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Discover the latest news from across the VP Research & Innovation portfolio through our aggregated news and events feed below.

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Get a monthly curated summary of research opportunities, funding and deadlines compiled by the service units of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation portfolio. 

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

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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....

 

VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Researchers from UBC’s faculty of medicine have been awarded over $1.6 million

VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

UBC researchers have received $3.8 million in federal funding to address barriers to abortion access for underserved populations.

VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Late-stage Genome British Columbia research and development projects tackling major public health challenges through genomics are receiving $9.6 million in federal support through Genome Canada. 

Event Date: May 4, 2023
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

UBC Okanagan is celebrating six outstanding researchers with one of its most prestigious research awards—Researcher of the Year.

The award recognizes the ways in which UBCO researchers—three faculty and three graduate student or postdoctoral fellows—are making the world a better place through excellence in research and scholarly activity.

Event Date: May 3, 2023
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) would like to draw your attention to The Digital Research Alliance of Canada’s (the Alliance) recent call for applications and nominations for the Researcher Council.  The Researcher Council plays an important role in informing the Alliance’s infrastructure and data management strategy for academic researchers across Canada.  We encourage UBC researchers interested to consider putting their name forward for this opportunity. 

Relevant deadlines...

VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

The UBC Vancouver Public Humanities Hub recently announced the winners of three awards: the Public Humanities Faculty Fellowship Awards, the Public Humanities Seed Grants, and the Public Humanities Research Cluster Grants. 

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