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 Globalink Accelerate International |
| NSERC Alliance Grants (incl. Alliance International) |
| February | |
|---|---|
| Feb 1 | SSHRC Connection Grants |
| Feb 1 | JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Feb 5 | NIH: Research Grants, R01 new |
| Feb 8 | CFI Major Science Initiatives (MSI) Fund (appln., by invitation) |
| Feb 9 | CIHR Spring 2022 Project Grant Competition (registration) |
| Feb 9 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction/retention candidates, UBC/IPO deadline) |
| Feb 11 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) (Nomination or Renewal, UBC deadline) |
| Feb 14 | MSFHR Research Trainee Program (application) |
| Feb 14 | ACS-PRF New Directions Grant Program (applns., open until Mar. 11) |
| Feb 23 | CFI-IF 2022/2023 (NOI) |
| Feb 24 | NSERC CREATE program (LOI, internal) |
| Feb 24 | CIHR Health System Impact Fellowship (appln.) |
| March | |
|---|---|
| Mar 1 | CIHR TG: Food Security and Climate Change in the Canadian North (appln.) |
| Mar 1 | Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships (LOI, UBC deadline) |
| Mar 9 | CIHR Spring 2022 Project Grant Competition (appln.) |
| Mar 24 | Human Frontier Science Program (registration) |
| Mar 31 | Human Frontier Science Program (LOI) |
| Mar 31 | A. G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences (LOI) |
| 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 4 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant |
| Apr 15 | NSERC Synergy Award program (nomination) | Apr 15 | Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (nomination) |
| Apr 19 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) (Nomination or Renewal, Ottawa) |
| Apr 25 | 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 2 | Canada Excellence Research Chairs (registration) |
| May 16 | MSFHR Convening and Collaborating Program (application) |
| May 16 | MSFHR Reach Program (application) |
| May 31 | L’Oréal International Women of Science Award (nomination) |
| May 31 | A. G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences (nomination) |
| June | |
|---|---|
| Jun 1 | CFI-IF 2022/2023 (full proposal, CFI deadline) |
| Jun 1 | Canada Excellence Research Chairs (application) |
| Jun 7 | Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships (application) |
| Jun 10 | CGS-MSFSS Foreign Study Supplements Program (application) | Jun 15 | NSERC Discovery Horizons Grant (LOI) |
| Jun 15 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (attraction and retention candidates, Ottawa deadline) | Jun 27 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation Grant (I2I) |
| Jun 30 | Killam Research Prize (nominations) |
| Jun 30 | E.W.R. Steacie Prize (nomination) |
| July | |
|---|---|
| Jul 11 | Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards (UBC deadline) |
| Jul 16 | SSHRC Ideas Lab (NOI, for virtual workshop) |
| Jul 26 | CFI-JELF (attraction candidates, NOI, UBC deadline) |
| 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 1 | NSERC: Discovery (Operating) Grant (NOI - mandatory) |
| Aug 10 | NFRF-Exploration (NOI) |
| Aug 10 | CFI-Major Science Initiatives Fund (EOI) |
| Aug 18 | CIHR Fall 2021 Project Grant Competition (registration) | Aug 19 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) (Nomination or Renewal, UBC deadline) |
| Aug 20 | MSFHR Health Professional Investigator competition (application) |
| September | |
|---|---|
| Sep 1 | NSERC Ship Time Grants |
| Sep 2 | Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (applicant deadline) |
| Sep 7 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF (non-CRC candidates, UBC deadline) |
| Sep 15 | NSERC PromoScience Grants (application) |
| Sep 15 | CIHR Fall 2021 Project Grant Competition (application) |
| Sep 15 | Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (nomination) |
| Sep 15 | Sloan Fellowship Nominations (last day) |
| Sep 15 | SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships (final application) |
| Sep 17 | Guggenheim Fellowship Nominations |
| Sep 20 | CFI-Major Science Initiatives Fund (NOI) |
| Sep 22 | NFRF-Transformation (full application) |
| Sep 22 | NSERC CREATE program (full appln., Ottawa deadline, if invited) |
| Sep 22 | Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards (application) |
| Sep 26 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation Grant (I2I) |
| Sep 30 | Canadian Mathematical Society Coxeter-James award (nomination) |
| 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 2 | NFRF-Transformation (NOI) |
| Nov 2 | Doctoral Research Award: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships |
| Nov 4 | CFI-Major Science Initiatives Fund (full proposal) |
| Nov 6 | PWIAS Scholars Program (application) |
| Nov 10 | Northern Scientific Training Program (application) |
| Nov 12 | France-Canada Research Collaboration Program 2022 (application) |
| Nov 15 | SSHRC Partnership Development Grants (formal application) |
| Nov 23 | Banting and Best Doctoral Award CIHR (application) |
| Nov 24 | CFI-IF 2022/2023 (UBC Internal deadline) |
| Nov 25 | NSERC Award for Science Promotion (nomination) |
| Nov 30 | NSERC Alliance Missions (application) |
| December | |
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| Dec 1 | Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's (CSG M) Program (appln) |
| Dec 6 | MSFHR Scholar Program (LOI) |
| Dec 6 | MSFHR Research Trainee Program (LOI) |
| Dec 8 | Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize (nomination) |
| Dec 15 | SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (application) |
| January (2023) | |
|---|---|
| Jan 6 | NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant |
| Jan 10 | Volvo Environment Prize (nomination) |
Abbreviations
- ACS - American Chemical Society
- BCKDF – BC Knowledge Development Fund
- BMBF - Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- CAAF - Climate Action and Awareness 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
- 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
- TG - Team Grant
