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VPRI Unit: SPARC
NSERC’s Alliance Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Outreach team is offering two presentations on EDI considerations in the Alliance Training Plan for applicants. These interactive session will focus on the importance of EDI in the research team, consideration of EDI in the Alliance…
VPRI Unit: Innovation UBC - News
Lab2Market Pacific Hub is part of a $32m expansion of the national network to support the translation of academic research into market opportunities and impact
VPRI Unit: SPARC
Registration for the Spring 2025 Project Grant competition is now open on ResearchNet!1. Key CIHR DeadlinesSpring 2025 Registration Deadline: Wednesday, February 5Spring 2025 Application Deadline: Wednesday, March 52. NOD/NOR DecisionsFall 2024 competition results will now include ranking zones (e…
VPRI Unit: SPARC
CIHR will be hosting two webinars to support participants with the requirements of the funding opportunity “Spring 2025 Project Grant” and to answer questions on how to apply.English Session 1Duration: 60 minutesWhen: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM PST | JoinEnglish Session 2Duration: 60…
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Isabel Grant, Marco Marra and Jamie Peck have been named University Killam Professors, the highest honour UBC can confer upon a faculty member.
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…
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