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Five projects led by UBC researchers awarded $3m
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Mary O'Connor and William Cheung (E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowships) and Allan Betram (Brockhouse Canada Prize) recognized for reseach relating to climate change.
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A total of 29 doctoral researchers currently enrolled at UBC were awarded SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships as part of the Government of Canada's $26 million investment over the next four years to support 540 doctoral researchers across Canada.
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Wage support extended for research-related personnel adversely affected by COVID-19 and funded in part or in whole through non-governmental sources
Event Date: Dec 7, 2020
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The VPRI is currently searching for new research advisors in the CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC domains.
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UBC conservation biologist Claire Kremen is this year's winner of the Volvo Environment Prize, recognizing her world-class research on how humanity can feed itself while also protecting biodiversity.
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Event Date: Oct 5, 2020
VPRI Unit: Research Ethics
Please note that RISE (UBC's platform for accessing, modifying and reviewing research ethics applications) will be out of service from Wednesday, October 28 – Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The outage is planned to allow UBC's transition from PeopleSoft to Workday for Finance and HR functions.
During this period, researchers will be unable to view, modify or submit ethics applications and REB staff will also be unable to view or process applications.
Event Date: Oct 30, 2020
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CRCEF Stage 3 open call for applications. Deadline October 30.
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Nine UBC faculty members have been announced as Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
citations courtesy of CAHS
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We are pleased to announce the 2021/22 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) Competition.
Applications are being invited from both emerging and established clusters of research excellence in all disciplines on the Vancouver campus. Previously funded clusters, as well as new clusters, are eligible to apply to this competition. A notice of intent to apply must be submitted by November 2, 2020.
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UBC researchers lead eleven projects and named as collaborators and co-applicants on a further five
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UBC researchers from all disciplines are invited to apply for the digital research infrastructure resources available through UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC).
UBC ARC Chinook
ARC is pleased to announce the launch of a new object storage service, known as UBC ARC Chinook, on September 28. This new research-dedicated data storage service is available to UBC researchers across all disciplines. Applications can be made at any time throughout the year by principal...
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CIHR funding supports 27 projects at UBC and afffiliated health authority research centres.
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Jens Dilling is Associate Lab Director of TRIUMF’s Physical Sciences Division and an Adjunct Professor in Physics and Astronomy at UBC
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Seven UBC faculty named as Fellows and two named Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
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UBC faculty authors wishing to publish in Open Access books and journals are invited to apply to the new UBC Open Access Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research.
Up to $3,500 is available to cover associated fees, sometimes known as article processing charges (APCs), where no other funding is available to the author for this purpose.
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The Tŝilhqot’in Nation and University of British Columbia sign Memorandum of Understanding and Indigenous Knowledge Protocol Agreement to strengthen collaborative research partnerships with UBC’s Centre for Environmental Assessment Research.
Event Date: Aug 27, 2020
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35 projects led by UBC researchers supported as part of national investment.
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Forty-one projects at UBC supported as part of $96-million national investment.