UBC Science offers guidance and practical support for researchers in identifying potential funding sources and with the application process. Faculty members in all Science departments and units are encouraged to contact Kathie Thompson, the Faculty's 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
| July | |
|---|---|
| Jul 4 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation Grant (I2I) |
| Jul 5 | MITACS Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship (proposal) |
| Jul 30 | Prix Galien Canada Fellowship (nomination) |
| August | |
|---|---|
| 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 3 | NSERC: Discovery (Operating) Grant (NOI - mandatory) |
| Aug 8 | CIHR Foundation Grant (registration) |
| Aug 8 | Cystic Fibrosis Discovery Research Grant (NOI) |
| Aug 8 | NRSA-NIH Postdoctoral Fellowships, F Series (application) |
| Aug 11 | Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships (UBC deadline for internal review) |
| Aug 15 | CIHR Project Grants (registration) |
| Aug 15 | CCSRI Innovation Grant (registration) |
| Aug 25 | NSERC Discovery Frontier: Biodiversity & Adaptation of Biosystems (application, if invited) |
| Aug 25 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction candidates, UBC deadline) |
| Aug 25 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) Nomination/Renewal (UBC deadline) |
| September | |
|---|---|
| Sep 1 | NSERC Ship Time Grants | Sep 6 | CIHR: Gold Leaf Prizes for Discovery, Impact, Early Investigator (nomination) |
| Sep 6 | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Research Grants (application) |
| Sep 12 | CIHR Foundation Grant (application, Stage 1) |
| Sep 15 | CIHR Project Grants (application) |
| Sep 15 | Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program (nomination) |
| Sep 15 | Killam Research Fellowships (application) |
| Sep 15 | Sloan Fellowship Nominations |
| Sep 15 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (retention candidates, UBC deadline) |
| Sep 18 | Guggenheim Fellowship Nominations |
| Sep 20 | Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships (application, Ottawa deadline) |
| Sep 21 | SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships (final application) |
| Sep 22 | NSERC CREATE program (full appln., Ottawa deadline, if invited) |
| November | |
|---|---|
| Nov 1 | NSERC: Discovery (Operating) Grant (full application) |
| Nov 1 | 2017 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize (nomination) |
| Nov 1 | NSERC Northern Research Supplements Program |
| Nov 1 | SSHRC Partnership Grants (formal application) |
| Nov 1 | SSHRC Connection Grants |
| Nov 2 | Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program (nomination) |
| Nov 4 | SSHRC Doctoral Awards (direct application) |
| Nov 4 | MSFHR Health Policy Fellowship (application) |
| Nov 7 | MSFHR Scholar Program (LOI) |
| Nov 9 | MITACS Globalink Student Research Awards |
| Nov 15 | CCSRI Innovation Grant (application) |
| Nov 17 | Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowships |
| Nov 30 | SSHRC Partnership Development Grant (application) |
| December | |
|---|---|
| Dec 1 | Canada Graduate Scholarships Master's Program (application) | Dec 1 | Tri-Agency Harmonization Master's Award: 2018-2019 (application) |
| Dec 8 | NRSA-NIH Postdoctoral Fellowships, F Series (application) |
| Dec 16 | MSFHR Scholar Program (application) |
| Dec 16 | WorkSafeBC Innovation at Work (LOI) |
| January (2018) | |
|---|---|
| Jan 5 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction candidates, UBC deadline) |
| Jan 9 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant |
| Jan 9 | SSHRC Doctoral Awards (UBC application) |
| Jan 12 | SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants (application) |
| Jan 16 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (retention candidates, UBC deadline) | Jan 17 | CIHR Canada-Israel Health Research Program 2017 (registration) |
| Jan 25 | JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Jan 30 | CUFA Distinguished Academic Awards (nomination) |
| February | |
|---|---|
| Feb 1 | NSERC Strategic Partnership Grant for Projects (LOI) |
| Feb 1 | SSHRC Connection Grants |
| Feb 1 | PWIAS Wall Scholar Research Award (application) |
| Feb 2 | SSHRC Insight Development Grant (application) |
| Feb 5 | NIH: Research Grants, R01 new |
| Feb 6 | CIHR Foundation Grant (application, Stage 2) |
| Feb 10 | WorkSafeBC Innovation at Work (full proposal) | Feb 14 | CIHR Canada-Israel Health Research Program 2017 (application) |
| Feb 15 | SSHRC Connection Program Partnership Grant (LOI) |
| Feb 15 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction and retention candidates, Ottawa deadline) |
| Feb 15 | CCSRI Innovation Grant (abstract) |
| Feb 15 | Japan Prize (Japan Foundation) (nomination, UBC deadline) |
| Feb 22 | MITACS Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship (application) |
| March | |
|---|---|
| Mar 1 | NSERC John C. Polanyi Award (nomination) |
| Mar 1 | NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Prize (nomination) |
| Mar 1 | NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize (nomination) |
| Mar 1 | Summer Studentships for Cystic Fibrosis research |
| Mar 1 | PWIAS International Visiting Research Scholars (application) |
| Mar 3 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (CRC nominees, UBC deadline) |
| Mar 3 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) Nomination or Renewal (UBC deadline) |
| Mar 5 | NIH: Research Grants, R01 resubmission, renewal, revision |
| Mar 9 | MSFHR Innovation to Commercialization (I2C) Program (LOI) |
| Mar 15 | NSERC CREATE program (LOI, internal, for pre-approval) |
| Mar 17 | ACS-Petroleum Research fund (PRF) New Directions (proposal) |
| Mar 20 | Human Frontiers of Science Program (registration) |
| Mar 30 | Human Frontiers of Science Program (LOI) |
| Mar 31 | Timothy R. Parsons Award of Excellence in Ocean Sciences (nomination) |
| April | |
|---|---|
| Apr 1 | NSERC Strategic Network Grants (preliminary application) |
| Apr 3 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant |
| Apr 5 | SSHRC Impact Awards (nomination) |
| Apr 8 | NRSA-NIH Postdoctoral Fellowships, F Series (application) |
| Apr 15 | Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (nomination) |
| Apr 17 | A. G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences (nomination) |
| Apr 18 | NSERC Synergy Award program (nomination) |
| Apr 19 | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Research Grants |
| Apr 21 | MSFHR Innovation to Commercialization (I2C) Program (application) |
| Apr 25 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) Nomination or Renewal |
| Apr 25 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (CRC nominees, final; non-CRC, attraction, 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 International Roundtable Awards (application) |
| May 15 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (non-CRC associated, retention only, UBC deadline) |
| May 15 | Killam Research Fellowships (application) |
| May 18 | IDRC Doctoral Research Fellowships (application) |
| May 31 | Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (pre-proposal) |
| June | |
|---|---|
| Jun 5 | NIH: Research Grants, R01 new |
| Jun 6 | CIHR/NSERC Collaborative Health Research Projects (LOI) |
| Jun 7 | NSERC Strategic Partnership Grant for Projects (application) |
| Jun 7 | E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship (nomination) |
| Jun 7 | MITACS Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship (NOI) |
| Jun 12 | CGS-MSFSS Foreign Study Supplements Program (application) |
| Jun 14 | MITACS Globalink Internships Program (proposals) |
| Jun 15 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction and retention candidates, Ottawa deadline) |
| Jun 15 | Killam Research Prize (nominations) |
| Jun 28 | CIHR:Operating Grant: Joint Programme in Neurodegenerative Disease (application) |
| Jun 30 | E.W.R. Steacie Prize (nomination) |
| Jun 30 | Canadian Mathematical Society Coxeter-James award (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 (formerly LOF)
- 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
- 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
- OPC - Office of the Privacy Commissioner 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
- SNG - Strategic Network Grant
- SPG – Strategic Project Grant
- SSHRC - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- T-AP – Trans-Atlantic Platform
