UBC Science offers guidance to Science faculty members in identifying potential funding sources, as well as practical support with the application process for major funding agencies. Faculty members in all Science departments and units are encouraged to contact Devin Lyons, Science Research Grant Facilitator.
Services
- Regularly updated information regarding funding opportunities
- Advice and guidance on research grant proposal preparation
- Substantive review of proposal drafts and applications
- Facilitation of interdisciplinary collaborations and partnerships
- Information regarding signature requirements for grant submissions
Grant, Fellowship and Award Application Deadlines*
| *Some listed dates are based on previous year's grant cycle or early announcements and are a rough estimate. Be sure to check program website to confirm current deadline dates |
| February (dates to be updated for 2024) |
| Feb 1 |
SSHRC Connection Grants |
| Feb 1 |
CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics (nomination) |
Feb 1 |
Computer Science Canada Awards (several, excluding lifetime acheivement) (nomination) |
Feb 1 |
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Feb 5 |
NIH: Research Grants, R01 new |
| Feb 8 |
CIHR Spring 2023 Project Grant Competition (registration) |
| Feb 9 |
CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, February Application (attraction/retention candidates, UBC/IPO internal review deadline) |
| Feb 10 |
CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, Spring 2023 Partnership CFI (UBC/IPO deadline) |
Feb 10 |
Canada Research Chair (CRC) (Nomination or Renewal, UBC deadline) |
Feb 15 |
Lise Manchester Award (statistics) (nomination) |
Feb 15 |
Canada – UK 2022-23 collaborative industrial research and development call for proposals on quantum technologies (Expression of Interest) |
Feb 16 |
Joint Canada Israel Health Research Program (Application Deadline) |
Feb 17 |
PWIAS Catalyst Collaboration Fund (Application Deadline) |
| Feb 28 |
CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, June Application (attraction candidates renovations/retention candidates, UBC/IPO registration) |
Feb 29 |
Simons Early Career Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards (Application deadline) |
Abbreviations
- ACS - American Chemical Society
- BCKDF – BC Knowledge Development Fund
- CCSRI - Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute
- CFI – Canada Foundation for Innovation
- CGS - Canada Graduate Scholarships
- CHRP - Collaborative Health Research Partnership
- CIHR – Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- CRC – Canada Research Chair
- CRD - Collaborative Research and Development
- CREATE - Collaborative Research and Training Experience
- CRM - Centre de recherches mathematiques
- CUES - Community University Engagement Support
- CUFA - Confederation of University Faculty Associations
- CWSE - Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering
- DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- HRBC – Health Research BC
- HFSP – Human Frontier Science Program
- IDRC – International Development Research Centre
- I2I – Idea-to-Innovation
- IF - Innovation Fund
- JELF - John R. Evans Leaders Fund
- JSPS – Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- LOI – Letter of Intent
- MITACS - Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems
- MSFHR - Michael Smirth Foundation for Health Research (now Health Research BC)
- MSFSS – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements
- NCE – Networks of Centres of Excellence
- NFRF - New Frontiers in Research Fund
- NIH - National Institutes of Health (USA)
- NOI – Notice of Intent [to apply for a grant] (equivalent to registration)
- NRCan – Natural Resources Canada
- NRSA - National Research Service Award (NIH Postdoctoral Fellows Program)
- NSERC – Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- PDF - Postdoctoral Fellow
- PIMS - Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
- PRF - Petroleum Research Fund
- PWIAS - Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
- RTI - Research Tools & Instruments
- SAP - Subatomic Physics
- SOI - Statement of Interest
- SSHRC - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- TG - Team Grant
