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  1. April 6, 2020

    COVID-19 research involving high-performance computing (HPC)

    VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

    UBC Advanced Research Computing will provide expedited support for the acquisition and use of HPC resources, including public cloud, for research studies that meet the following criteria: Research involves drug, treatments, or medical devices that may be effective in treating or diagnosing…

  2. March 31, 2020

    Online animal and supplies ordering now available

    VPRI Unit: Animal Care and Use Program

    Animal and supply order requests are now available through Mosaic. As an alternative to submitting order forms to anca.orders@ubc.ca, order requests through Mosaic will allow for faster and more transparent processing. For more information, please visit Orders, Transfers, and Deliveries.

  3. March 19, 2020

    COVID-19: Curtailing research activities on UBC campuses

    VPRI Unit: Animal Care and Use Program

    In response to COVID-19, the university is curtailing on-campus research and creative scholarship activities on its Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. The research community is now directed to work remotely. Individual researchers may, however, apply for a critical research exemption to continue on…

  4. March 19, 2020

    Research FAQs Relating to COVID-19

    VPRI Unit: Animal Care and Use Program

    Animal Care Services and UBC are closely monitoring the local, provincial, and global situation daily, adapting our work and communications based on new information and new recommendations by provincial and federal health experts. The Office of the Vice-President Research + Innovation has posted a…

  5. March 18, 2020

    Employer Health Tax (EHT) Initiative

    VPRI Unit: Research Finance

    Following the introduction of the Employer Health Tax (EHT) in January 2019, a 1.95% tax is payable on remuneration paid to all UBC employees. In order to mitigate the impact on research budgets, UBC will reimburse this additional expense through to the end of March 2020 for all existing…

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