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, Fellowship and Award Application Deadlines*

*Some listed dates are based on previous year's grant cycle or early announcements and are a rough estimate. Be sure to check program website to confirm current deadline dates
Anytime Applications
MITACS Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowships
MITACS Accelerate
MITACS Globalink Accelerate International
NSERC Alliance Grants (incl. Alliance International)
NSERC Alliance International Catalyst Quantum Grants (ongoing until March 31, 2024)
Banff International Research Station: Focused Research Groups, Research in Teams, and 2-Day Workshop Programs
March
Mar 1 Fulbright Arctic Initiative Award (Application deadline)
Mar 6 CIHR Spring 2023 Project Grant Competition (application)
Mar 8 WorksafeBC Innovation Grants - Exploration (application)
Mar 8 ACS-Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) New Directions (proposal)
Mar 14 Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance AMR Interventions 2024 (pre-proposal deadline)
Mar 15 Royal Society of Canada Awards (nomination)
Mar 19 Human Frontier Science Program (registration)
Mar 2 NSERC CREATE (Internal Deadline)
Mar 28 NSERC-French Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) call for proposals on quantum technologies (Application Due)
Mar 28 A. G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences (LOI)
Mar 28 Human Frontier Science Program (LOI deadline)
Mar 28 Genome BC GeneSolve (EOI deadline Intake 3)
Mar 29 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, June Application (attraction candidates not requiring renovations, UBC/IPO registration)
Mar 31 Alliance International Catalyst Quantum grants (deadline)
April
Apr 1 SSHRC Impact Awards (anticipated nomination deadline)
Apr 2 NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant
Apr 5 Polar Knowledge Canada Training and Capacity Building – Northern Region 2024-2027 (application deadline)
Apr 10 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, Spring Partnership CFI (UBC IPO deadline)
Apr 12 Polar Knowledge Canada Training and Capacity Building – Inuit Nunangat 2024-2027 (application deadline)
Apr 14 Health Innovation Funding Investment (anticipated application deadline based on previous years)
Apr 15 PIMS/BIRS Team Up! Pathways to Inclusive Research (application)
Apr 17 NRCan Methan Measurement and Mitigation (EOI deadline)
Apr 18 Canada Research Chair (CRC) (anticipated Nomination or Renewal, Ottawa)
Apr 24 Genomic Applications Partnership Program (anticipated draft EOI deadline)
Apr 26 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, June Application (attraction /retention candidates, UBC IPO internal review anticipated deadline)
May
May 1 NSERC CREATE program (LOI, external)
May TBD Genomics Innovation Fund
May 1 SSHRC Connection Grants
May 6 UBC Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (application deadline)
May 11 Human Frontiers Postdoctoral Fellowships Program (LOI)
May 13 Health Research BC Convening & Collaborating (C2) (applicant deadline)
May 13 Health Research BC Rwach (applicant deadline)
May 15 Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute Collaborative Research Teams (anticipated LOI)
May 22 UBC Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Seed Program (anticipated deadline)
May 29 UBC Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Linkage Grants (anticipated deadline)
May 30 2024 NordForsk-Led International Joint Initiative on Sustainable Development in the Arctic (Registration Deadline)
June (Dates to be updated for 2024)
Jun 2 NRC Killam Prize (nomination deadline)
Jun 8 Canada Biomedical Research Fund and Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund—Stage 2 (NOI)
Jun 10 CGS-MSFSS Foreign Study Supplements Program (spring deadline)
June 11 National Science Foundation Global Centres: Bioeconomy (application deadline)
Jun 12 Genomic Applications Partnership Program (final EOI deadline)
Jun 12 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, June Application (attraction/retention candidates, UBC IPO deadline)
Jun 12 NRC Dorothy Killam Fellowships (internal deadline) The Office of Research Prizes and Awards will offer reviews of application materials from Monday, May 29 to Friday, June 9.
Jun 16 NRC Dorothy Killam Fellowships (application deadline)
Jun 16 NSERC Discovery Horizons (pilot) (LOI deadline)
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)
July (dates to be updated for 2024)
July 7 UBC-TEBO Open Call for Research (deadline for shortlisted applications)
Jul 12 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards (deadline)
Jul 24 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, October Application (attraction candidates not requiring renovations, UBC IPO registration)
August (dates to be updated for 2024)
Aug 1 NSERC SAP Research Tools & Instruments: Categories 2 & 3 (anticipated NOI)
Aug 1 Chemical Institute of Canada Awards (deadline)
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 17 CIHR Project Grant : Fall 2023 Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas) (registration)
Aug 17 CIHR Fall 2023 Project Grant Competition (registration)
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)
Aug 22 Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology Global Research Outreach (Proposal Deadline)
Aug 26 Genome BC GeneSolve (EOI deadline Intake 4)
Aug 31 E.W.R. Steacie Prize (nomination)
September (Dates to be updated for 2024)
Sep 1 NSERC Ship Time Grants
Sep 1 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (applicant deadline)
Sept 5 NFRF Transformation Competition (Deadline)
Sep 6 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, October Application (attraction/retention candidates, UBC IPO internal review deadline)
Sep 7 Canada Biomedical Research Fund and Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund—Stage 2 (Application Deadline)
Sep 11 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Staff Exchanges (Application 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 14 CIHR Project Grant : Fall 2023 Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas) (application)
Sep 14 CIHR Fall 2023 Project Grant Competition (application)
Sep 15 SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships (final application)
Sep 15 SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (application)
Sep 15 NSERC PromoScience Grants (application)
Sep 15 Sloan Fellowship Nominations (last day)
Sep 18 NSERC Idea-to-Innovation Grant (I2I)
Mid Sept Guggenheim Fellowship (anticipated based on previous years)
Sep 22 Community University Engagement Support (NOI)
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 28 Human Frontiers Postdoctoral Fellowships Program (application deadline)
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 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 16 NSERC Alliance Consortia Quantum grants (application deadline)
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-CSE Research Communities grants (LOI deadline)
Oct 18 Ministry of Health Research Seed Grant Program (NOI deadline)
Oct 18 NSERC Discovery Horizons (pilot) (application deadline)
Oct 23 UBC Research Facility Support Grants (application deadline)
Oct 25 SAP NSERC Research Tools & Instruments: Category 1 (application deadline)
Oct 25 NSERC: Research Tools & Instruments (application deadline)
Oct 31 NSERC: Alliance Quantum grants (application deadline)
November (to be updated for 2024)
Nov 1 Amazon research Awards (full application)
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 1 Simons Early Career Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards (LOI)
Nov 2 Governor General's innovation Awards (Internal Deadline)
Nov 2 UBC CoLab Pilot Project (LOI)
Nov 3 UBC Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (application deadline)
Nov 7 Digital Research Alliance of Canada Resource Allocation Competition (application deadline)
Nov 8 NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable agriculture research initiative(Full project deadline)
Nov 10 Northern Scientific Training Program (application)
Nov 15 UBC Health After 2020 (application due)
Nov 15 UBC Charles A. McDowell Faculty Research Prize (nomination)
Nov 15 SSHRC Partnership Development Grants (formal application)
Nov 15 Killam Research Prize (UBC internal award, EOI)
Nov 15 Killam Research Fellowships (EOI)
Nov 15 UBC Jacob Biely Faculty Research Prize (nomination)
Nov 15 NSERC Award for Science Promotion (nomination deadline)
Nov 17 Canadian Space Agency - Research Opportunities in Satellite Earth Observation (application deadline extended)
Nov 17 Mitacs Globalink Research Award Thematic Call (deadline)
Nov 17 France Canada Research Fund New Research Collaboration Program (internal deadline - send to heather.frost@ubc.ca)
Nov 28 NSERC John C. Polanyi Award (nomination deadline)
Nov 28 NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Prize (nomination deadline)
Nov 28 The NSERC Donna Strickland Prize for Societal Impact of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research (nomination deadline)
December
Dec 1 CFI 2025 Innovation Fund (Internal LOI Deadline)
Dec 1 Computer Science Canada Lifetime Achievement Award (nomination)
Dec 1 Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's (CSG M) Program (appln)
Dec 5 EduCanada Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program (appln)
Dec 6 Mitacs CleanTech Call (appln)
Dec 6 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize (nomination)
Dec 12 NFRF Exploration Competition (full application due)
Dec 14 Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships (sponsor deadline - internal deadline passed)
Dec 14 NSERC Synergy Award program (anticipated deadline)
Dec 14 Canadian Space Agency- Flights and Fieldwork for the Advancement of Science and Technology (FAST 2023) Call (application deadline)
Dec 15 Ministry of Health Research Seed Grant Program (application deadline)
Dec 15 SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (application)
Dec 17 Canadian Association of Physicists Medals for Research (nominations due)
Dec 18 Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration program (EOI)
January
Jan 8 NSERC Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) Grant
Jan 10 NFRF Transformation Competition (LOI Deadline)
Jan 10 UBC Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (Application Deadline)
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 20 Volvo Environment Prize (nomination)
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 22 MSHRBC Scholar Program (application)
Jan 26 WorksafeBC Research Grants (Innovation and Specific Priorities Grants) (LOI due)
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)
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 4 Canada-France Mourou-Strickland Mobility Program (application)
Feb 4 Embassy of France High Level Scientific Fellowship (application)
Feb 5 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Staff Exchanges (application)
Feb 9 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, February Application (attraction/retention candidates, UBC/IPO internal review deadline)
Feb 10 Canada Research Chair (CRC) (Nomination or Renewal, UBC deadline)
Feb 12 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, Spring 2024 Partnership CFI (UBC/IPO 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 WorksafeBC Research training awards and Ralph McGinn Postdoctoral Fellowship (applications due)
Feb 28 CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, June Application (attraction candidates renovations/retention candidates, UBC/IPO registration)

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