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Research Funding Opportunities
Neilsen Foundation: Spinal Cord Injury Psychosocial Research
Description: Supports programs and scientific research aimed at improving the quality of life for those affected by and living with spinal cord injury.
Amount: Up to $550,000
Duration: Up to 3 years
Eligibility: Postdoc, Faculty
Deadline: Mar 3
Thrasher Research Fund: Concept Papers for Pediatric Research
Description: Supports medical research in children’s health that is conducted by new researchers with oversight by a mentor.
Amount: $25,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Postdoc, Junior Faculty
Deadline: Mar 15 (LOI)
Lupus Research Alliance: Distinguished Innovator Award in Lupus and Autoimmunity
Description: Supports novel research into the fundamental causes of systemic lupus erythematosus and new directions toward a cure.
Amount: Up to $1 million
Duration: 4 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Mar 15 (LOI)
Helmsley Charitable Trust: Type 1 Diabetes Program - Natural Protection from Developing Diabetes
Description: Supports studies that aim to understand and/or therapeutically emulate natural protection from T1D.
Amount: Up to $3 million
Duration: Up to 3 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Mar 15 (LOI)
Helmsley Charitable Trust: Type 1 Diabetes Program - Relationships between Prenatal Development Period and Initiation of Islet Autoimmunity
Description: Supports studies that aim to understand how the environment experienced during prenatal development influences development of islet autoimmunity during childhood.
Amount: Up to $3 million
Duration: Up to 3 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Mar 15 (LOI)
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative: Pilot Awards
Description: Supports exploratory ideas, particularly those with novel hypotheses, in the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
Amount: $300,000
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Mar 17
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
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: DAAD (German Academic Excange Service) and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - Funding your research in Germany Virtual Information Session NEW
Description: This virtual session will provide details on funding programs in support of research stays in Germany or collaborations with German partners, as well as an overview of the German research landscape, its structure, major players and relevant policy initiatives.
Date & Time: Mar 3; 12-1pm
Location: Online
Register: Register here
Event: UBC Faculty of Medicine 2022 Precision Oncology Symposium NEW
Description: Save the date! In conjunction with the Nanyang Technological University, we are pleased to present the 2022 UBC & NTU Virtual Symposium on Precision Oncology. Featuring speakers from UBC Dr. Dermot Kelleher, Dr. Marco Marra, Dr. Jessica McAlpine, and Dr. Alex Wyatt, as well as Prof. Joanne Ngeow, Prof. Navin Verma, Prof. Jens Samol, and Prof. Sunny Wong from NTU.
Date & Time: Mar 23; 4:30-7:30pm
Location: Online via Zoom, TBC
Other
New Faculty of Medicine Research Technology Website NEW
The Faculty’s Digital Solutions group has launched a new website showcasing the research technology services that are available faculty-wide. The site also includes documentation around compliance, validation, and standard operating procedures.
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