VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
The report from the Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System was released on Monday, March 20, 2023. This panel was appointed by the ISED Minister and the Minister of Health to provide independent and expert advice on the structure and governance of the federal research system. Read more
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
UBC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Faculty Research Awards.
The Office of the VP, Research and Innovation will be hosting a reception on June 6, 2022 to acknowledge the achievements of our researchers.
Congratulations to all recipients!
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
The National Killam Program announced today the 2023 Killam Prize and Dorothy Killam Fellowship winners, recognizing the inclusive collaborators, research leaders and barrier breakers who are driving the future of Canada.
The recipients included UBC's Dr. Sally Otto, University Killam Professor and professor of zoology in the Faculty of Science as well as Dr. Pieter Cullis, from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Faculty of Medicine.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Canada’s biotech ecosystem is poised for a major boost with the federal government announcement today that B.C. will be home to Canada’s Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Hub (CIEBH).
Event Date: Mar 13, 2023
VPRI Unit: Animal Care and Use Program
The Animal Care Committee's research protocol writing and breeding protocol writing workshops are designed for Principal Investigators, staff, or students who prepare animal care ethics applications.
This is an opportunity for you to learn or have a refresher on how to write an effective animal care protocol. In the workshop, you will learn from some of the Animal Care Committee members about the levels of detail to include, sections of the application that are commonly omitted or...
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
A total of 38 emerging and established Research Excellence Clusters led by researchers on the Vancouver campus will be supported in 2023/24. This total includes 23 awards made through the 2023/24 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters Competition (GCRC) and 15 clusters entering the second year of their current award.
Event Date: Aug 1, 2023
VPRI Unit: SPARC
Program Overview
In support of Canada’s Small Modular Reactor Action Plan, NSERC is partnering with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) to fund research on SMRs. NRCan has set aside approximately $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years, to co-fund research projects through NSERC’s Alliance grants program.
Full program terms here.
Deadlines
VPRI Unit: RISe
Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this morning. After checking with UBC IT, our team has been notified there was a server outage with UBC's own CWL authentication system (not RISe itself).
We have checked with UBC IT and have confirmed with them the issue is resolved - we have linked the below link for UBC IT's outage bulletin on this issue.
https://status.it.ubc.ca/incidents/2nxjvpcwtjsn?u=2pk3qbcqjqz2
Event Date: Feb 16, 2023
VPRI Unit: Animal Care and Use Program
McGill University will no longer provide controlled substances to researchers holding a Health Canada Exemption to Use a Controlled Substance for Scientific Purposes. This means they can no longer be listed as the supplier on the Health Canada Exemption.
UBC Animal Care Services has an account with an alternate supplier CDMV, to allow researchers to order controlled drugs listed on their Health Canada Exemption.
Event Date: Feb 15, 2023
VPRI Unit: Research Ethics
Effective February 14, 2023, the Behavioural Research Ethics Board (BREB) has reduced its COVID safety requirements for conducting in-person research. While continuing to be concerned for the safety of research participants, the BREB will no longer require researchers to submit Safe Research Plans for in-person research, except in the following circumstances:
Event Date: Feb 15, 2023
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
In response to the Tri-Agency’s Research Data Management Policy, UBC has released its institutional research data management strategy, co-sponsored by the Vice-President, Research and Innovation, UBC Library and the Office of the Chief Information Officer.
Event Date: Feb 15, 2023
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
In response to the Tri-Agency’s Research Data Management Policy, UBC has released its institutional research data management strategy, co-sponsored by the Vice-President, Research and Innovation, UBC Library and the Office of the Chief Information Officer.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
A team of researchers from UBC and Simon Fraser University (SFU) have received $6.8M in funding from the Healthy Cities Implementation Science (HCIS) Team Grants, including $3M from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), for their research that aims to promote healthy aging, by tackling the epidemics of physical inactivity and loneliness that plague older adults living in medium- and large-sized cities.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
February 6, 2023
A total of 67 projects led by UBC researchers were awarded more than $30 million in combined funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grant: Fall 2022 competition.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
On January 19, 2023 the Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, announced a new investment to support one clinical trials consortium, seven training platforms, and 22 research projects. This is Canada’s largest-ever investment in clinical trials.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected Dr. Rashid Sumaila to the newest class of AAAS Fellows, among the most distinct honours within the global scientific community.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
The University Killam Professorship recognizes exceptional teachers and researchers who are leaders in their fields, and who have received international recognition for their talents and achievements. It is the highest honour UBC can confer on a faculty member. The new University Killam Professors are: Nemy Banthia (Civil Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science), Dominic McIver Lopes (Philosophy, Faculty of Arts) and Natalie Strynadka (Biochemistry & Molecular...
Event Date: Jan 19, 2023
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
The Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) seeks survey feedback to better understand how Canadian researchers would like to use cloud services (i.e., compute and storage) to inform the development of the National Cloud Strategy.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
UBC ranks second in Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities, 2022
Event Date: Jan 17, 2023
VPRI Unit: Research Ethics
The Panel on Research Ethics (PRE) has released the TCPS 2022 version. Changes include:
new provisions concerning broad consent
stem cells and human cell lines
multiple site review (until further notice, the current procedures for harmonizing UBC Ethics applications will remain the same)
Updates to BREB and CREB guidance and web links will be made as soon as possible and as needed. In the meantime, please see:
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
January 12, 2023
The Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation is pleased to announce the appointment of two UBC faculty members to the role of faculty research advisors.
Faculty research advisors serve both campuses and provide strategic guidance, advice and leadership regarding research funding. They work in collaboration with VPRI support units to promote awareness of funding opportunities across all disciplines and to provide support for...