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Research Funding Opportunities
New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF): Exploration
Description: NFRF's Exploration Stream seeks to inspire innovative projects not easily supported through funding opportunities currently offered by the Tri-Agencies.
Amount: up to $250,000
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: October 11 (NOI), December 4 (FoM internal application)
Ministry of Health & UBC Health: Research Seed Grant Program NEW
Description: Funding offered to reserchers from UBCV and UBCO to address specific research question identified by the Ministry of Health.
Amount: up to $50,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: October 18 (NOI); December 15 (application)
UBC VP Research & Innovation: Research Facility Support Grants
Description: Funding may be used to cover materials, supplies, replacement of broken parts, and minor upgrades essential to the operation and maintenance of the facility or shared equipment, as well as bridge funding for salaries of research support staff employed to operate and maintain the facility and provide assistance to users.
Amount: $50,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: October 23
CIHR Team grant: Pediatric Rare Disease Clinical Network NEW
Description: This investment will catalyze the creation of a Pediatric Rare Disease Clinical Network to streamline rare diseases clinical research across Canada and to facilitate the collaboration among researchers across pillars, people with lived and living experience (e.g., patients, family, caregivers), health care providers, industry, policy and regulatory bodies.
Amount: $20,000,000
Duration: 5 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: October 24
SATB2 Gene Foundation: Research Grant Program NEW
Description: To drive research momentum, the SATB2 Gene Foundation Board is highly interested in research proposals that would create pilot data sufficient to support larger scale grant submissions to other funding sources. The SATB2 Gene Foundation prioritizes the following areas in SAS research, based on high impact needs identified by a recent independent scientific analysis and caregiver input: speech and language, behaviour, sleep, and global developmental delays.
Amount: up to $15,000 (USD)
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows
Deadline: November 1
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
CIHR Team grant: Improving Health and Administrative Data and Monitoring for Rare Diseases NEW
Description: The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support implementation research to determine the prevalence, direct cost, and burden of rare diseases in the Canadian health care systems. This effort will enable prospective research for patients in Canada by allowing their identification in the administrative databases.
Amount: $1,600,000
Duration: 4 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: November 7
CIHR Team grant: Improving Diagnosis for Rare Disease Patients NEW
Description: This funding opportunity will support research that will determine the best pathway to diagnose RDs by moving genomic testing towards the front end of the care pathway, taking into consideration optimal integration in clinical care, ethical legal and social aspects, and resources required to support this integration.
Amount: up to $1,375,000
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: November 7
CIHR Team grant: Strengthening the Health Workforce for System Transformation NEW
Description: The goal of this funding opportunity is to support research that strengthens the health workforce, which is an essential component of advancing the Quadruple Aim and health equity for health system transformation.
Amount: $250,000/year
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: November 9
CIHR Team grant: Lung Health NEW
Description: to fund interdisciplinary teams that will address ongoing, new and emerging threats to lung health by improving the understanding of biological, social, environmental and behavioural effects on lung health. Collectively, these teams will develop and disseminate evidence-based solutions for better lung health and overall wellness, including a focus on health disparities; equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) analyses; and Indigenous contexts.
Amount: $400,000/year
Duration: 5 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: November 16
UBC Health: Health After 2020 Call for Proposals NEW
Description: Supports innovation in knowledge translation, providing funding to teams to support research collaborations and capacity building in knowledge translation. Researchers at UBCV and UBCO are invited to submit a proposal for projects that utilize creative and innovative knowledge translation methods.
Amount: $10,000
Duration: 12 months
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: November 15
France Canada Research Fund (FCRF): New Research Collaboration Program
Description: promotes partnerships between researchers in Canada and France, open to every field of expertise and promotes interdisciplinary projects. The program provides funding for new scientific projects jointly developed by French and Canadian teams that have never worked together before. To be considered for UBC’s internal selection, researchers must email their applications directly to UBC’s FCRF correspondent, Heather Frost (heather.frost@ubc.ca), as a single PDF.
Amount: up to $15,000
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: November 17 (internal UBC deadline)
UBC & SFU: Implementation Science Institute NEW
Description: The implementation science (IS) institute is a two-year training program targeted towards early to mid-career health researchers (from wide range of health-related topics and disciplines in psychology, urban planning, gerontology, biomedical engineering, health geography, health education and promotion, etc) who are interested in or embarking on projects that encompass the science of implementation.
Eligibility: Faculty
Duration: 2 years
Deadline: December 15
SSHRC & Public Health Agency of Canada: Partnership Engage Grants NEW
Description: A joint initiative for research that identifies and advances socio-economic research for evidence-based public health decision-making on selected public health priority topics in Canada.
Amount: $7,000 to $25,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: December 15
Call for Nominations
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
Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize
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.
Two prizes in the amount of $5,000 each will be awarded to full-time Postdoctoral Fellows at UBC in recognition of outstanding research and scholarly contributions while at UBC. All fields of research are included.
Nomination packages must be submitted to us at med.gradpostdoc@ubc.ca by the internal deadline of Thursday, November 2, 2023, at 5:00 PM PST. The Faculty of Medicine will adjudicate the nominations and send two nominees to the G+PS Postdoctoral Fellows Office by December 6, 2023.
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
NSERC: Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering NEW
This prize recognizes outstanding Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who have combined their expertise to produce achievements of outstanding international significance in the natural sciences and engineering in the last six years. The prize is accompanied by a team research grant of up to $250,000, which may be used to support the direct costs of university-based research and/or the enhancement of research facilities. | Deadline: November 28
Clinical Trials BC Awards 2024
These awards honour individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to strengthening the BC clinical trials ecosystem. Award recipients exemplify excellence in leadership, advocacy for clinical trials, and outstanding service and support to advance clinical trials research and improve the health of people across British Columbia.
There are two award opportunities: (1) Leadership & Advocacy Award, and (2) Service & Support Award. | Deadline: December 10
King Faisal Prize in Medicine 2024
The King Faisal Prize (KFP) recognizes the outstanding works of individuals and institutions in five major categories: Service to Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medicine, and Science. Its aim is to benefit Muslims in their present and future, inspire them to participate in all aspects of civilization, as well as enrich human knowledge and develop mankind. KFP laureates are evaluated only based on merit and their works are meticulously examined by specialized selection committees. The strict selection procedure meets international standards, and many of the laureates who have been awarded the prize went on to receive other prestigious prizes, such as the Nobel Prize. | FoM internal nomination deadline: March 15, 2024
Events
Event: SBME Propels: How do you know if your research is a drug target? NEW
Description: Discover the key criteria and considerations for identifying potential drug targets within your research. Explore the factors that make a molecule or biological pathway a viable candidate for drug development. Learn how to evaluate the feasibility, specificity, and therapeutic potential of your research findings, and gain insights into the essential steps for translating your discoveries into innovative medical interventions.
Date & Time: October 17 (12:00 - 1:00 pm)
Location: Online (registration required)
Website: https://bme.ubc.ca/event/propels-how-do-you-know-if-your-research-is-a-drug-target/
Event: Privacy Matters @ UBC Symposium
Description: This event aims to help you understand methods to safeguard the personal infromatin of employees, students, and valuable research data.
Date & Time: October 18 (9:30 am – 3:30 pm)
Location: Online & in-person (Jack Poole Hall in the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre) - registration required
Website: https://privacymatters.ubc.ca/symposium
Event: Diversity and Resilience in the Mind, the Body and the Environment
Description: Join a special in-person event at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre with UBC’s three newest University Killam Professors (Nemy Banthia, Dominic McIver Lopes and Natalie Strynadka).
Date & Time: October 24 (6:30 - 8:00 pm)
Location: In-person (Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre) - registration required
Website: https://events.ubc.ca/ukp/
Event: Women in Medicine Workshop
Description: The UBC Department of Medicine Equity Committee is very pleased to present a Women in Medicine evening workshop with Dr. Terri Aldred, on creating a culturally safe environment for Indigenous patients and Indigenous learners in clinical care and teaching settings.
Date & Time: November 6 (6:00 pm – 8:00 pm PST)
Location: Online & in-person (Room DHCC 2267 - Diamond Health Care Centre, 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, 2nd Floor) - registration required
Website: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8tYCveeQQRU5otU
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 (8 am–5 pm)
Location: Online & in-person (Jack Poole Hall – Robert H. Lee UBC Alumni Centre, UBC Vancouver)
Website: https://healthresearchbc.ca/clinical-trials-bc/info-and-resources/clinical-trials-bc-symposium/
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