VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Drs. Abbas Milani and Philippe Tortell will lead training and mentorship programs for teams of highly qualified students and postdoctoral fellows in Immersive Technologies and the Pacific Rim Ocean Data Mobilization and Technology
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Two new faculty members of the Computer Science Department have been appointed Canada CIFAR AI Chairs through the CIFAR Pan-Canadian AI Strategy. Drs. Mijung Park and Danica Sutherland will have the goal of advancing fundamental research and boosting industry innovation in Canada's thriving AI ecosystem.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Sixteen graduate students and medical residents doing research in the field of health have received this year’s Friedman Award for Scholars in Health. Winners range from a variety of programs, including Electrical and Computer Engineering, Experimental Medicine and Kinesiology.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Four projects led by UBC researchers have received funding through the NSERC PromoScience program to develop a mentoring program to empower youth in care in BC, to Indigenize Okanagan STEM outreach, to support Indigenous Learners and Interior Youth, and for an Intergenerational Landed Learning Project.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Collaboration to develop and integrate affordable clean energy conversion processes and devices as alternatives to fossil fuels.
June 4, 2021
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) are pleased to announce their new Collaboration Centre for Clean Energy Transition.
Event Date: Jun 4, 2021
VPRI Unit: Animal Care and Use Program
We would like to share upcoming pricing changes for the Animal Care Services Diagnostic & Research Histology Laboratory. To offset significant increases in supplier and labor costs over the past three years, we are increasing our diagnostic lab service prices beginning September 1, 2021.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Funding of $1.75m supports seven UBC-led projects, representing interdisciplinary, high-risk, high-reward research that defies current models, bridges disciplines in novel ways, or tackles fundamental problems from new perspectives.
Event Date: May 28, 2021
VPRI Unit: Office of Research Services (news)
The three federal granting agencies, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), have embarked on an initiative to modernize their grants management system to better support applicants, administrators and reviewers during the grants management lifecycle. Upon completion, a more harmonized and integrated approach will provide the research community and...
Event Date: May 28, 2021
VPRI Unit: Animal Care and Use Program
For the foreseeable future, McGill University is unable to distribute controlled substances to researchers holding a Health Canada Exemption to Use a Controlled Substance for Scientific Purposes. It is unclear when or if they will be able to continue to distribute controlled substances.
In the meantime, Animal Care Services has opened an account with CDMV to allow researchers to order controlled drugs listed on their Health Canada Exemption.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Genome BC, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and the BCCDC Foundation for Public Health have partnered for the first time to fund rapid response research initiatives that will have a direct impact – in a matter of months – on people in British Columbia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Come join our team!
UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is hiring for the following roles.
Event Date: Jun 10, 2021
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
The Advancing Climate Change Science and Technology Request for Proposals (RFP) at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is a new funding opportunity available in spring 2021. The objective of this RFP is to support projects that will strengthen Canada’s science capacity to identify, accelerate, and evaluate mitigation actions towards achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 in Canada.
LOI Deadline June 10, 2021.
Event Date: Jun 10, 2021
The Advancing Change Climate Science and Technology Request for Proposals (RFP) at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is a new funding opportunity available in spring 2021.
Hear from Dr. Murphy on the research landscape of UBC, leadership, entrepreneurialism, creating the right environment for students, the exciting opportunities for interdisciplinary science both in SBME and around the university, her personal career path, and even Jane Austen.
VPRI Unit: SPARC
SPARC is pleased to announce the launch of a sample grant library of Alliance grants awarded at UBC, under both Option 1 and 2 of the program. Accessible through our CWL-protected Sharepoint site, the grants vary in size, nature of partnership, and span a range of research fields. Please check back regularly as we will continue updating the library with new successful applications.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Event Date: Mar 24, 2021
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
The Tri-Agency Research Data Management (RDM) Policy has now been launched. The agencies (SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR) plan to implement the policy incrementally through an ongoing engagement process, with notable dates highlighted below.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Thirteen ongoing projects led by UBC researchers were awarded a total of $939,626 in supplementary funding through the SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity streams. Four UBC researchers are among named co-investigators in a new Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
A new website about the responsible conduct of research is now available to support the university’s culture of research excellence.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies congratulates the winners of the 2021 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize. This year’s recipients come from the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Medicine.