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 Kathie Thompson, 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 Application Deadlines
| Anytime Applications |
|---|
| MITACS Student Internships (Accelerate BC) |
| MITACS Globalink Postdoctoral Internships |
| NSERC Alliance Grants (formerly Partnership Grants) |
| PWIAS - Theme Development Workshops |
| November | |
|---|---|
| Nov 1 | NSERC: Discovery (Operating) Grant (full application) |
| Nov 1 | NSERC Northern Research Supplements Program |
| Nov 1 | 2019 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize (nomination) |
| Nov 1 | SSHRC Connection Grants |
| Nov 1 | Peter Wall Institute (PWIAS) French Scholar Lecture Series |
| Nov 4 | Alzheimer’s Disease Research Grants Program (proposal) |
| Nov 6 | Doctoral Research Award: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (2019-2020) |
| Nov 8 | Northern Scientific Training Program (application) |
| Nov 8 | Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowships |
| Nov 12 | UBC-V Catalyzing Research Clusters Competition (application) |
| Nov 15 | SSHRC Partnership Development Grants (formal application) |
| Nov 15 | France-Canada Research Collaboration Program 2020 (application) |
| Nov 21 | Banting and Best Doctoral Award CIHR (application) |
| Nov 25 | NSERC Award for Science Promotion (nomination) |
| Nov 29 | MSFHR Scholar Awards (LOI) |
| December | |
|---|---|
| Dec 2 | WorkSafeBC Innovation at Work (LOI) |
| Dec 2 | Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's (CSG M) Program (appln) |
| Dec 2 | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Research Grant (application) |
| Dec 8 | NRSA-NIH Postdoctoral Fellowships, F Series (application) |
| Dec 10 | New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) Exploration (application) |
| January (2020) | |
|---|---|
| Jan 6 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant |
| Jan 9 | SSHRC Doctoral Awards (appln., by UBC; prior dept. approval req’d) |
| Jan 10 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction candidates, UBC deadline) |
| Jan 14 | MSFHR Research Trainee Competition (LOI) |
| Jan 15 | CCSRI Innovation Grant (application) |
| Jan 18 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (retention candidates, UBC deadline) |
| Jan 20 | CFI-Innovation Fund (IF-2020) (LOI) |
| Jan 27 | BCIC Ignite Program - Round 9 (LOI) |
| Jan 31 | Japan Prize (Japan Foundation) (nomination, following invitation) |
| Jan 31 | MSFHR Scholar Awards (application) |
| February | |
|---|---|
| Feb 1 | SSHRC Connection Grants |
| Feb 1 | JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards | Feb 1 | CUFA Distinguished Award Competition (nomination) |
| Feb 4 | CGS-MSFSS Foreign Study Supplements Program (application) |
| Feb 5 | CIHR Project Grants (registration) |
| Feb 5 | NIH: Research Grants, R01 new |
| Feb 14 | WorkSafeBC Innovation at Work (full proposal) |
| Feb 15 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction and retention candidates, Ottawa deadline) |
| Feb 19 | MSFHR Research Trainee Competition (application) |
| Feb 21 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) Nomination or Renewal (UBC deadline) |
| Feb 21 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (CRC nominees, UBC deadline) |
| April | |
|---|---|
| Apr 1 | SSHRC Impact Awards (nomination) |
| Apr 6 | BCIC Ignite Program - Round 9 (application, if invited) |
| Apr 8 | NRSA-NIH Postdoctoral Fellowships, F Series (application) | Apr 15 | Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (nomination) |
| Apr 15 | NSERC Synergy Award program (nomination) |
| Apr 22 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (CRC nominees, Ottawa deadline) |
| Apr 24 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) Nomination or Renewal |
| Apr 26 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenge (application) |
| Apr 29 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction candidates, UBC deadline) |
| May | |
|---|---|
| May 1 | NSERC CREATE program (LOI, external) |
| May 1 | SSHRC Connection Grants |
| May 1 | PWIAS Wall Solutions Initiative Award (LOI) |
| May 1 | PWIAS Wall Colloquia Abroad |
| May 2 | MSFHR Innovation to Commercialization (I2C) Program (application) |
| May 6 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (retention candidates, UBC deadline) |
| May 30 | MSFHR Reach Program |
| May 30 | MSFHR Convening & Collaborating (C2) Program |
| May 31 | A. G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences (nomination) |
| June | |
|---|---|
| Jun 5 | NIH: Research Grants, R01 new |
| Jun 7 | E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship (nomination) |
| Jun 10 | CGS-MSFSS Foreign Study Supplements Program (application) |
| Jun 15 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction and retention candidates, Ottawa deadline) |
| Jun 15 | Killam Research Prize (nominations) |
| Jun 17 | Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) (appln.) |
| Jun 19 | MITACS Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowships (LOI) |
| Jun 22 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation Grant (I2I) |
| Jun 25 | CIHR/NSERC Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) Stage 1 (LOI) |
| Jun 30 | Prix Galien Canada Fellowship (nomination) |
| Jun 30 | E.W.R. Steacie Prize (nomination) |
| July | |
|---|---|
| Jul 1 | ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable Initiative (proposal) |
| Jul 5 | Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships (UBC deadline for internal review) |
| Jul 17 | MITACS Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowships (application) |
| August | |
|---|---|
| Aug 3 | NSERC: Research Tools & Instruments: Categories 2 & 3 (NOI) |
| Aug 3 | NSERC: SAP Major Resources Support Program (NOI) |
| Aug 3 | SSHRC Connection Grants |
| Aug 3 | NSERC: Discovery (Operating) Grant (NOI - mandatory) |
| Aug 7 | New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) Exploration (NOI) |
| Aug 8 | NRSA-NIH Postdoctoral Fellowships, F Series (application) |
| Aug 14 | CIHR Project Grants (registration) |
| Aug 19 | Canada-UK-Artificial Intelligence Initiative (NOI) |
| Aug 24 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (CRC nominees, UBC deadline) |
| Aug 24 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) Nomination/Renewal (UBC 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
- HFSP – Human Frontiers of 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
- 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
