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 |
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| MITACS Student Internships (Accelerate BC) |
| MITACS Globalink Postdoctoral Internships |
| NSERC Alliance Grants (formerly Partnership Grants) |
| April | |
|---|---|
| Apr 1 | CIHR Project Grants (application) |
| 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 1 | CUFA-BC Distinguished Academics Award (nomination) |
| Apr 9 | Canada Research Chairs (CRC) (UBC CRC, final) |
| Apr 13 | New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) Transformation (application) |
| Apr 15 | NSERC Synergy Award program (nomination) | Apr 15 | Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (nomination) |
| Apr 20 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) (Nomination or Renewal, Ottawa) |
| Apr 26 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction candidates, UBC deadline) |
| Apr 27 | CIHR: Food Security & Climate Change in the Canadian North (registration) |
| Apr 30 | NSERC-BMBF Hydrogen Technologies Program (applications) |
| 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 25 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (CRC nominees/renewals, UBC deadline) |
| May 31 | A. G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences (nomination) |
| June | |
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| Jun 5 | NIH: Research Grants, R01 new |
| 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 28 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation Grant (I2I) |
| Jun 30 | Killam Research Prize (nominations) |
| Jun 30 | E.W.R. Steacie Prize (nomination) |
| July | |
|---|---|
| Jul 7 | Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships (nomination) |
| Jul 13 | CIHR Team Grant: Diabetes Mechanisms and Translational Solutions (application) |
| Jul 16 | Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships (UBC deadline for internal review) |
| Jul 17 | MSFHR Health Professional Investigator Competition (application) |
| August | |
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| Aug 1 | NSERC: Research Tools & Instruments: Categories 2 & 3 (NOI) |
| Aug 1 | NSERC: SAP Major Resources Support Program (NOI) |
| Aug 1 | SSHRC Connection Grants |
| Aug 1 | NSERC: Discovery (Operating) Grant (NOI - mandatory) |
| Aug 13 | Human Frontier Science Program Fellowship (registration) | Aug 18 | New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) Exploration (NOI) | Aug 20 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) (Nomination or Renewal, UBC deadline) |
| Aug 27 | Human Frontier Science Program Fellowship (application) |
| Aug 28 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (CRC nominees, UBC-IPO deadline) |
| September | |
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| Sep 1 | NSERC Ship Time Grants |
| Sep 3 | Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (applicant deadline) |
| Sep 4 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (non-CRC candidates, UBC deadline) |
| Sep 15 | NSERC PromoScience Grants (application) |
| Sep 15 | Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (nomination) |
| Sep 15 | Sloan Fellowship Nominations |
| Sep 15 | Canada Graduate Scholarships-CGS-D (application) |
| Sep 16 | CIHR Project Grants (registration) |
| Sep 16 | SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships (final application) |
| Sep 17 | Guggenheim Fellowship Nominations |
| Sep 22 | NSERC CREATE program (full appln., Ottawa deadline, if invited) |
| Sep 27 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation Grant (I2I) |
| Sep 28 | MSFHR Reach program (application) |
| Sep 28 | MSFHR Convening and Collaborating (C2) grants (application) |
| Sep 30 | Community University Engagement Support (NOI) |
| Sep 30 | Canadian Mathematical Society Coxeter-James award (nomination) |
| November | |
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| 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 |
| Nov 3 | Doctoral Research Award: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (2020-2021) |
| Nov 6 | PWIAS Scholars Program Theme: Complex Systems (application) |
| Nov 13 | France-Canada Research Collaboration Program 2021 (application) |
| Nov 13 | Brain Canada: Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Grants (LOI) |
| Nov 15 | SSHRC Partnership Development Grants (formal application) |
| Nov 23 | Banting and Best Doctoral Award CIHR (application) |
| Nov 25 | NSERC Award for Science Promotion (nomination) |
| Nov 29 | PWIAS French Scholars Lecture Series (LOI) |
| December | |
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| Dec 1 | CIHR Fellowships 2020-2021 (application) |
| Dec 1 | Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's (CSG M) Program (appln) |
| Dec 3 | Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize (nomination) |
| Dec 7 | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Research Grant (application) |
| Dec 7 | MSFHR Scholar Program 2021 (LOI) |
| Dec 8 | CIHR Indigenous COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity (application) |
| Dec 9 | CIHR Team Grant: Diabetes Mechanisms and Translational Solutions (registration) |
| Dec 14 | Community University Engagement Support (application) |
| Dec 18 | NSERC Emerging Infectious Disease Modelling Initiative (EIDM) (application) |
| January (2022) | |
|---|---|
| Jan 4 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction candidates, UBC IPO deadline) |
| Jan 4 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant |
| February | |
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| Feb 1 | SSHRC Connection Grants |
| Feb 1 | JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Feb 5 | NIH: Research Grants, R01 new |
| Feb 8 | MSFHR Scholar Program 2021 (LOI) |
| Feb 8 | MSFHR Research Trainee Program 2021 (LOI) |
| Feb 10 | Brain Canada: Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Grants (application) |
| Feb 10 | MITACS Elevate Research Fellowship (application) |
| Feb 10 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction candidates, NOI to UBC/IPO deadline) |
| Feb 12 | WorkSafeBC Innovation at Work (appln.) |
| Feb 12 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) (Nomination or Renewal, UBC deadline) |
| Feb 15 | ACS-PRF New Directions Grant Program (applications) |
| Feb 24 | NSERC CREATE program (LOI, internal) |
| March | |
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| Mar 4 | CIHR Project Grants (registration) |
| Mar 18 | Human Frontier Science Program (registration) |
| Mar 22 | MSFHR Scholar Program 2021 (application) |
| Mar 29 | MSFHR Research Trainee Program 2021 (appln.) |
| Mar 29 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant |
| Mar 30 | Human Frontier Science Program (LOI) |
| Mar 30 | NSERC-CWSE Program (application) |
| Mar 31 | A. G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences (LOI) |
Abbreviations
- ACS - American Chemical Society
- BCKDF – BC Knowledge Development Fund
- BMBF - Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- 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
- CUFA - Confederation of University Faculty Associations
- CWSE - Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering
- 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
- 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
