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Research Funding Opportunities
American Gastroenterological Association: AGA Pilot Award in Digestive Disease Health Disparities
Description: Supports recipients at any career stage establishing new research projects in health and healthcare disparities in digestive diseases.
Amount: $30,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Aug 23
American Gastroenterological Association: AGA-Pfizer Pilot Research Award in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Description: Supports a project researching new directions to improve the diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
Amount: $30,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Aug 23
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology: Dr. David L. Epstein Award
Description: Intended to fund a research project that supports the mentee of a senior-level investigator with a documented history of conducting eye and vision research in glaucoma and who has a record of successfully mentoring clinician-scientists to independent academic and research careers.
Amount: $100,000
Duration: 1-2 years
Eligibility: Senior Faculty
Deadline: Sep 1
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology: Kreissig Award for Excellence in Retinal Surgery
Description: Recognize investigators who have expanded or enhanced scientific knowledge related to understanding the rationale and mechanisms for a minimal approach to retinal surgery, an innovative surgical approach to retinal disease, and the functional results after the newly developed retinal surgery.
Amount: $30,000 honorarium
Duration: 1 time
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Sep 1
Foundation for Prader-Willi Research: Research Grant Program
Description: Supports research to advance the understanding and treatment of Prader-Willi syndrome.
Amount: $150,000
Duration: 18 months
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Sep 9 (LOI)
UBC Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies: Catalyst Collaboration Fund
Description: Supports either: Catalyst Collaboration Fund Stream 1 – Seed or match funding for transdisciplinary collaborative research projects related to climate and nature emergency; or Catalyst Collaboration Fund Stream 2 – Events focused on scholarly, artistic and research collaborations (e.g. academic roundtables and community engagement events) and knowledge translation and mobilization (e.g. videos, resources, open-access courses, larger public-facing events) related to the climate and nature emergency.
Amount: $10,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Sep 15
UBC Health: Health Innovation Funding Investment
Description: Awarded to faculty members who are collaborating across faculties, disciplines, and campuses to develop new teams, pursue new ideas, or translate findings from innovative health-related research.
Amount: $25,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Oct 14
Call for Nominations
Schmidt Science Polymaths
The Polymath program will make long-term bets on recently-tenured professors with remarkable track records, promising futures, and a desire to explore interdisciplinary research. Each professor will be awarded $500,000 per year, paid through their institution, for up to five years to help support a research group through talent, such as three to four students or postdocs, and resources. These grants are intended to make possible the exploration of new ideas across disciplines, using emerging technologies to test risky theories that may not otherwise receive funding or support. They are not intended to relieve the researcher of pursuing other grants to continue their mainstream work, nor to be large enough to fully support a modern lab.
The Faculty of Medicine has been asked by UBC VP Research & International to suggest nominees for the upcoming Schmidt Science Polymaths competition. It is a great opportunity for those who fit the eligibility criteria, and applications are by invitation only. We are seeking assistance with identifying up to 2 nominees per unit (Department/School) that could take advantage of this highly competitive opportunity. | FoM internal nomination deadline: Aug 19
WiSTEM2D Scholar Awards
Johnson & Johnson is looking to identify global women leading in both their research fields and leading as mentors, to be a vision for girls and other women in STEM2D. Recipients receive $150,000 over 3 years.
UBC is limited to six nominees: one woman assistant professor per STEM2D discipline – Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing, and Design. Therefore, VPRI has initiated an internal selection process. Nominations can be submitted directly to VPRI. | VPRI nomination deadline: Aug 24; 9am
Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship NEW
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
Events
Event: UBC VPRI Internal Awards information session
Description: The Office of Research Prizes and Awards team will be hosting two online information sessions on VPRI’s Faculty Research Awards.
Date & Time: Aug 25; 10:30am OR Sep 29; 11:30am
Location: Online via zoom
Register: Register here by Aug 22 for the Aug 25 session OR register here by Sep 26 for the Sep 29 session
Event: UBC VP Research Royal Society of Canada information session
Description: The Office of Research Prizes and Awards team will be hosting a Royal Society of Canada representative to discuss RSC nominations of Fellows and members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, including an overview of the distinctions, nomination process and guidelines, and Q&A.
Date & Time: Aug 30; 10am
Location: Online via Zoom
Register: Register here by Aug 26
Event: UBC Faculty of Medicine Fall 2022 Research 101 Seminar
Description: Please join us for an informative webinar to help researchers navigate the research landscape at UBC. This event is intended for researchers at all career stages and support staff, but open to all, and will include short presentations from the FoM Graduate and Postdoctoral Education team as well as guests from the Office of Research Services.
Date & Time: Aug 31; 10-11am
Location: Online via Zoom
Register: Please register here by 4pm on Aug 30
Other
UBC Micro-certificate in Regulatory Affairs in the Life Sciences
With financial support from the BC Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training, the UBC Academy of Translational Medicine (ATM) has partnered with UBC Extended Learning to offer the UBC Micro-certificate in Regulatory Affairs for the Life Sciences. This program consists of two five-week part-time courses, which will run back-to-back September to November 2022, that can be taken separately or stacked into a UBC Micro-certificate.
British Columbia has the fastest growing life sciences sector in Canada, and regulatory expertise is vital to the continued growth of the sector. This new micro-certificate is tailored to the unique bio-innovation landscape of BC and will equip learners with highly sought-after skills critical for the life sciences, biotechnology, biomanufacturing, medical device and pharmaceutical industries.
The first course, Introduction to Regulatory Affairs, provides an overview of the Canadian and global regulatory affairs landscape and its major stakeholders, and covers basic tools for evaluation safety and efficacy, regulatory requirements for clinical trials, and regulatory process pathways for medical devices. The second course, Regulatory Sciences and Health Economics, explores the emerging discipline of regulatory science, including real-word evidence, adaptive clinical trial design, patent law, health economics, post-market surveillance and regulatory reform. The two courses are five weeks each, with an average weekly commitment of 5−7 hours.
This online program combines self-paced independent study, weekly facilitated online sessions, and on-campus workshops that includes real-world UBC case studies. A remote virtual option is available for the workshops.
Spaces are limited, and are first-come, first-served. A limited number of financial subsidies are available to UBC Faculty of Medicine students, trainees and faculty members, as well as under-served learners.
Find out more and register here!
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