deadline (NOI deadline September 22, 2023)
December 15, 2023: Ministry of Health Research Seed Grant Program Full application deadline (NOI deadline October 18, 2023)
December 15, 2023: SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant Application deadline (September 15, December 15, March 15 and June 15)
December 19, 2023: 2023 PICS Internship Program Application deadline
December 31, 2023: UBC Partnership Recognition Fund Application deadline (OR until available funds are exhausted)
December 31, 2023: BC Conservation & Biodiversity Awards Application deadline