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Research Funding Opportunities
Orphan Disease Center: CDKL5 Pilot Grants
Description: Supoprts research related to CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder (CDD), a monogenic, neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by treatment-resistant epilepsy and severe neurodevelopmental delay.
Amount: $150,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Feb 25
Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group: Allen Distinguished Investigators
Description: Supoprts technology development in the areas of protein lifespan or nutrient sensing.
Amount: Up to $1.25 million
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Mar 1 (LOI)
Lupus Research Alliance: Innovation Award
Description: Supports pioneering, high-risk, high-reward approaches to major challenges in lupus research.
Amount: $300,000
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Mar 1 (LOI)
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation: Diagnostics Accelerator and Target ALS
Description: Supports research targeting biomarkers that might be common to disease pathways or pathophysiologies in Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to facilitate biomarker discovery and validation.
Amount: Up to $500,000, see website
Duration: Up to 2 years, see website
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Mar 2 (LOI)
Foundation for Prader-Willi Research: Request for Applications
Description: Supports research to advance the understanding and treatment of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS).
Amount: $150,000
Duration: 18 months
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Mar 4 (LOI)
CURE Childhood Cancer: Childhood Cancer Research
Description: Supports research proposals aimed at finding cures and effective treatments with lower toxicity for childhood cancers.
Amount: $150,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility:Faculty
Deadline: Mar 8
UBC School of Biomedical Engineering: Synergy Summer Studentship
Description: SBME Synergy is a new undergraduate summer studentship program providing undergraduate and medical students hands-on research experience over the Summer.
Amount: Up to $7,500
Duration: Up to 16 weeks
Eligibility: Undergrad or Medical student
Deadline: Mar 18
UBC Faculty of Medicine: Bluma Tischler Postdoctoral Fellowship
Description: This award is for MD or PhD graduates in Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics, or associated disciplines carrying out research on the biochemical or genetic aspects of intellectual developmental disorders or other neurological disorders.
Amount: $25,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Postdoc
Deadline: Mar 25, 12pm
UBC Health: Health Innovation Funding Investment
Description: Supports faculty members who are collaborating across faculties, disciplines, and campuses to develop new teams, pursue new ideas, or translate findings from innovative health-related research.
Amount: $25,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Apr 15
Call for Nominations
V Foundation for Cancer Research Translational Cancer Research Grant
This 3 year, $600,000 grant is open to any Tenure or Tenure-Track faculty working within the scope of adult cancer research, specifically in the focus area of early detection of cancer. Self nominations for the internal competition are permitted, but nominations can be submitted to V Foundation for Cancer Research by invitation only. | FoM internal nomination deadline: Feb 18
Governor General's Gold Medal
Call for nominations for 2022 Governor General’s Gold Medal Award is now open. One gold medal is awarded to the student who has achieved the most outstanding academic record as a doctoral student. A second gold medal is awarded to the graduate student who has achieved most outstanding academic record as a Master’s student completing a thesis. Medals are presented on behalf of the Governor General of Canada by participating educational institutions, along with a personalized certificate signed by the Governor General. There is no monetary award associated with the medals.
Each Faculty of Medicine graduate program may nominate one applicant per category (PhD and MSc-thesis) and submit their application packages through the Online Portal to the Dean of Medicine’s Office. After adjudication, Faculty of Medicine may nominate up to two students to the G+PS, one for the Master’s medal and one for the doctoral medal. | FoM internal nomination deadline: Mar 2
UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards
In recognition of the valuable role that teaching assistants play in our graduate and undergraduate programs, the university annually awards sixteen Killam Graduate Teaching Awards to UBC Teaching Assistants. The Killam GTA Award includes a certificate and a $1,000. The sixteen awards, given annually, reinforce the important message to students that UBC values teaching and seeks to recognize teaching excellence within our institution. | Nomination to Director/Head of Unit deadline: Mar 4
UBC Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Researcher Awards
The Faculty of Medicine recognizes our outstanding researchers with this award. Candidates are nominated by fellow faculty members on the basis of a distinguished research career, recognition in the research community, contributions to student educational growth, and commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion over the past year. One award will recognize outstanding foundational (previously Basic) science research in the areas of health and life sciences. One award will recognize outstanding clinical or applied research to improve health outcomes of populations. Acceptance of this award is accompanied by a lecture at the annual “Building the Future: Faculty of Medicine Research Trainee Day & Lecture Series”.
Nominees must be senior faculty in the UBC Faculty of Medicine at the rank of Associate Professor of Teaching, Professor of Teaching, Associate Professor, or Professor, with distinguished research careers. Awardees are selected by the Faculty of Medicine Research Committee. | Nomination deadline: Mar 11
Events
Event: UBC Faculty of Medicine 2022 Spring Virtual Research Showcase
Description: This event will bring members of the Faculty of Medicine together to share and learn the diverse and innovative research work of graduate students, fellows, and recent senior faculty prize awardees.
Date & Time: Mar 1; 10am-4pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Register: Register here by Feb 25
Other
2022 FoM Multidisciplinary Research Program in Medicine (MRPM)
The Faculty of Medicine is excited to announce that the Multidisciplinary Research Program in Medicine (FoM MRPM) is relaunching for Summer 2022. The aim of this program is to facilitate and fund interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research at UBC. Project applications require two faculty supervisors: one from the FoM and the other a non-FoM UBC faculty member. Students and supervisors apply separately. Supervisors will be provided a list of eligible students following project approval. Supervisors will receive up to three students, two non-MD undergraduate students (in their second year or higher) for 16-weeks ($8,400 student stipend) and one optional first-year MD student for 8-weeks ($3,200 student stipend). Supervisors are required to pay at least $2,400 per non-MD student contingent on eligible student awards.
Applications should be submitted in research pairs and supervisors should search for a partner capable of providing specific research expertise. Finding a research partner is the responsibility of the supervisor; however, we can help facilitate a research partnership if a supervisor is unable to find a suitable research partner (email: med.studentresearch@ubc.ca). To be eligible, both supervisors must have a current faculty appointment (instructor or higher, including clinical) at UBC. If the supervisor has a student in mind for their research project it is the responsibility of the supervisor to ensure the student applies separately via the student portal. Supervisor pairs must also name a postgraduate student advisor in their lab who will help facilitate the research project. The deadline to apply for project funding is February 18th, 2022 (extended). Student applications will open in February. More details will be provided on the website and any further questions can be addressed to med.studentresesarch@ubc.ca.
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