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Research Funding Opportunities
UBC Peter Wall Legacy Awards: Wall Fellowships
Description: support for research relating to three areas of interest: (1) Sustainable approaches to and development of the general urban environment, including water, energy and transportation infrastructure in British Columbia; (2) Environmental protection of oceans, beaches and waterfronts that impact British Columbia; and (3) Sustainable approaches to resource-intensive industry in British Columbia.
Amount: $1,000,000
Duration: up to 5 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: June 7 (NOI)
Craig H. Neilsen Foundation: Spinal Cord Injury Research on the Tranlational Spectrum NEW
Description: seek to improve the understanding of traumatic spinal cord injury and develop new approaches to alleviate the dysfunction and complications that follow. Programs available: Postdoctoral Fellowships, Pilot Research Grants, Senior Research Grants.
Amount: ranges based on program
Duration: ranges based on program
Eligibility: Postdoctoral fellows, faculty
Deadline: June 7 (LOI), Nov 8 (Full application)
UBC Faculty of Medicine: Bluma Tischler Postdoctoral Fellowship
Description: for MD or Ph.D. graduates in Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics, or associated disciplines carrying out research on the biochemical or genetic aspects of intellectual developmental disorders or other neurological disorders.
Amount: $25,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Postdoctoral fellows
Deadline: June 14
American Board of Medical Specialties: ABMS Visiting Scholars Program NEW
Description: Scholars remain at home organizations and work with self-selected mentors during the year-long program. They participate in monthly interactive webinars where they provide research project updates to their peers and a select panel of subject matter experts and alumni who provide guidance, support, and solutions to barriers they may be experiencing in their research work.
Amount: up to $15,000 (USD)
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Early career faculty, physicians, fellows and residents
Deadline: June 17
UBC Faculty of Medicine: New Faculty Research Award
Description: The New Faculty Research Award is for faculty members in the first two years of their first full-time faculty appointment as Assistant Professor (or higher), or Adjunct Professor in the UBC Faculty of Medicine as of the application deadline. This year, applications are accepted from Clinical Faculty members within four years of their first Clinical faculty appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor or higher. The funds may be used for research equipment, research supplies and/or research services, and research support salaries.
Amount: up to $10,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: June 26
UBC Peter Wall Legacy Awards: Wall Research Awards (Faculty)
Description: support for research relating to three areas of interest: (1) Sustainable approaches to and development of the general urban environment, including water, energy and transportation infrastructure in British Columbia; (2) Environmental protection of oceans, beaches and waterfronts that impact British Columbia; and (3) Sustainable approaches to resource-intensive industry in British Columbia.
Amount: up to $200,000 (team); up to $80,000 (individual)
Duration: up to 3 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: June 29 (NOI)
American Association for Cancer Research: AACR-Novocure Cancer Research Grant NEW
Description: to promote and support independent investigators who are currently conducting innovative research focused on Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields; intermediate frequency, low intensity, alternating electric fields that disrupt cell division in cancer cells) as well as to encourage independent investigators to enter the TTFields research field.
Amount: $350,000 (USD)
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: July 1
Call for Nominations
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Laureate
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
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: June 27, 2024
Canada Gairdner Momentum Award
The Canada Gairdner Momentum Award annually recognizes 2 mid-career investigators (typically 10-15 years past their first independent research appointment) working in Canada who in their last 6 active years have produced exceptional scientific research contributions with continued potential for impact on human health. | Deadline: July 15, 2024
Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research The prestigious Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research is awarded each year to an outstanding rising star researcher in the field of mental health, to recognize, encourage and support them as they pursue their research interests and goals. The annual national prize provides $100,000 in funding to Canadian early-career researchers (45 years or younger) with a demonstrated track record in research; excellence in scientific rigor, innovative thinking, imagination and originality; and a clear ability to work in partnership with other disciplines and/or research teams external to the institution with which they are affiliated. | Deadline: July 15, 2024
Events
BC Children's Hospital Research Institute PITCH Seminar Series NEW
Description: Speaker Dr. Katja Weinacht, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Stem Cell Transplantation at Stanford School of Medicine, Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, presenting Tapping into the therapeutic potential of the thymus.
Date & Time: May 31; 1:00 – 2:00pm PDT
Location: BCCHR Room 2108
UBC Knowledge Exchange & UBC Community Engagement: I'm a Community Engaged Researcher. Should I Start a Non-Profit?
Description: Running a non-profit demands time and resources but it can also offer less bureaucracy, greater flexibility, and reduced administrative costs compared to university settings. Explore the pros and cons of non-profit organizations and assess whether launching one is appropriate for your community-engaged research initiatives.
Date & Time: June 3; 10:00am – 12:00pm PDT
Location: Ponderosa Ballroom, 6445 University Blvd, UBC Vancouver (registration required)
UBC School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) Symposium 2024 NEW
Description: Join us and our outstanding community of faculty, trainees, industry and hospital partners, and students as we continue to define the future of health and healthcare at our annual Symposium.
Date & Time: June 4; 9:00am – 5:30pm PDT
Location: UBC AMS Nest - Great Hall, 6133 University Blvd (registration required)
UBC Faculty of Medicine Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) Beyond Diversity: Embedding a Culture of Inclusive Excellence in Medicine NEW
Description: The symposium will focus on embedding inclusive excellence into various domains of academic medicine, and discuss a range of topics including teaching, mentorship, leadership, research and patient care.
Date & Time: June 5; 12:00pm – 3:15pm PDT
Location: Online via Zoom (registration required)
UBC Centre for Health Education Scholarship: Indigenous Stream - Clinical Educator Fellowship Program Information Session NEW
Description: Attendees will meet with Dr. Rose Hatala, our Program Director, to learn more about the program and ask any questions they might have
Date & Time: June 25; 5:30pm – 7:00pm PDT
Location: Online via Zoom (registration required)
Other
Advanced Research Computing Bootcamp NEW
Enhance your skills in high-performance computing to support research that uses large datasets and computation, including tips and tricks for determining research risk, and using parallel computing. July 8-11, register to reserve your spot.
Indigenous Stream - Clinical Educator Fellowship Program NEW
CHES has an established, learner-centred Clinical Educator Fellowship Program. The Indigenous Stream is specifically seeking Indigenous applicants to participate in a four-year, part-time, funded position (or two years full-time). This fellowship stream is for any Indigenous physician and Indigenous ally physician interested in developing knowledge and skills as a Clinical Educator. Fellows within the Indigenous Stream, with the support of an advisory group, will help create a vision of an Indigenous approach to educational leadership and work alongside our incoming, first cohort of two fellows in the Indigenous Stream, Drs. Chelsea Monell and Janelle Syring. Contact: cef.program@ubc.ca.
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