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Alert
- NFRF Exploration NOI deadline: Aug 26
- CIHR Fall 2024 Project Grant FoM internal signature deadline: Sep 3
- CIHR 2024 Fellowship Award FoM internal signature deadline: Sep 24
- The UBC Research Security team is offering two information sessions on navigating research security policies when applying for the Fall 2024 CIHR Project Grant (see details in the Events section below)
- SPARC provides strategic support services and resources for UBC faculty researchers submitting to major CIHR programs, including program outreach, project and proposal development, and proposal review.
Research Funding Opportunities
NTU LKC Medicine & UBC Faculty of Medicine: Postdoctoral Exchange Travel Award
Description: UBC Faculty of Medicine has partnered with the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore to build a global coalition to accelerate research in the areas of healthy aging, brain health, and precision oncology.
Duration: 4-6 months
Eligibility: Postdoctoral fellows
Deadline: ongoing, see website
UBC: Hampton New Faculty Grant
Description: to support the early stages of the research programs of tenure-track Assistant, Associate, and Full Professors hired within the last 24 months
Amount: $15,000
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: September 1
Lymphoma Research Foundation: Clinical Investigator Career Development Award NEW
Description: to support physician investigators at the level of advanced fellow or junior faculty member who will contribute to the development of new lymphoma therapies and diagnostic tools.
Amount: $225,000
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: September 5
American Academy of Neurology: Richard Olney Clinician Scientist Development Award in ALS NEW
Description: recognizes the importance of good clinical research and encourages early career investigators in clinical studies in ALS.
Amount: $240,000
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: September 10
American Gastroenterological Association-Pfizer: Pilot Research Award in Inflammatory Bowel Disease NEW
Description: to provide funds for early career investigators to help establish their research careers or to support projects that represent new research directions for established investigators.
Amount: $40,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: September 12
American Psychological Foundation: David H. and Beverly A. Barlow Grant NEW
Description: supports innovative basic and clinical research on anxiety and anxiety-related disorders conducted by graduate students and early career researchers.
Amount: up to $8,000 USD
Eligibility: Graduate students or early career researchers (no more than 10 years postdoctoral)
Deadline: September 18
American Psychological Foundation: Bruce and Jane Walsh Grant in Memory of John Holland NEW
Description: supports scientific, scholarly, or applied research and/or educational activities investigating how personality, culture, and environment influence work behavior and health (mental and physical).
Amount: up to $19,000 USD
Eligibility: Graduate students or early career researchers (no more than 10 years postdoctoral)
Deadline: September 18
Stem Cell Network: Research Funding Awards NEW
Description: launching six programs on Sep 3: 1) Accelerating Clinical Translation Awards; 2) Clinical Trials Awards; 3) Early Career Researcher Jump Start Awards; 4) Fueling Biotechnology Partnerships Awards; 5) Impact Awards; 6) Impact Awards: ELSI & HE Stream
Amount: varies by program
Duration: varies by program
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: September 24 (LOI); December 3 (full application)
UBC Faculty of Medicine: Precision Health Catalyst Grant
Description: to facilitate collaboration and coordination of PH activities, particularly among faculty members and researchers from UBC-affiliated research institutes.
Amount: up to $50,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: September 30
UBC: Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship
Description: to support exceptional early career researchers (within 15 years of PhD) across all disciplines who have the potential for significant impact in their field of scholarship and are ready to launch the next stage of their career.
Amount: $110,000
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: October 28 (FoM internal deadline)
Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation: Community Innovation Award NEW
Description: celebrates community-based surgeons and research studies dedicated to improving patient care or musculoskeletal health in their community.
Amount: up to $15,000
Duration: up to 2 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: October 31
UBC: Killam Faculty Research Fellowships
Description: to assist promising faculty members, who wish to devote full time to research and study in their field during a recognized study leave.
Amount: up to $18,000
Duration: up to 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: November 15
Call for Nominations
Sloan Research Fellowships
The Sloan Research Fellowship Program provides two-year, $75,000 fellowships to early career researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field. Candidates must be nominated by a department head or other senior researcher. Departments can nominate more than one candidate, but no more than three. | Deadline: September 15, 2024
Canada Gairdner Awards
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.. | Deadline: October 1, 2024
Charles A. McDowell Award
The award, consisting of a medal and a certificate, will be made to an outstanding early career member of the faculty of UBC who has demonstrated excellence in pure or applied scientific research. | Deadline: November 15, 2024
Jacob Biely Faculty Research Prize
The prize, comprised of $3,000 and a certificate, is awarded annually to a full-time tenure-stream UBC faculty member in recognition of a distinguished record of research that has contributed substantially to UBC’s stature as a leading research institution. | Deadline: November 15, 2024
Killam Faculty Research Prizes
Established in 1986, ten UBC Killam Research Prizes are awarded annually to top campus researchers with funds provided annually from the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies established through a bequest from the late Dorothy J. Killam. The award recognizes outstanding research and scholarly contributions. | Deadline: November 15, 2024
President's Award for Public Education through Media
The award, which includes a $3,000 honorarium and a certificate, recognizes and encourages such contributions, including print, broadcast, and online media interviews and expert commentary, as valuable means to foster greater public dialogue and understanding.| Deadline: November 15, 2024
Events
UBC Research Security Navigating Research Security Policies When Applying for the Fall 2024 CIHR Project Grant
Description: This session will provide UBC health researchers with advice for completing a risk assessment form when your application involves a private sector partner and attestation forms for when your project may advance a sensitive technology research area. Two session offered
Date & Time: August 22; 10:00 – 11:00am; and August 27; 1:00 - 2:00pm PDT
Location: Online via Zoom (registration required: August 22 / August 27)
BC Children's Hospital Research Institute PITCH Seminar Series
Description: Speaker Dr. Leah Gheber, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, presenting Bidirectional Motility of Mitotic Kinesin-5 Motors: Old Dogma, New Insights.
Date & Time: August 22; 10:00 – 11:00am PDT
Location: Online via Zoom, and in person at BCCHR Rm 2108
Meeting ID: 686 2380 3502
Passcode: 232475
UBC Faculty of Medicine Research 101 Webinar
Description: An online workshop intended for FoM students, faculty, trainees and staff and covers the following topics: research-related resources; funding opportunities, types and sources of funding; guidance through the administrative processes for the submission of funding applications; and, university-wide resources available for graduate and post-doctoral researchers.
Date & Time: August 27; 10:00 – 11:00am PDT
Location: Online via Zoom (registration required, registration deadline August 23)
UBC Faculty of Medicine Graduate Student Welcome Day
Description: 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 the current graduate students.
Date & Time: September 4; 11:30am – 1:00pm PDT
Location: Online via Zoom (registration required)
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Strengthen your Knowledge and Skills Relevant to Leading a Successful Research Career NEW
The CIHR institute of Cancer Research has partnered to deliver an Early Career Researcher (ECR) Workshop to equip ECRs with the skills and expertise necessary to lead cutting-edge research in the 21st century. Applications to participate are now open. Workshop takes place Nov. 26 & 27.
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