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VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

The Life Sciences Institute (LSI) has become a designated UBC Global Research Excellence (GREx) Institute. As a GREx Institute, the LSI, housed in the UBC Life Sciences Centre, will pursue the Biological Resilience Initiative (BRI), integrating foundational, cross-disciplinary and collaborative research, across multiple scales to elucidate the mechanisms of resilience in biological systems.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Training Program in 3D Printing Technology and Materials (3DPTM) awarded $1.65m
Event Date: Jun 8, 2022
VPRI Unit: Animal Care and Use Program

The ACS Animal Welfare Committee - comprised of Animal Care Services staff and veterinarians – aims to further improve the welfare of animals under our care. The Committee is actively seeking opportunities for increased application of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement).
Event Date: Jun 2, 2022
VPRI Unit: Research Ethics

In order to successfully upgrade the RISe system to Version 10, RISe will be inaccessible from 5pm  on Friday, June 17 until 5am on Monday, June 20.

There will be no user access during this time.

Please contact your ethics board if you have any concerns about your application.

If you have any questions about the RISe outage, please contact the RISe support desk staff at https://www.rise.ubc.ca/content/contact-us.

Thank you for your patience and understanding...

VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

The 15 new and renewed UBC chairholders being announced represent an investment of $15.1 million through the Canada Research Chairs program.
Event Date: Sep 1, 2022
VPRI Unit: SPARC
Event Date: May 27, 2022
VPRI Unit: Animal Care and Use Program

The current economic conditions with escalating prices of goods and services continue to present challenges for many industries, including the animal-science based research community.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

May 12, 2022

Canada’s Stem Cell Network (SCN) announced funding of $19.5 million for 32 stem cell and regenerative medicine research projects and clinical trials across Canada.

UBC researchers are leading seven projects awarded a total of $2.85 million from the Stem Cell Network. A further three projects involving UBC co-investigators and collaborators were awarded a combined $6.3 million.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, are announcing an investment of $19.2 million to support 46 community-based and community-led research partnerships through the Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Three UBC teams were among 18 projects awarded up to $50,000 each to develop activities at the local, regional and/​or national level that advance awareness, understanding, development and adoption of research data management tools, best practices and resources in Canada. 
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

UBC's Alexander T. Duncan and Dr. Amy Parent announced as members.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences honors excellence and convenes leaders to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and advance the public good
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

The Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) today announced the recipients of the seventh annual Governor General’s Innovation Awards (GGIA). Among the awardees was the team responsible for developing the lipid nanoparticles that delivered mRNA vaccines during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

UBC is investing over $500,000 to support partnerships that will benefit communities and advance collaborative research, teaching, and learning across the province.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Dr. Bakker's fellowship awarded under the Geography & Environmental Studies category
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

UBC Medicine professor Dr. Pieter Cullis has been named a 2022 Canada Gairdner International Award laureate for his pioneering work developing the lipid nanoparticle delivery technology that enables mRNA therapeutics such as the highly effective COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Funding supports 12 UBC-led projects through the 2021 Exploration and Special Call Competitions

 
Event Date: Apr 21, 2022
VPRI Unit: SPARC

SPARC will be offering reviews of NFRF Special Call: Research for Postpandemic Recovery Notices of Intent (NOIs).

Researchers are invited to submit their 2500 character summary to SPARC for review between Monday, April 11 and Thursday April 21.  Please submit via email to danica.kell@ubc.ca by or before Thursday, April 21st at 10am.
Event Date: Apr 1, 2022
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is launching two new services that support UBC researchers to access cloud computing and transfer research data with ease.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

UBC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Faculty Research Awards.

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