Funding Recipients
Four UBC projects funded to build the next generation of scientists and research leaders through NSERC PromoScience
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.
2021 Friedman Award for Scholars in Health Recipients Announced
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Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 17:002021 Friedman Award for Scholars in Health Recipients Announced
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.
UBC researchers supported by New Frontiers in Research Fund 2020 Exploration grants to pursue breakthrough ideas
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Sunday, May 30, 2021 - 17:00UBC researchers supported by New Frontiers in Research Fund 2020 Exploration grants to pursue breakthrough ideas
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.
UBC researchers awarded funding for new COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Projects
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - 17:00UBC researchers awarded funding for new COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Projects
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.
UBC researchers supported by CIHR investment to address COVID-19 variants
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - 17:00UBC researchers supported by CIHR investment to address COVID-19 variants
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.