UBC-Samsung Open Call for Innovative Projects in the Digital and Health domains

June 28, 2024

This open call invites UBC researchers to submit proposals for innovative projects in the Digital and Health domains. We seek initiatives that advance the state of the art, address emerging challenges and capture new opportunities in wearable technology, preventative health, and data security.

In partnership with UBC, Samsung R&D Institute Canada invites proposals for research projects delivering innovative outcomes in the areas of:

  • Preventative Health Solutions
  • Data Security
  • Wearable Devices

Projects are expected to advance the current state of the art in the problem area that is being addressed, and have practical application. Projects with outcomes that could be applied towards product or service design are desired. 

Full details and application process (cwl required)


First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that UBC’s two main campuses are situated within the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.



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