Grant Support and Deadlines

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 Application Deadlines

Anytime Applications
MITACS Globalink Accelerate International
NSERC Alliance Grants (incl. Alliance International)
Banff International Research Station: Focused Research Groups, Research in Teams, and 2-Day Workshop Programs
February
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)
March
Mar 1 Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships (LOI, UBC deadline)
Mar 8 CIHR Spring 2023 Project Grant Competition (application)
Mar 21 Human Frontier Science Program (registration)
Mar 23 NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant
Mar 28 A. G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences (LOI)
Mar 29 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, June Application (attraction candidates not requiring renovations, UBC/IPO registration)
Mar 30 PIMS/BIRS Team Up! Pathways to Inclusive Research (application)
Mar 30 Human Frontier Science Program (LOI)
Mar 31 Royal Society of Canada Awards (nomination)
April
Apr 1 NSERC John C. Polanyi Award (nomination)
Apr 1 NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Prize (nomination)
Apr 1 NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize (nomination)
Apr 1 SSHRC Impact Awards (nomination)
Apr 3 Canada-Japan 3+2 collaborative call for proposals on AI-based solutions for well-being, better living environments, and social connection for aging populations (proposal)
Apr 3 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, Spring 2023 Partnership CFI (UBC IPO deadline)
Apr 15 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (nomination)
Apr 18 Canada Research Chair (CRC) (Nomination or Renewal, Ottawa)
April 19 Canada – UK 2022-23 collaborative industrial research and development call for proposals on quantum technologies (Application)
Apr 19 NSERC Synergy Award program (nomination)
Apr 26 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, June Application (attraction /retention candidates, UBC IPO internal review deadline)
Apr 30 Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute Collaborative Research Teams (LOI)
May
May 1 NSERC CREATE program (LOI, external)
May 1 SSHRC Connection Grants
May 2 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition(NOI)
May 16 MSFHR Convening and Collaborating Program (anticipated deadline)
May 16 MSFHR Reach Program (anticipated deadline)
May 31 A. G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences (nomination)
June
Jun 2 L’Oréal International Women of Science Award (nomination)
Jun 7 Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships (anticipated deadline)
Jun 10 CGS-MSFSS Foreign Study Supplements Program (anticipated deadline)
Jun 12 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, June Application (attraction/retention candidates, UBC IPO deadline)
Jun 16 NSERC Discovery Horizons Grant (LOI)
Jun 19 NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant
Jun 26 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, October Application (attraction candidates requiring renovations/retention candidates, UBC IPO registration)
Jun 30 Killam Research Prize (anticipated deadline)
Jun 30 E.W.R. Steacie Prize (nomination)
July
Jul 3 Chemical Institute of Canada Awards (deadline)
Jul 13 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards (anticipated deadline)
Jul 24 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, October Application (attraction candidates not requiring renovations, UBC IPO registration)
August
Aug 1 NSERC SAP Research Tools & Instruments: Categories 2 & 3 (anticipated NOI)
Aug 1 NSERC: SAP Major Resources Support Program (anticipated NOI)
Aug 1 SSHRC Connection Grants
Aug 1 NSERC: Discovery (Operating) Grant (anticipated NOI - mandatory)
Aug 18 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, Fall 2023 Partnership CFI (UBC/IPO deadline)
Aug 18 Canada Research Chair (CRC) (Nomination or Renewal, UBC internal review)
September
Sep 1 NSERC Ship Time Grants
Sep 1 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (applicant deadline)
Sep 6 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, October Application (attraction/retention candidates, UBC IPO internal review deadline)
Sep 12 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition(Full Application)
Mid Sep Human Frontier Science Program (application)
Sep 15 CIHR Fall 2023 Project Grant Competition (application)
Sep 15 SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships (final application)
Sep 15 NSERC Alliance Missions: Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Emissions (LOI)
Sep 15 SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (application)
Sep 15 NSERC PromoScience Grants (application)
Sep 15 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (nomination)
Sep 15 Sloan Fellowship Nominations (last day)
Sep 15 Canada Excellence Research Chairs (registration)
Sep 18 NSERC Idea-to-Innovation Grant (I2I)
Sep 18 Guggenheim Fellowship Nominations
Sep 22 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards (application)
Sep 22 NSERC CREATE program (full appln., Ottawa deadline, if invited)
Sep 27 Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute Collaborative Research Teams (full application)
Sep 30 Canadian Mathematical Society Coxeter-James award (nomination)
October
Oct 1 SSHRC Insight Grants (application)
Oct 2 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, Fall 2023 Partnership CFI (UBC/IPO deadline)
Oct 3 SAP NSERC Research Tools & Instruments: Category 2 & 3 (appln.)
Oct 3 SAP NSERC Discovery Grants >$500,000 per year (appln.)
Oct 3 NSERC Major Resources Support Program (appln.)
Oct 5 NIH: Research Grants, R01 new Cycle III
Oct 5 CIHR 2022 Fellowship Grant (application)
Oct 7 Canada Research Chair (CRC) (Nomination or Renewal, UBC deadline)
Oct 10 CGS-MSFSS Foreign Study Supplements Program (appln)
Oct 11 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, October Application (attraction/retention candidates, UBC IPO deadline)
Oct 13 Canada Excellence Research Chairs (application)
Oct 14 ACS-Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) New Directions (proposal)
Oct 15 Killam Research Prize (UBC internal award, EOI)
Oct 15 Killam Research Fellowships (EOI)
Oct 15 UBC Charles A. McDowell Faculty Research Prize (nomination)
Oct 17 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowships
Oct 17 SSHRC Doctoral Awards (direct application)
Oct 17 Canada Research Chair (CRC) (Nomination or Renewal, Ottawa)
Oct 18 NSERC Discovery Horizons Grant (full application)
Oct 22 Community University Engagement Support (NOI)
Oct 25 SAP NSERC Research Tools & Instruments: Category 1 (appln.)
Oct 25 NSERC: Research Tools & Instruments (appln.)
November
Nov 1 NSERC: Discovery (Operating) Grant (full application)
Nov 1 NSERC Northern Research Supplements Program
Nov 1 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize (nomination)
Nov 1 SSHRC Connection Grants (application)
Nov 1 UBC-VPRI Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) (NOI)
Nov 1 Doctoral Research Award: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships
Nov 10 Northern Scientific Training Program (application)
Nov 15 SSHRC Partnership Development Grants (formal application)
Nov 15 UBC Jacob Biely Faculty Research Prize (nomination)
Nov 15 PWIAS Catalyst Collaboration Funding (application)
Nov 25 NSERC Award for Science Promotion (nomination)
December
Dec 1 Computer Science Canada Lifetime Achievement Award (nomination)
Dec 1 Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's (CSG M) Program (appln)
Dec 7 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize (nomination)
Dec 15 SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (application)
January (2024 - all dates are estimates)
Jan 3 Community University Engagement Support (application)
Jan 6 NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant
Jan 10 Volvo Environment Prize (nomination)
Jan 13 Canada-Japan 3+2 collaborative call for proposals on AI-based solutions for well-being, better living environments, and social connection for aging populations (registration)
Jan 15 CAP Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Industrial and Applied Physics; CAP-COMP Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal for Outstanding Service to Canadian Physics (nomination)
Jan 17 Joint Canada Israel Health Research Program (registration)
Jan 23 Canada-Japan 3+2 collaborative call for proposals on AI-based solutions for well-being, better living environments, and social connection for aging populations (expression of interest)
Jan 24 SSHRC Impact Awards (UBC internal deadline)
Jan 30 MSHRBC Scholar Program (application)
Jan 31 Canada – UK 2022-23 collaborative industrial research and development call for proposals on quantum technologies (registration)
Jan 31 Statistical Society of Canada Awards (several, others in Feb) (nomination)

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