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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)
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
From supporting Indigenous-led resource stewardship to expanding health care access for refugees, this year’s CUES funded projects highlight the power of partnership.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Established research facilities at UBC Vancouver are invited to apply for funding to become a shared research platform to enhance their ongoing operations
VPRI Unit: SPARC
SPARC is pleased to offer the following support for the 2025 SSHRC Policy Innovation Partnership Grant (PIPG) competition:One on One ConsultationsInterested researchers/teams are encouraged to meet with SPARC early to discuss eligibility and fit to program. Please contact danica.kell@ubc…
VPRI Unit: SPARC
NSERC is partnering with Environment and Climate Change Canada ECCC to support research that will increase scientific knowledge to achieve Canada’s zero plastic waste targets and inform the advancement of plastics science policy and regulatory measures.This call focuses on research that advances…
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
The UBC Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (CRMA) program is accepting applications. The program offers up to $5,000 to support new or existing research partnerships between UBC researchers in the Okanagan and Vancouver.Faculty members from all disciplines are invited to apply. Funding may be…
VPRI Unit: RISe
We apologize for any inconvenience with accessing RISe Sandbox. It is currently undergoing maintenance with UBC and will be unavailable for the time being. We will update this as soon as our UBC IAM team has completed any required updates. Thank you for your understanding and we should have…
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Twenty-three Research Excellence Clusters led by researchers at UBC Vancouver are being funded through the 2025/26 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC). A further 19 clusters are in the second year of their GCRC funding.Of the 23 clusters funded through the latest GCRC competition, 15 are…
VPRI Unit: Research Awards & Prizes
Each year, UBC’s Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships (KARFs) support six exceptional early career researchers to pursue research projects with the potential for significant impact in their field of study. The KARFs are made possible through the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced…
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