This page lists upcoming nomination and application deadlines for internal and external recognition opportunities.
For more information about external opportunities, please consult the sponsor website listed below. Please review the tabs on the right column of this page for other external opportunites not listed.
Tracking UBC's participation in major external award competitions is an institutional priority. If you are planning to submit a nomination for one of the external opportunities listed here, please advise the Faculty Awards Coordinator so nomination activity can be effectively and confidentially tracked.
For guidelines and forms for the internal opportunites listed here, please visit the Faculty Research Awards page. For questions, please contact the Faculty Awards Coordinator at (604) 822-6010.
If you are seeking information about deadlines for peer-reviewed research funding competitions, please visit the Office of Research Services.
Award Deadlines
| Award or Fellowship | Sponsor | Discipline(s) | UBC Internal Deadline | Sponsor Deadline |
| Canada-U.S. Fullbright Program | Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America | Multiple | 11/15/11 | |
| Fellowship & Governor Awards | The Bank of Canada | Multiple | 11/15/11 | |
| Dan David Prize | Dan David Foundation (Tel Aviv University) | Multiple | 11/30/11 | |
| The Kavli Prize | The Kavli Foundation | Health/Life Sciences, Physical & Engineering Sciences | 12/01/11 | |
| Manning Innovation Awards | Ernest C. Manning Innovation Awards Foundation | Multiple | 12/01/11 | |
| Molson Prize | Canada Council for the Arts & SSHRC | Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities | 12/01/11 | |
| John Diefenbaker Award | Canada Council for the Arts | Social Sciences & Humanities | 12/01/31 | |
| RSC Fellowships | The Royal Society of Canada | Multiple | 12/01/11 | |
| RSC Awards & Medals | The Royal Society of Canada | Multiple | 11/23/11 /Endorsement | 12/01/11 |
| Volvo Environmental Prize | Volvo Environment Prize Foundation | Environmental Sciences | 12/01/11 | |
| Max Planck Research Award | Max Planck Society and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation | Social Sciences & Humanities | 12/15/11 | |
| The Harvey Prize | Technion - Israel Institue of Technology | Science & Technology | 12/31/11 | |
| Bressler Prize in Vision Science | The Bressler Fund and The Jewish Guild for the Blind | 12/31/11 | ||
| The Order of Canada | The Governor General of Canada | Multiple | Ongoing | |
| Konrad Adenauer Research Award | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation & the Royal Society of Canada | Humanities, Social Sciences | 1/31/12 | |
| CUFA BC Distinquished Academics Awards | Confederation of University Faculty Assocations of BC | Multiple | 2/9/12 | |
| Timoth R. Parsons Medal | Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Ocean Sciences | 2/28/12 | |
| Japan Prizes | The Japan Prize Foundation | Multiple | 2/20/12 | 2/29/12 |
| Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) | Natural Sciences & Engineering | 3/1/12 | |
| SSHRC Gold Medal for Achievement in Research | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Humanities, Social Sciences | 3/9/2012 | |
| The Order of British Columbia | Multiple | 3/10/12 | ||
| The Balzan Prize | International Balzan Prize Foundation | Multiple | 3/15/12 |
