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Research Funding Opportunities
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
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)
National Institute for Health Care Management: Research Grants NEW
Description: Supports innovative investigator-initiated research with high potential to inform improvements to the U.S. health care system. Projects must advance the existing knowledge base in the areas of health care financing, delivery, management and/or policy.
Amount: see RFP for details
Duration: see RFP for details
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: June 28 (LOI)
Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation: Allied Scientist Grant NEW
Description: provide support to trainees enrolled in graduate-level training programs that are outside the clinical realm of interventional radiology but are still considered crucial to the future of IR.
Amount: up to $40,000
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Graduate students
Deadline: June 30 (proposal development form), January 15 (application)
Paralyzed Veterans of America: Spinal Cord Injury Grants NEW
Description: awarded in support of innovative research and fellowships with the potential to improve the lives of those with spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D) in the following categories: 1) Basic Science; 2) Clinical; 3) Design and Development; 4) Fellowships
Amount: varies based on category (please see the website)
Duration: varies based on category (please see the website)
Eligibility: Faculty and postdoctoral fellows
Deadline: July 1
NASPGHAN Foundation: Research Award NEW
Description: studies focused on disorders of carbohydrate (CHO) maldigestion/malabsorption in children, either primary or secondary.
Amount: $150,000
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: July 1
American Association for Cancer Research & Fanconi Cancer Foundation: NextGen Grant for Transformative Cancer Research NEW
Description: awarded in support of innovative research and fellowships with the potential to improve the lives of those with spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D) in the following categories: 1) Basic Science; 2) Clinical; 3) Design and Development; 4) Fellowships
Amount: $450,000 USD
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: July 9 (LOI), October 2 (application)
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Path to a Cure (PTAC) - Collaborative Research Grant NEW
Description: Intended to facilitate research that will contribute to the development of new therapies or therapeutic strategies to treat CF, with an emphasis on advancing CFTR gene repair and replacement approaches.
Amount: up to $1,000,000
Duration: up to 3 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: July 29
Call for Nominations
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
UBC Centre for Health Education Scholarship: Indigenous Stream - Clinical Educator Fellowship Program Information Session
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)
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