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VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Anthropic offers a suite of artificial intelligence tools, including their flagship large language model, Claude. Their new initiative, the AI for Science Program, aims to accelerate scientific research by providing researchers with access to their API. Successful applicants will receive up to $20…
VPRI Unit: RISe
Welcome to RISe! With the recent influx of new UBC researchers, our RISe team would love to guide new our UBC Students, Faculty and Staff (with a UBC Employee ID or UBC Student ID) to visit our RISe access site (https://www.rise.ubc.ca/access-rise)UBC Students, Faculty and Staff logging in for…
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
The successful candidate will be an established researcher who holds a broad understanding of the SSHRC landscape.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
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VPRI Unit: SPARC
NSERC has announced its upcoming webinars for the next round of the Discovery Horizons program.French session: May 20th, 7:00 - 8:30 am PTEnglish session: May 20th, 9:00 - 10:30 am PTPlease click on the link above to join the meetings.A short presentation of the program will precede…
VPRI Unit: SPARC
NSERC is temporarily pausing the intake of Alliance International Collaboration grants on May 20, 2025, to undertake a review and refinement of the competition. NSERC expects to re-open the competition by winter of 2025-26. For more information, please visit the competition webpage.
VPRI Unit: SPARC
CIHR recently launched the Summer 2025 Planning & Dissemination Grant competition (i.e., Other: Planning and Dissemination Grants – ICS) with a June 19 Application deadline. The budget envelope is $2,920,000, which is the largest since the Winter 2023 cycle and enough to fund …
VPRI Unit: Innovation UBC - News
Ready to take your idea or invention to impact? Applications are open for Innovation UBC's programs! Innovation UBC supports pathways for UBC’s research community to bring their inventions to impact. Through our entrepreneurship and venture building team, Innovation UBC unlocks the potential…
VPRI Unit: Animal Care and Use Program
Congratulations to Kathen Li, the recipient of the 2025 Diane Minshall Memorial Award. Kathen will utilize the prize funds to help cover registration and travel expenses to a couple of conferences, where he will be co-hosting workshops.
VPRI Unit: Office of Research Services (news)
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