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Research Funding Opportunities
Canadian Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Foundation: CAAIF Fellowship in Type 2 Inflammation
Description: Intended to increase Canadian research capacity in the area of Type 2 Inflammation, support the research career of promising researchers, and produce high-quality research in Type 2 Inflammation.
Amount: $75,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Postdoc
Deadline: May 31
Canadian Hereditary Angioedema Network: CHAEN Research Fellowship in AEN
Description: Intended to increase Canadian research capacity in the area of HAE, support the research career of promising researchers, and produce high-quality research in the diagnosis, treatment and management of HAE.
Amount: $50,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Postdoc
Deadline: May 31
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council: SSHRC Institutional Grants
Description: SIG grants are intended to help Canadian post-secondary institutions develop, maintain or strengthen research capacity and research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. UBC FoM researchers can access SIG funding through a central competition.
Amount: $7,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Tenure stream faculty
Deadline: Jun 1
Neilsen Foundation: Spinal Cord Injury Research on the Translational Spectrum
Description: Supports novel approaches to improving function and developing curative therapies after SCI.
Amount: $200,000
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Jun 10 (LOI)
UBC Faculty of Medicine: New Faculty Research Award
Description: Funding is available for new recruits in the Faculty of Medicine, where up to $10,000 may be awarded.
Amount: $10,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Junior Faculty within first 2 years of appointment
Deadline: Jun 17
Call for Nominations
CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC Robbins-Ollivier Award for Excellence in Equity NEW
Awarded through the tri-agency CRC Program, this award recognizes the contributions that Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Louise Forsyth, Glenis Joyce, Audrey Kobayashi, Shree Mulay, Susan Prentice, Michèle Ollivier and Wendy Robins have made to increase the level of equity in the CRC Program and Canada’s research ecosystem.
Up to 3 awards are available per year ($100,000/year). UBC may submit only one nomination.
The award objectives are to:
- fund bold and potentially game-changing projects that will challenge the status quo, spark change and take action to address persistent systemic barriers in the research system and academia;
- recognize faculty members who contribute their time, expertise and lived experience to help address inequities in their institution, the research ecosystem and academic; and
- provide opportunities for students and trainees to contribute to this important work.
To be eligible for nomination faculty must:
- be eligible to receive grant funding from the tri-agencies;
- be holding a full-time academic appointment at the institution at the time of nomination and for the duration of the award; and
- be in good standing with CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC
Please review complete competition guidelines including expense eligibility here.
Internal Selection Process:
UBC’s internal selection will be based on the Robbins-Ollivier Award for Excellence in Equity: 2022 competition selection criteria. To be considered for nomination, faculty and/or faculty teams should submit a 2 page proposal addressing the following criteria:
- Evidence that the proposal is bold and potentially game changing, and
- Evidence of leadership and commitment of the nominees to making the research/academic environment and/or society more equitable.
Please refer to complete descriptions of the selection criteria here.
Please email proposals to heather.frost@ubc.ca by 9am on Monday June 6th, 2022.
UBC University Killam Professor
The UKP designation is the highest honour that the University can confer on a member of faculty. It recognizes exceptional members of faculty who are extraordinary teachers and researchers, who are leaders in their academic fields, and who have received national and international recognition. The Faculty of Medicine is launching an internal selection process to nominate up to 2 candidates to be considered for the UKP competition. | FoM internal nomination deadline: Jun 30
Events
Event: Managing Research Funds: Timely Topics for Administrators and Finance Managers NEW
Description: UBC Research Finance will be covering the following topics:
- Delegation of signing authority
- Invoicing and A/R tracking
- Recording cost recoveries
- Form 300s
Date & Time: May 25; 11am-12 pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Who should attend: Departmental Administrators and Finance Managers
Register: Register here
Event: UBC Faculty of Medicine Career Day
Description: This annual event provides research graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the Faculty of Medicine with the opportunity to connect and network with professionals working in a variety of different careers.
Date & Time: Jun 16; 12:30-4:30pm
Location: Hybrid event. In-person at Life Sciences Centre (LSC 1003) and live stream on the Zoom platform
Register: Please visit website to register.
Other
UBC VP Health: Join the conversation about the respectful and equity-oriented collection and use of disaggregated data
UBC Health and its partners are committed to being part of ongoing conversations about the collection and use of disaggregated data. A series of disaggregated data dialogue sessions hosted by UBC Health resulted in participants recognizing the need for principles and guidelines for the collection and use of disaggregated data. To start this process, UBC Health is working with the research community to identify and synthesize resources that can support researchers in applying respectful and equity-addressing principles in the collection and use of disaggregated data.
Researchers are invited to use an online interactive tool to share resources that guide their work. This may include principles, guidance, reports, papers, authors, individuals, UBC units, and/or organizations.
After gathering the information, UBC Health will highlight results at future sessions of its Disaggregated Data Dialogue Series, with the intent of creating a set of evolving best practices for disaggregated data.
For more information about this initiative, visit the UBC Health website, or access the online tool.
The deadline to provide resources and input is June 30, 2022.
New advanced research computing support for cloud computing and data transfer
UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is launching two new services that support UBC researchers to access cloud computing and transfer research data with ease.
UBC ARC RONIN provides UBC researchers with a user-friendly web interface to harness powerful and flexible cloud computing infrastructure without learning complex details of cloud computing. Configured to address the needs of the UBC research community, RONIN complements the existing ARC digital research infrastructure. Where budget is available, it provides flexible options to address specialized needs and ARC can assist with the purchasing or integrating of existing Amazon Web Services credits. See full details
Globus Plus expands the capacity of Globus, a widely used research-focused data management platform that lets users efficiently, securely, and reliably transfer data between a local computer, ARC Sockeye, ARC Chinook, and many research computing endpoints worldwide. The Globus Plus feature allows users to create shared endpoints from any computer and transfer files between two personal Globus endpoints. Learn more
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