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Research Funding Opportunities
UBC Faculty of Medicine: 2023 Faculty/Resident Development Initiatives Grant
Description: Supports research projects aimed at enhancing the quality or scholarship of teaching in the Faculty of Medicine.
Amount: up to $5,000
Duration: up to 2 years
Eligibility: Faculty and postgraduate residents with faculty co-investigator
Deadline: August 31 (LOI); October 10 (proposals)
BC Diabetes Research Network: Type 2 Diabetes Spark Innovation Challenge NEW
Description: An opportunity for new or existing partners to look at the challenge of type 2 diabetes and design innovative solutions for type 2 diabetes prevention, management, and remission.
Amount: up to $15,000
Duration: 12 months
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: September 6
Foundation for Prader-Willi Research: Research Grant Program
Description: Supports research to advance the understanding and treatment of Prader-Willi syndrome.
Amount: $150,000
Duration: 18 months
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: September 8 (LOI); November 17 (proposals)
National Ataxia Foundation: Research Seed Money Grant
Description: For new and innovative studies that are relevant to the cause, pathogenesis or treatment of the hereditary or sporadic ataxias. Research grants are offered primarily as “seed monies” to assist investigators in the early or pilot phase of their studies and as additional support for ongoing investigations on demonstration of need.
Amount: $50,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: September 15 (LOI); November 20 (application)
National Ataxia Foundation: Early Career Investigator Award NEW
Description: Supports early-career clinical and scientific investigators to pursue a career in the field of ataxia research.
Amount: $50,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Junior Faculty
Deadline: Sep 15 (LOI)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Catalyst Grant: Analysis of Canadian Longitudinal Study in Aging (CLSA) Data NEW
Description: Aims to find ways to improve the health of Canadians by better understanding the aging process and the factors that shape the way we age.
Amount: up to $70,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: September 19 (registration); October 19 (application)
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Clinical Research Award NEW
Description: provide support for investigator-initiated clinical research projects that have the potential to make an important contribution to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s mission. Research projects may address diagnosis, treatment, management of disease or symptom, or the pathophysiology of cystic fibrosis using clinical (observational/interventional), translational, or epidemiologic study approaches.
Amount: up to $150,000/year and $350,000/year
Duration: up to 3 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: September 21 (LOI), February 13 (application)
Kenneth Rainin Foundation: Innovator Awards NEW
Description: enables researchers worldwide to test ideas, gather and share data, and collaborate to advance the understanding of IBD.
Amount: up to $300,000 (USD)
Duration: 12 months
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: September 30 (LOI)
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology: Dr. David L. Epstein Award
Description: Intended to fund a research project that supports the mentee of a senior-level investigator with a documented history of conducting eye and vision research in glaucoma and who has a record of successfully mentoring clinician-scientists to independent academic and research careers.
Amount: $100,000
Duration: 1-2 years
Eligibility: Senior Faculty
Deadline: October 1
National Institutes of Health: Research Project Grant Program (R01)
Description: Provides support for health-related research and development based on the mission of the NIH. R01s can be investigator-initiated or can be solicited via a Request for Applications.
Duration: up to 5 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: October 5
UBC Office of Vice-President Research & Innovation: UBC Vancouver-Okanagan Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (CRMA)
Description: Designed to support research collaboration across UBC in Vancouver and the Okanagan by providing funding to: initiate new, or strengthen existing research collaborations; enable travel to access unique infrastructure/core facilities at each location or to hold research meetings; support travel, per diems, and accommodations for UBC researchers.
Amount: $100,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: November 3
Call for Nominations
Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists is Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership. Members of the College are Canadians and Permanent Residents who, at an early stage of their career, have demonstrated a high level of achievement. The criteria for election is excellence, and membership is for seven years.
Candidates must be no more than 15 years from the conferral of the PhD or equivalent qualification. For the cohort of 2024 (due Dec 2023), a candidate must have received their PhD or equivalent no earlier than January 1, 2009. Career interruptions can extend this eligibility period. | Internal notice of planned nomination: September 21
Royal Society of Canada Fellows
Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Fellows are those with exceptional and original publications, intellectual achievements, and creative activities, with achievements in the arts, humanities, social sciences, or sciences. They are either Canadian citizens or have been Canadian Permanent Residents for at least 3 consecutive years. | Internal notice of planned nomination: September 21
Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship
The Faculty of Medicine has launched an internal selection process to nominate up to 2 candidates for the Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship, offered by the UBC VP Research and International office. The award includes a one-time research allowance of $50,000, and the successful recipient's academic unit will receive $60,000 over 2 years to help offset teaching load. | Internal nomination deadline: Oct 24
Governor General Innovation Awards
The Governor General’s Innovation Awards will be given to individuals, teams and/or organizations whose innovations are truly exceptional, transformative and positive in their impact on the quality of life in Canada. | Internal deadline: November 4
Canada Gairdner Awards NEW
The Canada Gairdner Awards recognize and celebrate the work of the world’s best biomedical researchers. Over the past 53 years, Gairdner has gained a superb international reputation for its early recognition of medical breakthroughs that have changed the way medicine is practised. Each award is valued at $100,000. | Deadline October 1
Events
Event: Faculty of Medicine Graduate Student Welcome Day
Description: This year the event will feature welcoming messages from UBC and FoM leadership, and information on relevant graduate student resources at FoM and UBC followed by a Q&A session with current graduate students
Date & Time: September 6, 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: Zoom
Website: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cSbgz2sRldFIGq2 (registration deadline September 1)
Event: Clinical Research Professional Certification Program Information Session NEW
Description: The program provides BC-based clinical research team members working at health authorities and academic institutions reimbursement and support to become an internationally certified professional.
Date & Time: September 18, 1:30pm to 3:00pm PST
Location: Zoom
Website: ttps://healthresearchbc.ca/event/crp-certification-program-info-session-2023/
Event: All About Privacy Workshop
Description: A workshop featuring BC's regional health authorities to explore each of their research privacy review processes and how to access their health data. There will be in-depth discussions around the current privacy review systems across jurisdictions, common misunderstandings, plans for future improvement, as well as an open Q&A session.
Date & Time: September 19, 12:00 to 1:30pm
Location: Zoom
Website: https://datascienceandhealth.ubc.ca/events/all-about-privacy-workshop
Event: MSHRBC Clinical Trials BC Symposium 2023: Approaches for Accessible Clinical Trials
Description: The theme focuses on new approaches, technology, pathways and regulatory initiatives that make clinical trials more accessible for participants, trialists, clinical trial professionals and administrators, communities and other relevant parties.
Date & Time: November 28 (save the date)
Location: Online & in-person
Website: https://healthresearchbc.ca/event/clinical-trials-bc-symposium-2023-approaches-for-accessible-clinical-trials/
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UBC Faculty of Medicine: Postdoctoral Peer Mentorship Program NEW
Description: aims to foster a dynamic mentorship environment by pairing postdoctoral fellows in the Faculty of Medicine with colleagues who share career goals. This is an opportunity to grow personally and professionally, while nurturing a collaborative, inclusive community within the Faculty of Medicine.
Duration: 10 months (Sep-Jun)
Deadline: September 18
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