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After more than a decade of outstanding service to UBC as Vice-President, Research and International, Dr. John Hepburn has announced he is stepping down effective May 28 to assume a new role as Vice-President, Research at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research in Toronto.

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As part of UBC's Centennial celebrations, the emerging research workshop on epigenetics is being held on April 27-29. Register now to attend the workshop and/or public event to learn how epigenetics remembers the past to shape your future.

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This speaker series is for researchers seeking to fund projects in the social sciences and humanities.    

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SPARC workshop - May 5

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Test Your Concept panels have improved the quality and success outcomes for faculty applying to funding competitions in SSHRC, CFI and CFREF.Register by April 12.

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CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program is for early-career researchers within their first five years of a full-time academic research and teaching appointment. Deadline May 2.

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UBC’s new Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) aims to transform the university into a global leader in economics by using the power of data to explore pressing social issues.

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Vancouver-based diamond pioneer and philanthropist Stewart Blusson and his wife, Marilyn, have donated $11 million to quantum materials research at UBC. In recognition of the gift, the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute has been named in honour of the geology alumnus (BSc ’60).

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UBC researcher Peter Winterburn has taken up the newly created NSERC/AcmeLabs/Bureau Veritas Minerals Industrial Research Chair in Exploration Geochemistry.

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Research into forest renewal, quantum computer nanotechnology, solar power, high-tech manufacturing, forestry products and the Subarctic ocean climate supported by latest funding.

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Dugan O'Neil, Compute Canada Chief Science Officer, and Chuck Humphrey, Director of Portage, will talk about collaborative initiatives for research data management

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UBC chemist and chemical engineer Curtis P. Berlinguette has been awarded a 2016 NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship for his research on solar energy conversion technologies.

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Poul Sorensen, a Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Distinguished Scientist at the BC Cancer Agency, has been awarded the Robert L. Noble Prize by the Canadian Cancer Society for outstanding achievements in basic biomedical cancer research.

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UBC receives $27 million from federal government to support 18 new and 13 renewed chairs.

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Registration is now open for these workshops that will bring together researchers from around the world to focus on three areas in which UBC is emerging as a potential global leader: Indigenous studies (February), water (March), and epigenetics (April).

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February 23, 2016 - UBC's Vice-President Research & International and SPARC invite you to attend a Faculty Town Hall with SSHRC.

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UBC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2015 Faculty Research Awards. Winners were selected by UBC’s Faculty Research Award Committee, which spans arts and humanities, applied science, science, and medicine. Congratulations to all recipients! 

 

 

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This interactive workshop on February 25 introduces researchers to librarians and Digital Humanities specialists from UBC and Compute Canada, and introduces these professionals, in turn, to the range of scholars and projects occurring in Arts within the broad tent field of Digital Humanities.

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