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Alert
- Please send your research grant applications requiring faculty approval to fom.grantapprovals@ubc.ca.
- Congratulations to the following Faculty of Medicine faculty members, who were appointed as Members to the Order of Canada: NEW
- Dr. John Fleetham (Department of Medicine) for his pioneering work in sleep disorder medicine and for his mentorship of the next generation of sleep scientists;
- Dr. Keith Walley (Department of Medicine) for his innovative and translational research in the field of sepsis and septic schock.
- Congratulations to the recipients of the 2023 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards. List of recipients can be found here. NEW
- Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships internal UBC deadline: Jul 12 NEW
- UBC Faculty of Medicine launched graduate student fellowship competitions (deadline Jul 21):
Research Funding Opportunities
Weston Family Foundation: Brain Health: Sleep 2023 Program
Description: seeks to reduce the risk and/or slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases of aging by accelerating the development of healthy lifestyle approaches relating to sleep.
Amount: up to $1,200,000
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: July 11 (LOI)
UBC Faculty of Medicine: Roman M. Babicki Fellowship in Medical Research NEW
Description: made available through an endowment established by an estate gift from Roman M. Babicki (1927-2020) for an outstanding Ph.D. student who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, has achieved candidacy, and is undertaking cancer research.
Amount: $29,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Ph.D. students
Deadline: July 21
UBC Faculty of Medicine: Elizabeth C. Watters Research Fellowship NEW
Description: made available through an endowment established by the Estate of John Imrie Watters for a deserving graduate student or medical resident in the Faculty of Medicine engaged in research into the causes, treatment, and cure of lymphatic cancer.
Amount: $21,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: graduate students
Deadline: July 21
UBC Faculty of Medicine: Laurel L. Watters Research Fellowship NEW
Description: made available through an endowment established by the Estate of John Imrie Watters for a deserving graduate student or medical resident in the Faculty of Medicine engaged in research into the causes, treatment, and cure of breast cancer.
Amount: $21,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: graduate students
Deadline: July 21
BrightFocus Foundation: Macular Degeneration Research Program NEW
Description: BrightFocus provides research funds for U.S. domestic as well as international researchers pursuing pioneering research leading to greater understanding, prevention, and treatment of age-related macular degeneration. There are three opportunities as part of this program: 1) Postdoctoral Fellowship; 2) New Investigator Grant; 3) Innovative Research Grant.
Amount: 1) $200,000; 2) $450,000; 3) $600,000
Duration: 1) 2 years; 2 & 3) up to 3 years
Eligibility: 1) Postdoctoral Fellows; 2 & 3) Faculty
Deadline: July 31
UBC Faculty of Medicine: 2023 Seminar Series Fund NEW
Description: The purpose of the fund is to provide secondary support for interdisciplinary seminars of educational value with up to $1,500 per seminar series. Only one application per UBC Faculty of Medicine department, centre/institute or school will be accepted. If you’re currently seeking additional funding and your seminar qualifies under these criteria, please visit the Seminar Series Fund page and submit your application online by August 28th, 2023.
Amount: $1,500
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: August 28
Heart & Stroke, CIHR, and Brain Canada: 2023 Doctoral and Master's Personnel Awards for Indigenous Scholars NEW
Description: These new awards aim to promote strategic growth in heart and brain health science with Indigenous communities by supporting Indigenous students to pursue their post graduate studies.
Amount: up to $30,000 per year (Doctoral); up to $25,000 per year (Master's)
Duration: up to 3 years (Doctoral); up to 2 years (Master's)
Eligibility: Graduate students
Deadline: September 1
Call for Nominations
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. The Gairdner Foundation welcomes submissions from all areas of health research including but not limited to discovery, clinical, global health, and population science and translational research. | Deadline: July 15
UBC ORPA is currently offering support for nominations for the Canada Gairdner Momentum Award. Please see their website for details.
Prix Galien Canada Innovative Product Award NEW
Prix Galien is the most prestigious award in the field of pharmaceutical research and innovation. It recognizes the efforts and achievements of pharmaceutical research and development in Canada and around the world. The Prix Galien Canada - Innovative Product Award is presented every year to the company that has developed a drug product launched on the Canadian market and judged by the Jury to have made the most significant overall contribution to patient care in Canada in terms of efficacy, safety, benefits and innovation. | Deadline: August 2
Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences NEW
The Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences is intended to recognize breakthrough research in pure or applied life science research that is distinguished by its excellence, originality, and impact on our understanding of biological systems and processes. The award may recognize a specific contribution or series of contributions that demonstrate the nominee's significant leadership in the development of research concepts or their clinical application. Particular emphasis will be placed on research which champions novel approaches and challenges accepted thinking in the biomedical sciences. | Deadline: August 31
Events
Event: MSHRBC Clinical Trials BC Symposium 2023: Approaches for Accessible Clinical Trials NEW
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 (save the date)
Location: Online & in-person
Website: https://healthresearchbc.ca/event/clinical-trials-bc-symposium-2023-approaches-for-accessible-clinical-trials/
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