Event Date: Sep 20, 2023
VPRI Unit: SPARC
Applicants are invited to submit their Insight Grant materials (both individual modules and full proposals are accepted) for review by members of the SPARC team by or before Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 12pm.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Funding of $10.3 million awarded to UBC-led projects through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's Partnership Grants, Partnership Development Grants and Insight Grants programs.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
A total of 139 programs and projects led by UBC researchers were awarded funding through the 2023 NSERC Disocvery research grants competition.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
This contribution, through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF), will help universities more competitively recruit and retain outstanding researchers by helping acquire the state-of-the-art labs, equipment and facilities they need to make discoveries that will have an impact on Canadians.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Funding of $600,000 through NSERC PromoScience Program supports project led by Dr. Sheryl Staub-French
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Twelve doctoral students at UBC have received Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, and six postdoctoral fellows have received Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships. Together, the awards total more than $500K for UBC researchers.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
The Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced an investment of close to $134 million to support 157 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 35 Canadian research institutions. The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), a program partner, will invest close to $5 million to support 22 of...
Event Date: Nov 9, 2023
VPRI Unit: SPARC
This is a collaborative funding opportunity in which university researchers must partner with (at least one of) government, private sector organizations, and/or not-for-profit organizations to develop new tools, methods and models, and to facilitate the uptake of new knowledge to support sustainable and responsible development of Canada’s critical minerals sector.
Event Date: Nov 8, 2023
VPRI Unit: SPARC
This is a collaborative funding opportunity in which groups of academic researchers must partner with (at least one of) government, private sector organizations, and/or not-for-profit organizations on research that will initiate or accelerate the development of transformative innovations, practices, technologies, products, land uses and inputs that will lead to a sustainable, profitable and resilient agriculture and agri-food sector in the uncertain climate and net-zero economy of the...
Event Date: Nov 1, 2023
VPRI Unit: SPARC
Review
SPARC staff will provide comprehensive reviews of full applications, which will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis as capacity allows. To register, please send your Notification of Intent to Apply to Mark Phillipo by Friday, September 15. The review period will begin Monday, September 18 and will end Wednesday, October 25. We are happy to accommodate our review based on your schedule, so please let us know when you would like a review and we will plan...
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
The Government of BC is supporting UBC research with more than $4.7 million through the BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF).
Event Date: Aug 11, 2023
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
UBC ARC is excited to announce a significant upgrade to the Sockeye job scheduling system. On October 31, 2023, Sockeye will transition from OpenPBS to Slurm, an industry-standard job scheduler and workload manager.
Event Date: Aug 4, 2023
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
University of British Columbia (UBC) computer scientists Dr. Kevin Leyton-Brown and his PhD student Neil Newman are exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and microeconomic theory. The demands of their research include large-scale, high-performance computing capacity, particularly when exploring parallel simulations of intricate auction systems.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Nominations are now open for the annual UBC Faculty Research Awards, including the Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship (KARF). These awards acknowledge research excellence across all disciplines at UBC. Submit an Expression of Intent by September 15 (not requested for the KARF).
Event Date: Oct 2, 2023
VPRI Unit: SPARC
CIHR is seeking a new Scientific Director for the Institute of Indigenous Peoples' Health (IIPH). This is a 4-year term (with the possibility of a second-term appointment), with responsibilities including providing overall direction and leadership for CIHR-IIPH. Deadline for applications is October 2, 2023. For further details, please visit CIHR. Questions can also be directed to: LaurieS@leadersinternational.com
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
July 21, 2023
A total of 50 projects led by UBC researchers were awarded $37 million in combined funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grant: Spring 2023 competition.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
The annual Life Sciences BC Awards celebrate company and individual accomplishments and health innovation advancements.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
UBC’s Climate Solutions Research Collective is a new pan-university initiative designed to build connections across UBC’s climate researchers, groups and initiatives and encourage new collaborative research on climate change solutions. As part of this new initiative, UBC Master’s and PhD students are invited to apply to become a Solutions Scholar.
Event Date: Jul 4, 2023
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is pleased to announce that the S3 protocol is available to use on ARC’s Chinook storage platform. S3 allows researchers to programmatically access their data and to enable s3-compatible web platforms. Learn more
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Appointees include Drs. Jeannette Armstrong, Barbara Arneil, John Fleetham, Sally Thorne and Keith Walley
Event Date: Jun 5, 2023
VPRI Unit: Research Ethics
The Office of Research Ethics has added a new page to the BREB site. The page answers common questions about research ethics for residents in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC who are conducting behavioural projects.
Please go to: https://ethics.research.ubc.ca/behavioural-research-ethics/guidance-medi....