Research Community News

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

27 faculty members have been recognized for their research excellence and scholarly achievements across a broad range of disciplines.

VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

March 13, 2024

Today, the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Transport and Quebec Lieutenant, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced support for 7,700 researchers and research projects all across Canada. This represents an investment of over $1.7 billion.

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Combined funding of $17.5 million supports UBC-led R&D collaborations with partners from the private, public and not-for-profit sector.

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UBC-led projects received a combined investment of more than $2.75 million from SSHRC.

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13 new and six renewed Canada Reseach Chairs annouced, with additional CFI JELF support for five new chairs

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UBC-led projects awarded $36 million from CFI

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Twenty-five Research Excellence Clusters led by researchers at UBC Vancouver have received grant funding through the 2024/25 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters Competition (GCRC). A further 14 clusters are being supported in the second year of their existing grant.

VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

February 2, 2024

A total of 46 projects led by UBC researchers were awarded $31.3 million in combined funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grant: Fall 2023 competition.

Event Date: Apr 25, 2024
VPRI Unit: SPARC

CIHR is seeking new Institute Advisory Board (IAB) members. Terms for these positions are up to three years and may be reappointed for a second term of up to three years, for a maximum of six consecutive years of service on any one IAB.

VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

January 16, 2024

The Federal Government today released the new Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern, which will impact researchers making new applications for funding through the federal granting agencies (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC) and CFI.

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UBC Faculties are invited to propose Tier II Canada Research Chairs based on their robust plans for recruiting or retaining leading disabled scholars.

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Appointees include the Honourable Steven Lewis Point, and Drs. Morris Barer and Deborah Money.

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Michael Smith Health Research BC (MSHRBC) has announced the recipients of the 2023 Convening & Collaborating (C2) and Reach competitions to create pathways from research evidence to impact and help ensure that cutting-edge health research can directly improve the health of British Columbians and BC’s health system. 

These collaborative teams consisting of researchers, health professionals, trainees, and research users, are investigating research areas that address BC health...

VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

November 23, 2023

Two UBC researchers have been awarded Commercialization and Exceptional Leadership awards by Mitacs. The Mitacs Awards celebrate Canada’s top talent — students, professors and business owners who are driving research and development and a thriving Canadian economy through their partnership with Mitacs and participation in Mitacs-funded programs.

 

Mitacs Award for Commercialization: Matthew Mitchell

 

VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Dr. Andrew Martindale is recognized with the Connection Award for his interdisciplinary and collaborative work with Indigenous communities on legal systems and rights, as well as his application of geoarchaeology for the location of unmarked graves in efforts to locate missing children from Indian Residential Schools.

VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Dr. Kayla King has been appointed as the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Evolutionary Dynamics of Host-Pathogen Interactions, while Dr. Isla Myers-Smith was named the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Global Change Ecology of Northern Ecosystems. Dr. Corey Stephenson, who will be joining UBC in June 2024, will hold the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Innovative Synthetic Methods for Translational Chemistry. 

Event Date: Nov 2, 2023
VPRI Unit: Research Ethics

As of November 1, 2023, the option to create a Renewal with Amendment will no longer be accepted by the UBC CREB. Any PAAs for Renewal with Amendment submitted on or after November 1 will be sent back with a request to inactivate the PAA, and submit a separate PAA for both the renewal and amendment. The option for the Renewal with Amendment PAA will be removed from RISe mid-December 2023.

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Award recognizes of outstanding contributions to the advancement and accessibility of machine learning.

Event Date: Jan 2, 2024
VPRI Unit: SPARC

New templates/resources are now available for UBC researchers who are applying to CIHR Strategic competitions, such as Team and Operating Grants, as well as some Catalyst Grants. These new templates/resources include: 

VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

A total of seven projects led by UBC researchers were awarded a combined $1.5 million in funding

Event Date: Oct 12, 2023
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

The Alliance has two competitions that can help you access resources needed to conduct your research.

The competitions opened on September 26 and have a final deadline to apply of November 7, 2023.

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