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
| 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 15 | PIMS/BIRS Team Up! Pathways to Inclusive Research (application) |
| Apr 17 | NRCan Methane Measurement and Mitigation (EOI deadline) |
| Apr 18 | Canada Research Chair (CRC) (anticipated Nomination or Renewal, Ottawa) |
| 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 1 | SSHRC Connection Grants |
| May 6 | Genomics Innovation Fund |
| May 6 | UBC Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (application deadline) |
| May 13 | Health Research BC Convening & Collaborating (C2) (applicant deadline) |
| May 13 | Health Research BC Rwach (applicant deadline) |
| May 14 | Human Frontiers Postdoctoral Fellowships Program (LOI) |
| May 15 | Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute Collaborative Research Teams (application deadline) |
| May 27 | UBC Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Seed Program (application deadline) |
| May 29 | UBC Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Linkage Grants (application deadline) |
| May 30 | 2024 NordForsk-Led International Joint Initiative on Sustainable Development in the Arctic (Registration Deadline) |
| June | |
|---|---|
| Jun 6 | NRC Killam Prize (nomination deadline) |
| Jun 10 | CGS-MSFSS Foreign Study Supplements Program (spring deadline) |
| Jun 11 | National Science Foundation Global Centres: Bioeconomy (application deadline) |
| Jun 12 | CFI - John R. Evans Leaders Fund, JELF, June Application (attraction/retention candidates, UBC IPO deadline) |
| Jun 6 | NRC Dorothy Killam Fellowships (internal review) The Office of Research Prizes and Awards will offer reviews of application materials |
| Jun 13 | NRC Dorothy Killam Fellowships (application deadline) |
| Jun 14 | NSERC: Alliance Quantum grants (application deadline) |
| Jun 20 | SSHRC Connection Grants (application deadline) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
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