UBC Science offers guidance and practical support for researchers in identifying potential funding sources and with the application process. Faculty members in all nine Science departments are encouraged to contact Kathie Thompson, the Faculty's research grant facilitator.
| Anytime Applications |
|---|
| MITACS Student Internships (Accelerate BC) |
| NSERC Partnerships Workshops Program |
| NSERC Engage Grants (EG) Program |
| May | ||
|---|---|---|
| May 1 | NSERC: Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) (NOI) | |
| May 1 | NSERC CREATE program (LOI, external) | |
| May 1 | Innovation Challenge Awards | |
| May 12 | JSPS Senior Scientist Fellowship Awards (by invitation) | |
| May 15 | Canada Council Killam Research Fellowhships (application) | |
| May 17 | NSERC Climate Change and Atmospheric Research (LOI) | |
| May 28 | Canada Excellence Research Chair Fellowhships (application) | |
| June | |
|---|---|
| Jun 5 | NIH: Research Grants, R01 new |
| Jun 7 | E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship Nominations |
| Jun 10 | CGS-MSFSS Foreign Study Supplements Program (application) |
| Jun 15 | Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize (nominations) |
| Jun 15 | CFI - LOF (‘attraction’ candidates, Ottawa submission) |
| Jun 30 | Steacie Prize Nominations |
| Jun 30 | Canadian Mathematical Society Coxeter-James award (nomination) |
| July | |
|---|---|
| Jul 3 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation Grant (I2I) |
| Jul 4 | WorkSafe BC Innovation at Work (NOI) |
| Jul 5 | Canadian Blood Services postdoctoral fellowships |
| Jul 20 | NSERC International Opportunities Fund (pre-proposal) |
| Jul 31 | Prix Galien Canada Fellowship (nomination) |
| August | |
|---|---|
| Aug 1 | NSERC: Discovery (Operating) Grant (submission of NOI) |
| Aug 15 | CIHR Operating Grant: 2012-2013 (registration) |
| Aug 15 | SSHRC Insight Grants (NOI) |
| Aug 25 | CFI - LOF (‘attraction’ candidates, internal review) |
| September | |
|---|---|
| Sep 1 | Heart and Stroke Foundation Canada Grant-in-Aid |
| Sep 7 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) Renewal (UBC deadline) |
| Sep 15 | CIHR Operating Grant: 2012-2013 (application) |
| Sep 15 | Killam Research Fellowships (application) |
| Sep 15 | Sloan Fellowship Nominations |
| Sep 15 | Guggenheim Fellowship Nominations |
| Sep 24 | NSERC CREATE program (full appln., Ottawa deadline, if invited) |
| November | |
|---|---|
| Nov 1 | NSERC: Discovery (Operating) Grant (full application) |
| Nov 1 | NSERC Northern Research Supplements Program |
| Nov 1 | PWIAS Exploratory Workshop Grant (internal application) |
| Nov 2 | Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships (nomination) |
| Nov 14 | France Canada Research Fund (application) |
| Nov 15 | Fulbright Traditional Scholar Awards (application) |
| Nov 17 | Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowships |
| December | |
|---|---|
| Dec 1 | Kavli Prizes in Astrophysics, Nanoscience or Neuroscience (nomination) |
| Dec 1 | Manning Foundation Research Innovation Awards (nomination) |
| Dec 15 | Max Planck Research Award (Humboldt Foundation, nomination) |
| Dec 15 | NSERC Summer Programs in Japan (JSPS) or Taiwan |
| Dec 20 | NSERC International Opportunities Fund (full appln., Ottawa deadline, if invited) |
| January (2013) | |
|---|---|
| Jan 9 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant |
| Jan 25 | JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Jan 25 | OPC Privacy Research & Knowledge Translation in Canada Program |
| February | |
|---|---|
| Feb 1 | CIHR Operating Grant (registration) |
| Feb 1 | Peter Wall Institute Early Career Scholar (application) |
| Feb 1 | Canadian Diabetes Association Operating Grant (application, prior NOI) |
| Feb 1 | Parkinson Society of Canada Pilot Project Grants (application) |
| Feb 1 | Summer Studentships for Cystic Fibrosis research |
| Feb 1 | CIHR Master's Award (Banting-Best Graduate Fellowship) |
| Feb 5 | NIH: Research Grants, R01 new |
| Feb 9 | CUFA Distinguished Academic Awards (nomination) |
| Feb 12 | ERA-Can FP7 Environment 2012 Programme (application) |
| Feb 15 | SSHRC Connection Program Partnership Grant (LOI) |
| Feb 15 | CCSRI Innovation Grant (abstract) |
| Feb 17 | World Anti-Doping Agency Research Grant |
| Feb 20 | Japan Prize (Japan Foundation) (nomination, UBC deadline) |
| Feb 28 | Timothy R. Parsons Award of Excellence in Ocean Sciences (nomination) |
| Feb 28 | Hampton fund Research Competition (internal application) |
| March | |
|---|---|
| Mar 1 | CIHR Operating Grant (application) |
| Mar 1 | NSERC John C. Polanyi Award (nomination) |
| Mar 1 | NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Prize (nomination) |
| Mar 1 | Peter Wall Institute Exploratory Workshop Grant (internal application) |
| Mar 1 | NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize (nomination) |
| Mar 5 | NIH: Research Grants, R01 resubmission, renewal, revision |
| Mar 15 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) Nomination or Renewal (UBC deadline) |
| Mar 21 | Human Frontiers of Science Program (LOI) |
| Mar 23 | MSFHR Career Investigator Award (application, prior LOI) |
| Mar 28 | Human Frontiers of Science Program (registration) |
| Mar 30 | Prostate Cancer Canada Pilot Program (application) |
| April | |
|---|---|
| Apr 1 | CCSRI Innovation Grant (application) |
| Apr 1 | IDRC Doctoral Research Award |
| Apr 1 | NSERC Strategic Projects (application) |
| Apr 2 | UBC International Research Collaboration Workshop Grant (application) |
| Apr 2 | L'Oreal Canada postdoctoral research fellowhships (application) |
| Apr 2 | NSERC CREATE program (LOI, internal, for pre-approval) |
| Apr 10 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant |
| Apr 15 | NSERC Synergy Award program (nomination) |
| Apr 25 | CFI-LOF (CRC, 'attraction' UBC deadline) |
| Apr 30 | Canada Research Chair Nomination or Renewal |
ACS – American Chemical Society
BCKDF – BC Knowledge Development Foundation
CCSRI - Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (formerly NCIC)
CDA – Canadian Diabetes Association
CECR – Centres of Excellence for Commercialization & Research
CFI – Canada Foundation for Innovation
CGS - Canada Graduate Scholarships
CHRP - Collaborative Health Research Projects
CIHR – Canadian Institutes of Health Research
CRC – Canada Research Chair
CREATE - Collaborative Research & Training Experience
CSA – Canadian Space Agency
CUFA - Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC
HFSP – Human Frontiers of Science Program
IDRC – International Development Research Centre
ISTP - International Science and Technology Partnerships
I2I – Idea-to-Innovation
JSPS – Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
LEF – Leading Edge Fund
LOF – Leaders Opportunity Fund
LOI – Letter of Intent
MITACS - Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems
MRS – Major Resources Support Program
MSFHR - Michael Smirth Foundation for Health Research
MSFSS – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements
NCE – Networks of Centres of Excellence
NIF – New Initiatives Fund
NIH - National Institutes of Health (USA)
NOI – Notice of Intent [to apply for a grant] (equivalent to registration)
NSERC – Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
OPC - Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
PWP - Partnership Workshops Program
PWIAS - Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
SAP - Subatomic Physics
SNG - Strategic Network Grant
SPG – Strategic Project Grant
SSHRC - Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Kathie Thompson
MSc, PhD
172 Michael Smith Labs
P: 604.822.3668
E: thompson@science.ubc.ca
UBC's Research Grant Facilitators Network provides assistance to faculty members applying to all funding agencies. A current list of network members can be found on the Office of the VP Research site.
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