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Research Funding Opportunities
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative: Analysis of Postmortem Brain Tissue from the Autism BrainNet Collection
Description: Supports projects intended to advance the understanding of autism spectrum disorder through analyses of human postmortem brain tissue donated to the Autism BrainNet collection.
Amount: Up to $1 million
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Jan 10
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network: Bladder Cancer Research Innovation Awards
Description: Supports exceptionally novel and creative projects with great potential to produce significant advances in the understanding of the management of bladder cancer. The proposed research may be basic, translational, clinical, or epidemiological and must have direct applicability and relevance to bladder cancer.
Amount: $300,000
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Jan 12 (LOI)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Grand Challenges Global Call-to-Action
Description: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is accepting applications through the new Grand Challenges Global Call-to-Action initiative for the following four requests for proposals. The goal of this initiative is to fund cutting-edge science projects that together advance high-priority global health objectives while supporting and expanding a locally-led research and development ecosystem with a balance of women investigators.
- Building Malaria Modeling Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Digital Health Services for Pregnant Women to Support Antenatal Risk Stratification in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Innovations in Eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases
- Strengthening Data Science Capacity and the Ecosystem: Enabling Data-Centered Public Health Interventions
Amount: Up to $1 million per year, see RFP
Duration: Up to 3 years, see RFP
Eligibility:
Deadline: Jan 13
National Psoriasis Foundation: Psoriatic Disease Research Fellowships
Description: Supports research on psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis.
Amount: $50,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Postdoc with MD
Deadline: Jan 21
Sexual Medicine Society of North America: Young Clinicians Research Grant
Description: Support early career investigators in pursuing clinical and/or basic research in men’s or women’s sexual health. The funding is intended to supplement research activities and conference participation to present those activities.
Amount: $25,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Junior Faculty
Deadline: Jan 24
CIHR/CLA/CAAIF: Early Career Research Award in Asthma
Description: Supports Canadian researchers at the early stages of their independent research career to pursue basic, clinical, health services and/or population health research in the field of asthma.
Amount: $200,000
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Junior Faculty
Deadline: Jan 31
UBC Faculty of Medicine: Precision Health Catalyst Grants
Description: Intended to enable collaborative and innovative early stage precision health research projects (foundational or clinical research) created with intent to fuel a proposal for a larger-scale, longer-term project.
Amount: $50,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Junior faculty, see website
Deadline: Feb 1
UBC Faculty of Medicine: Summer Student Research Program
Description: Provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to explore their interest in medical research by undertaking a project during the summer, under the supervision of a principal investigator who holds an appointment in the Faculty of Medicine.
Amount: Up to $3200
Duration: 4 or 8 weeks
Eligibility: MD (years 1 & 3 in 2021) and non-MD undergraduate students
Deadline: Feb 15
Call for Nominations
2023 Japan Prize NEW
The Japan Prize honors scientists and researchers worldwide who are recognized for having contributed significantly to the peace and prosperity of humankind through their original and outstanding achievements that have greatly advanced the progress of science and technology.
The 2023 prize will be awarded in the field of Life Sciences, which recognizes significant contributions to society through discoveries of new biological phenomena and elucidation of biological regulatory mechanisms as well as major advances in scientific technology that deepen the understanding of biological functions.
We invite you to consider colleagues who could be eligible for this distinction. If you are interested in nominating a colleague, please declare your intent to nominate by emailing fom.recognition@ubc.ca for the next steps in the nomination process. | Internal nomination deadline: Jan 24
Killam Teaching Prizes
UBC’s most prestigious teaching awards, the UBC Killam Teaching Prizes recognize excellence in teaching in the medical and science undergraduate programs, residency programs, school and graduate programs within the Faculty of Medicine. The Prizes are awarded annually, and are supported by the UBC Killam Endowment Fund. | Nomination deadline: Feb 4, 2022; 12pm
Events
Event: UBC Faculty of Medicine Spring 2022 Research 101 Seminar NEW
Description: Please join us for an informative webinar to help researchers navigate the research landscape at UBC. Included will be an overview to the application process for the CIHR Project Grant competition. This event is intended for researchers at all career-stages and support staff, but open to all.
Date & Time: Feb 9; 10-11am
Location: Online via Zoom
Register: Please register here by 4pm on Feb 8
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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 January 20th, 2022. 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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