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The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the launch of the Reviewer in Training (RiT) program for the Fall 2026 Project Grant competition. The RiT program offers Early Career Researchers (ECRs) a learning opportunity …
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Dear colleagues,CIHR is excited to share the second article in our What the data say series analyzing trends in CIHR funding and the research we support. Our latest article explores how the age of CIHR’s applicant pool evolved between 2005 and 2024. While the overall applicant pool is older,…
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Please see the July 8 message from the CIHR Vice-President, Research Programs about the Fall 2026 Project Grant competition.Key updates include:Keeping peer review aligned with evolving science;Successful applicants expected to serve on peer review committees; andLooking ahead.
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These funds—part of $630 million awarded nationwide—support 199 new programs and projects led by UBC researchers.
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The Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation (VPRI) invites expressions of interest from faculty at both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses to serve on the Faculty Research Awards Committee (FRAC), for a three-year term.FRAC operates within the broader institutional research awards…
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Dr. Trevor Hurwitz, Clinical Professor in UBC's Faculty of Medicine, is one of 61 new appointees announced on June 26.
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Twenty four community-designed projects across Canada were awarded funding through Health Canada's Climate Change and Health Capacity Building program.
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Innovation UBC is pleased to announce the appointment of Ian Bell as Associate Director, Innovation Partnerships, effective June 1, 2026. Ian is a familiar colleague across Innovation UBC and the broader UBC community. Entering his tenth year with UBC, he brings more than 25 years of…
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Dr. Zandstra started in the role on June 1, 2026.
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The University of British Columbia is proud to announce the creation of the Edie and Pat McGeer Fund for Transformative Science and Technology. The fund, enabled by a generous donation, is named in recognition of the late Drs. Edie and Pat McGeer, UBC researchers who became internationally-renowned…
We acknowledge that UBC’s two main campuses are situated within the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.