clinical faculty mentoring program

The Clinical Faculty Mentoring program pairs junior clinical faculty/new educators (mentees) with senior clinical faculty (mentors). Applications are now open for the 2025–26 program, delivered in partnership by Faculty Affairs and UBC CPD.

The 2025–26 cohort will run from October 2025 to April 2026. Apply as a mentee or mentor by July 15.

Research Funding Opportunities

Genome BC Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) NEW
- Eligibility: Faculty
- Deadline: July 14 & 28 (LOI), September 24 (full application)
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants
- Eligibility: Faculty
- Deadline: July 24
American Association for Cancer Research-Hope Scarves Metastatic Breast Cancer Innovation and Discovery Grant
- Eligibility: Faculty
- Deadline: July 24
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Immuno-Oncology Research Fellowship NEW
- Eligibility: Postdoctoral and clinical fellows
- Deadline: July 29
NSERC Discovery Grant NEW
- Eligibility: Faculty
- Deadline: August 1 (NOI)
CIHR Project Grant NEW
- Eligibility: Faculty
- Deadline: August 13 (registration deadline)
NFRF Exploration NEW
- Eligibility: Faculty
- Deadline: August 18 (NOI)
Health Research BC-Mitacs Industry Based Opportunity NEW
- Eligibility: Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows
- Deadline: January 31

Call for Nominations

Gairdner Canada Early Career Investigator Competition
- Deadline: July 11
Peter Gilgan Canada Gairdner Momentum Award
- Deadline: July 15
Schmidt Science Polymaths
- Deadline: July 15 (internal UBC deadline)
CIHR Leadership Award for Excellence in Vaccine Research for Infectious Diseases of Epidemic Potential
- Deadline: July 16
UBC Distinguished University Scholar - Faculty of Medicine Internal Selection
- Deadline: July 23
Holland Bloorview Pursuit Awards
- Deadline: August 29 (PhD students, postdocs and recent graduates are eligible)

Events

Faculty/Resident Development Initiatives Grant (FRDIG) Information Sessions
Date: July 16, 2025
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Location: Virtual
Who can attend: faculty or residents in the health or medical education programs at UBC

other

CIHR Project Grant Fall 2025
The SPARC Office is offering consultations for faculty members looking to submit applications for the upcoming CIHR Project Grant competition. We anticipate ResearchNet to be updated with new competition guidelines and timelines in July. For more information on the available SPARC support, please visit: https://sparc.ubc.ca/cihr-programs/cihr-project-grant

Engage in reconcili-ACTION: host an Indigenous student this summer!
seed2STEM is a unique summer research program for Indigenous high school students created as a way to address underrepresentation of Indigenous people in STEM fields, and encourage Indigenous youth to consider STEM education and careers. The program offers paid 6-week internships with wraparound supports.

Host supervisors are needed for this summer (July 7 to August 15). If interested, please contact summer@icord.org or check out the supervisor information page.

Call for early career researchers to be featured in faculty & staff spotlight

We're accepting nominations of early career researchers to be featured in the Faculty & Staff Spotlight on MedNet, including postdoctoral fellows, research staff and early career faculty. If you'd like to nominate someone, please email us at medresearch.admin@ubc.ca.

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