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VPRI Unit: Animal Care and Use Program
Applications for the 2025 Diane Minshall Award are now available. The Award was established in 2006 in honour of Diane Minshall. Diane was a dedicated, creative and gifted technician and manager who worked with research animals at the St. Paul’s Hospital Site of the University…
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Get familiar with major state-of-the-art aspects of High Performance Computing (HPC) and big data analytics for a variety of scientific disciplines, develop networks and receive advanced mentoring through this intensive training opportunity in Lisbon, Portugal, this July. Open to graduate students…
VPRI Unit: Research Security
Potential applicants to CIHR's Project Grant spring intake are invited to learn more about how current research security requirements affect them, including research security questions, definitions and modules in ResearchNet, to support timely submission of applications. Presented by the UBC…
VPRI Unit: SPARC
Building on CIHR's November 12, 2024 "Update to Notice of Recommendation and Notice of Decision templates for the Project Grant competition" announcement, CIHR circulated the following "Changes coming to Notices of Recommendation and Notices of Decision for the Project Grant competition" message to…
VPRI Unit: SPARC
Horizon Europe – Funding Opportunities for Canadian Battery Innovators: January 22, 2025 09:00 - 10:00 AM PSTDescriptionCanada has now associated to the world’s largest research and innovation programme – Horizon Europe. Canadian organisations are fully eligible to be part of a pan-European…
VPRI Unit: Research Awards & Prizes
UBC has announced the appointment of three new University Killam Professors. The University Killam Professorship—the highest honour UBC can confer on a faculty member—recognizes exceptional teachers and researchers who are leaders in their fields, and who have received international recognition for…
VPRI Unit: SPARC
All applicants are invited to submit their Insight Development Grant materials (both individual modules and full proposals are accepted) for review by or before Monday January 20th at 9am. SPARC staff will return feedback on the One Page Summary and Budget modules by end of day Wednesday,…
VPRI Unit: Office of Research Services (news)
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Professor Marco Marra (Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine & Michael Smith Laboratories) has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.
VPRI Unit: RISe
HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025!Our warmest wishes to everyone and their families for a safe, healthy and Happy Holiday Season!We look forward to seeing you in the New Year of 2025! Happy New Year!Please note that the RISe Support line will not be fully available until January 2, 2025…
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