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
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
June 11, 2024: National Science Foundation Global Centres Application deadline
June 13, 2024: NRC Dorothy Killam Fellowships Sponsor deadline
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 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.)
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
November 1, 2023: SSHRC Connection Grants Application deadlines (February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1)
November 1, 2023: BC Institute of Agrologists Scholarships Application deadline
November 1, 2023: Protein Industries Canada and Innovate UK joint call for plant-based food and ingredient R&D projects EOI deadline
November 1, 2023: Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters Competition NOI deadline (Application deadline January 10, 2024)
November 1, 2023: Banting Research Foundation: Discovery Award NOI deadline (Application deadline January 24, 2024)
November 3, 2023: UBC Vancouver-Okanagan Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (UBC CRMA) Application Deadline
November 8, 2023: NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable agriculture research initiative Full project funding application deadline (Preparatory funding application deadline: May 8, 2023)
November 8, 2023: CPS 2024 Request for Preliminary Proposals Submission deadline
November 9, 2023: UBC Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Application deadline (Annual. One nominee per department)
November 10, 2023: UBC Health awards and scholarships submission deadline
November 14, 2023: SSHRC Open Research Area 8th Call Application deadline
November 15, 2023: NSERC Award for Science Promotion Nomination deadline
November 15, 2023: Health After 2020 Application deadline
November 15, 2023: Fulbright Canada Research Chairs Program Competition deadline
November 15, 2023: UBC VPRI Faculty Research Award Opportunities Full Nomination deadline (EOI deadline September 15, 2023)
November 15, 2023: SSHRC Partnership Development Grants (PDG) Application deadline (Annual)
November 17, 2023: 2024 France Canada Research Fund (FCRF) New Scientific Collaboration Program UBC internal deadline
November 17, 2023: Globalink Research Award Thematic Call Application deadline
November 17, 2023: EduCanada Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program UBC Internal deadline
November 21, 2023: Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Program LOI deadline (Full application deadline January 22, 2024)
November 27, 2023: UBC CLL (Campus as a Living Lab) Grand Challenge 2023 Application deadline (NOI deadline: September 28, 2023)
November 28, 2023: NSERC John C. Polanyi Award Nomination deadline
November 28, 2023: NSERC Herzberg Medal Nomination deadline
November 28, 2023: NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize Nomination deadline
November 28, 2023: NSERC Donna Strickland Prize for Societal Impact of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Nomination deadline
November 30, 2023: Fellowship Awards Application deadline (Annual, Bank of Canada)
October 3, 2023: SSHRC Insight Grants Sponsor Application deadline (UBC internal deadline September 26, 2023)
October 5, 2023: Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes Application deadline (Annual)
October 11, 2023: NFRF 2023 Exploration Competition NOI deadline (Full application deadline December 12, 2023)
October 11, 2023: Weston Family Foundation Proof-of-Principle 2023: The Microbiome and Precision Nutrition Proposal deadline (LOI deadline: August 1, 2023)
October 12, 2023: Wolf Prize Nomination deadline (Annual, Wolf Foundation)
October 15, 2023: UBC Scholarly Publication Fund Application Deadline (October 15, February 15, and June 15)
October 17, 2023: NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowships Program Application deadline (Annual)
October 18, 2023: NSERC Discovery Horizons (pilot) Full application deadline (LOI deadline: June 16, 2023)
October 18, 2023: Ministry of Health Research Seed Grant Program NOI deadline (Full application deadline December 15, 2023)
October 20, 2023: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Network on Sustainable Agriculture in a Net-Zero Economy Application deadline
October 23, 2023: UBC Research Facility Support Grants (RFSG) Application deadline
October 24, 2023: NFRF 2024 Transformation Competition NOI deadline (LOI deadline January 10, 2024; Full application deadline September 5, 2024)
October 25, 2023: NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grants (RTI) program Application deadline (Annual)
October 25, 2023: NSERC Discovery Grants (DG) Program UBC internal deadline (NOI deadline August 1, 2023; Annual)
September 1, 2023: UBC SSH Internal Funding Opportunities: Hampton New Faculty Grant Application deadline (Annual)
September 10, 2022: OECD Co-operative Research Programme (CRP) Research Fellowships and Conference Sponsorship Application deadline
September 12, 2023: NFRF 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Full application deadline (NOI deadline: May 2, 2023)
September 13, 2023: SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships Application deadline
September 14, 2023: CIHR Project Grant Fall 2023 Application Deadline (Registration Deadline: August 17, 2023)
September 15, 2023: SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant Application deadline (September 15, December 15, March 15 and June 15)
September 15, 2023: NSERC PromoScience Grant Application deadline
September 15, 2023: UBC VPRI Faculty Research Award Opportunities EOI deadline (Full Nomination deadline November 15, 2023)
September 15, 2023: Sloan Research Fellowships Nomination deadline (Annual, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation)
September 18, 2023: NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grants Application deadline (January 6, 2023; March 27, 2023; June 19, 2023; September 18, 2023)
September 22, 2023: UBC Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) Fund NOI deadline (Application deadline December 15, 2023)
September 26, 2023: SSHRC Insight Grants UBC internal application deadline (Sponsor deadline October 3, 2023)
September 28, 2023: IDRC John G. Bene Fellowship Application deadline
September 28, 2023: UBC CLL (Campus as a Living Lab) Grand Challenge 2023 NOI deadline (Application deadline: November 27, 2023)
September 30, 2023: Stockholm Water Prize Nomination deadline (Annual, Stockholm International Water Institute)
August 1, 2023: SSHRC Connection Grants Application deadline (February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1)
August 1, 2023: NSERC Discovery Grants (DG) Program NOI deadline (UBC internal deadline October 25, 2023; Annual)
August 1, 2023: IFT Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge Application deadline
August 1, 2023: Weston Family Foundation Proof-of-Principle 2023: The Microbiome and Precision Nutrition LOI deadline (Proposal Deadline: October 11, 2023)
August 17, 2023: CIHR Project Grant Fall 2023 Registration Deadline (Application Deadline: September 14, 2023)
July 04, 2023: Innovate BC Ignite Program Application deadline
July 12, 2023: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships UBC internal deadline
June 1, 2023: UBC SSH Internal funding opportunities: SSHRC Institutional Grants (SIG) Application deadline
June 2, 2023: NRC Killam Prize Sponsor Deadline
June 7, 2023: NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships Sponsor Deadline (UBC Internal deadline: April 3, 2023)
June 14, 2023: Danone Institute North America (DINA) Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Proposal Submission deadline
June 15, 2023: SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant Application deadline (September 15, December 15, March 15 and June 15)
June 15, 2023: UBC Scholarly Publication Fund Application Deadline (October 15, February 15, and June 15)
June 15, 2023: Holberg Memorial International Prize Nomination deadline (Annual. Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund)
June 16, 2023: NSERC Discovery Horizons (pilot) LOI deadline (Full application deadline: October 18, 2023)
June 19, 2023: NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grants Application deadline (January 6, 2023; March 27, 2023; June 19, 2023; September 18, 2023)
June 30, 2023: E.W.R. Steacie Prize Nomination deadline (Annual)
June 30, 2023: Frontiers of Knowledge Awards Nomination deadline (Annual. BBVA Foundation)
May 1, 2023: SSHRC Connection Grants Application deadlines (February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1)
May 1, 2023: World Food Prize Nomination Deadline (Annual. The World Food Prize Foundation)
May 2, 2023: NFRF 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation NOI deadline (Full application deadline: September 12, 2023)
May 3, 2023: CIHR Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence (REDI) Early Career Transition Award Application deadline
May 5, 2023: UBC Vancouver-Okanagan Collaborative Research Mobility Awards Application Deadline
May 8, 2023: NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable agriculture research initiative Preparatory funding application deadline (Full project funding application deadline: November 8, 2023)
May 10, 2023: National Science Foundation Global Centres Application deadline
May 15, 2023: Michael Smith Health Research BC Reach Program Application Deadline
May 15, 2023: Michael Smith Health Research BC C2 Program Application Deadline
May 25, 2023: SSHRC ICF Ideas Lab for Global Health and Wellness Expressions of interest Deadline
May 26, 2023: UBC Science STAIR Grants for Interdisciplinary Research Application deadline
May 31, 2023: Scotiabank Net Zero Research Fund Application deadline