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Research Funding Opportunities
Faculty of Medicine: VPRI Call for Faculty CRC Proposal for Persons with Disabilities
Description: The Faculty of Medicine can submit up to three proposals for this special call. Proposals may either be framed for retention or recruitment, and must follow all CRC equity, diversity and inclusion recruitment guidelines, and be further guided by UBC’s equitable hiring practices.
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: April 6
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research: Emerging Leader Award NEW
Description: support innovative cancer research from the next generation of leaders.
Amount: $750,000
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: April 29 (LOI)
The Weston Family Foundation: Rapid Response 2024 program
Description: aims to catalyze and scale science-based approaches to significantly improve the health and well-being of Canadians.
Amount: Up to $300,000
Duration: Up to 2 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: April 30 (LOI), August 7 (full proposal)
UBC Research & Innovation: UBC Vancouver-Okanagan Collaborative Research Mobility Awards
Description: designed to support research collaboration across UBC in Vancouver and the Okanagan by providing funding to: 1) initiate new, or strengthen existing research collaborations; 2) enable travel to access unique infrastructure/core facilities at each location or to hold research meetings; 3) support travel, per diems, and accommodations for UBC researchers.
Amount: Up to $100,000
Duration: Up to 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: May 6 (first deadline), November 4 (second deadline)
Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation: J. Edouard Samson Award NEW
Description: recognizes the best career orthopaedic research over a period of five (5) years or more at a Canadian centre.
Amount: Up to $30,000
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: July 15
Call for Nominations
NRC Killam Prize
The Killam Prizes are among Canada’s most distinguished research awards. They are awarded annually (by the National Research Council) to outstanding Canadian scholars in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences and engineering. Each Killam Prize is worth $100,000 and is awarded in the expectation that the scholars will continue to contribute to the Canadian research community. | Deadline: June 6, 2024
NRC Dorothy Killam Fellowships
The Dorothy Killam Fellowships support scholars who: 1) demonstrate commitment to building Canada’s future and alignment with Killam attributes (inclusive collaborator, barrier breaker, researcher leader); 2) are mid-career researchers (typically have completed their PhD no more than 15 years prior); 3) are employed at a Canadian research institution.
The Dorothy Killam Fellowships are valued at $80,000 CAD per year for a total of up to $160,000 for 2 years.| Deadline: June 13, 2024
UBC University Killam Professors
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 27, 2024
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Laureate NEW
The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame laureate nominees are Canadian citizens who are role models for Canadians for their work in furthering health in Canada and the world or are nominated for an achievement developed significantly during a period of residency in Canada. Their outstanding contributions to medicine and the health sciences have led to extraordinary improvements in human health. | Deadline: June 10, 2024
Events
Event: Stem Cell Therapy in MS: Review of Treatments Using Bone Marrow Derived Cells NEW
Description: Dr. Mark Freedman is visiting Vancouver and will be giving a lecture during MS Connect Education Session.
Date & Time: April 9; 8:30am – 9:30am PST
Location: Online via Zoom (please email ms.researchnetwork@ubc.ca for zoom details), and in person at Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) Rudy North Lecture Theatre LL101
Event: Cell Therapies for MS and Related Disorders: Towards A Cure NEW
Description: Dr. Jan Lünemann is visiting Vancouver and will be giving a lecture during Neuroscience Grand Rounds.
Date & Time: April 10; 8:00am – 9:00am PST
Location: Online via Zoom (please email ms.researchnetwork@ubc.ca for zoom details), and in person at Jim Pattison Pavilion Room 1891 (899 W 12th Ave, Vancouver)
Event: Centre for Health Services and Policy Research seminar: Better data. Better decisions. Healther Canadians NEW
Description: This seminar will introduce the important and rich information available at CIHI, share progress being made in Canada towards better health data, and discuss working with CIHI as a researcher or partner. Speaker: Brent Diverty, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Date & Time: April 10; 12:00pm – 1:00pm PST
Location: Online via Zoom (registration required), and in person at SPPH 491
Event: 2024 Café Scientifique: Reinventing Cardiac Care – An AI-Empowered Paradigm
Description: Join us for an engaging conversation about how AI and your data can transform heart failure care, and potentially the healthcare system.
Date & Time: April 25; 5:30pm – 8:30pm PST
Location: Online via Zoom, and in person at Paetzold Health Education Centre, Vancouver General Hospital (899 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9)
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