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) |
| PWIAS - Theme Development Workshops |
| June | |
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| 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 14 | 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 25 | CIHR/NSERC Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) Stage 1 (LOI) |
| Jun 25 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation Grant (I2I) |
| Jun 30 | Prix Galien Canada Fellowship (nomination) |
| Jun 30 | E.W.R. Steacie Prize (nomination) |
| July | |
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| 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 | |
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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 8 | NRSA-NIH Postdoctoral Fellowships, F Series (application) |
| Aug 12 | BCIC Ignite Program - Round 8 (LOI) |
| Aug 15 | CIHR Project Grants (registration) |
| Aug 23 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (CRC nominees, UBC deadline) |
| Aug 23 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) Nomination/Renewal (UBC deadline) |
| September | |
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| Sep 1 | NSERC Ship Time Grants |
| Sep 2 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (non-CRC, attraction candidates, UBC deadline) |
| Sep 6 | Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (applicant deadline) |
| Sep 9 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (non-CRC, retention candidates, UBC deadline) |
| Sep 11 | Genome BC: Genomics in Society Interdisciplinary Research Teams (proposal) |
| Sep 12 | CIHR Project Grants (application) |
| Sep 15 | Killam Research Fellowships (application) |
| Sep 15 | Sloan Fellowship Nominations |
| Sep 16 | CFI-Innovation Fund (IF-2020) (LOI) |
| Sep 17 | Guggenheim Fellowship Nominations |
| Sep 18 | Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships (application, Ottawa deadline) |
| Sep 20 | SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships (final application) |
| Sep 23 | NSERC CREATE program (full appln., Ottawa deadline, if invited) |
| Sep 23 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation Grant (I2I) |
| 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 | 2019 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize (nomination) |
| Nov 1 | SSHRC Partnership Grants (formal application) |
| Nov 1 | SSHRC Connection Grants |
| Nov 6 | SSHRC Doctoral Awards (direct application) |
| Nov 9 | Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowships |
| Nov 16 | France-Canada Research Collaboration Program (application) |
| Nov 25 | NSERC Award for Science Promotion (nomination) |
| Nov 29 | MSFHR Scholar Awards (LOI) |
| December | |
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| Dec 2 | WorkSafeBC Innovation at Work (LOI) |
| Dec 2 | Banting and Best Master's Award CGS (application, nat'l deadline) |
| 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) |
| January (2020) | |
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| Jan 7 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant |
| Jan 9 | SSHRC Doctoral Awards (UBC application) |
| Jan 10 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction candidates, UBC deadline) |
| Jan 13 | 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 31 | Japan Prize (Japan Foundation) (nomination, following invitation) |
| Jan 31 | MSFHR Scholar Awards (application) |
| February | |
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| 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 | NIH: Research Grants, R01 new |
| Feb 6 | CIHR Project Grants (registration) |
| Feb 14 | WorkSafeBC Innovation at Work (full proposal) |
| Feb 14 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction and retention candidates, Ottawa deadline) |
| Feb 14 | NSERC CREATE program (LOI, internal, for pre-approval) |
| 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) |
| March | |
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| Mar 1 | NSERC John C. Polanyi Award (nomination) |
| Mar 1 | NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Prize (nomination) |
| Mar 1 | NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize (nomination) |
| Mar 1 | China-Canada Scholars' Exchange Program 2019-2020 (application) |
| Mar 1 | Summer Studentships for Cystic Fibrosis research |
| Mar 1 | PWIAS International Visiting Research Scholars (application) |
| Mar 5 | NIH: Research Grants, R01 re-submission, renewal, revision |
| Mar 6 | CIHR Project Grants (application) |
| Mar 13 | MSFHR Innovation to Commercialization (I2C) Program (LOI) |
| Mar 15 | ACS-Petroleum Research fund (PRF) New Directions (proposal) |
| Mar 18 | Human Frontier Science Program (registration) |
| Mar 19 | E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship (internal review) |
| Mar 28 | Human Frontier Science Program (LOI) |
| Mar 29 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction candidates, NOI to UBC/IPO deadline) |
| Mar 31 | A. G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences (LOI) |
| Mar 31 | Timothy R. Parsons Award of Excellence in Ocean Sciences (nomination) |
| April | |
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| Apr 1 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant |
| Apr 1 | SSHRC Impact Awards (nomination) |
| 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 | |
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| 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) |
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
