May 21, 2019
UBC researchers awarded a combined $42.6m in funding from NSERC through Discovery Grants, Research Tools and Instruments Grants, scholarships and fellowships.
UBC Funding
The $42.6m in funding awarded to UBC includes:
- More than $34m through the following elements of the Discovery Grants Program
- Discovery Grants
- Discovery Accelerator Supplements
- Discovery Launch Supplements for Early-Career Researchers
- Subatomic Physics Discovery Grants
- Discovery Grant Northern Research Supplements
- More than $2m awarded through Research Tools and Instruments Grants
- More than $6m in scholarships and fellowships
National Investment
This funding was part of a total national investment of more than $588m. This funding will go to more than 4,850 researchers and students across the country as they pursue their world-leading discovery work. It also includes support for nearly 500 early-career researchers who will bring a diversity of new voices and new insights to their fields.
- The investment announced includes $426 million in Discovery Grants going to more than 2,295 researchers across the full range of science and engineering disciplines, from biology and chemistry to advanced materials engineering and astrophysics.
- $6.2 million in Discovery Launch Supplements will be going to 499 early-career researchers in the first year of their Discovery Grants to help them launch their careers.
- $83 million in Scholarship and Fellowships to support nearly 1,700 graduate students and fellows in the early stages of their careers.