Find details about awards and funding opportunities to support research.
| Name | FoM Deadline | FoM Deadline (Hide) | Sponsor Deadline | Sponsor Deadline (Hide) | Eligibility | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada Research Chairs (CRC) | April 6, 2024 | 2024/04/06 | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | Faculty | UBC/FoM Calls for CRC applications. |
| Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) | December 22, 2021 | 2021/12/22 | October 13, 2022 | 2022/10/13 | Faculty | Offers UBC an opportunity to establish highly funded research chairs in specific science, technology, and innovation priority areas. |
| Canada First Research Excellence Fund | December 13, 2021 | 2021/12/13 | August 31, 2022 | 2022/08/31 | Faculty | Supports Canada’s postsecondary institutions in their efforts to become global research leaders. |
| Charles A. McDowell Research Award | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | November 15, 2024 | 2024/11/15 | Faculty | Medal presented to an outstanding young faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in pure or applied scientific research. |
| Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer Research | March 17, 2023 | 2023/03/17 | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | Faculty | Prize awarded annually to a Canadian who has made outstanding contributions to the treatment, amelioration, or cure for cancer. |
| CIHR 2023 Fellowship Award | September 27, 2023 | 2023/09/27 | October 5, 2023 | 2023/10/05 | Postdoctoral | Fellowships provide support for highly qualified applicants in all areas of health research at the post-PhD degree or post-health professional degree stages to add to their experience by engaging in health research either in Canada or abroad. |
| CIHR Fall 2023 Project Grant | September 6, 2023 | 2023/09/06 | September 14, 2023 | 2023/09/14 | Faculty | The Project Grant program is open to applicants in all areas of health research that are aligned with the CIHR mandate. |
| Distinguished University Scholar | June 29, 2023 | 2023/06/29 | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | Faculty | Recognizes exceptional members of faculty in the areas of research and/or teaching or learning. |
| FoM Multidisciplinary Research Program in Medicine | March 24, 2023 | 2023/03/24 | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | Faculty Undergraduate | Provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to explore their interest in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research. Applications for supervisors and students are completed separately at two different timepoints. |
| FoM New Faculty Research Award | June 26, 2024 | 2024/06/26 | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | Faculty | Start up funding for new recruits in the Faculty of Medicine. |
| FoM Seminar Series Fund | August 28, 2023 | 2023/08/28 | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | Faculty | Funds intended for the support of seminar series in the UBC Faculty of Medicine. |
| FoM Summer Student Research Program | February 15, 2023 | 2023/02/15 | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | Undergraduate | Provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to explore their interest in medical research by undertaking a project during the summer. |
| Friedman Award for Scholars in Health | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | March 10, 2023 | 2023/03/10 | Graduate | Provides funding to graduate students or medical residents so that they can pursue a learning opportunity to further their career. |
| Jacob Biely Research Prize | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | November 15, 2024 | 2024/11/15 | Faculty | Prize and certificate awarded annually to an active faculty researcher for a distinguished record of published research. |
| Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship | October 28, 2024 | 2024/10/28 | November 15, 2024 | 2024/11/15 | Faculty | Intended to support exceptional early career researchers across all disciplines who have the potential for significant impact in their field of scholarship and are ready to launch the next stage of their career. |
| Killam Faculty Research Fellowship | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | November 15, 2024 | 2024/11/15 | Faculty | Assist promising faculty members who wish to devote full time to research and study in their field during a recognized study leave. |
| Killam Faculty Research Prize | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | November 15, 2024 | 2024/11/15 | Faculty | Prize awarded annually to full-time faculty members in recognition of outstanding research and scholarly contributions. |
| Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize | March 17, 2023 | 2023/03/17 | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | Faculty | Prize awarded annually to Canadian physicians or scientists who have made outstanding contributions to brain disorders research. |
| Margolese National Heart Disorders Prize | March 17, 2023 | 2023/03/17 | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | Faculty | Prize awarded annually to Canadian physicians or scientists who have made outstanding contributions to heart disorders research. |
| MSHRBC 2024 Research Trainee Award | February 19, 2024 | 2024/02/19 | February 23, 2024 | 2024/02/23 | Postdoctoral | Supports health researchers in the training phase of their research career to enable career development and enrich BC’s health research talent. |
| MSHRBC 2024 Health Professional-Investigator Award | January 3, 2024 | 2024/01/03 | January 22, 2024 | 2024/01/22 | Health Professional | Intended to help decrease the gap between health research and its implementation by supporting health professionals to conduct and apply research relevant to health and/or the health system. |
| MSHRBC 2024 Scholar Award | January 3, 2024 | 2024/01/03 | January 22, 2024 | 2024/01/22 | Faculty | Designed to attract and foster the development of outstanding health researchers in British Columbia. |
| NSERC 2023 Discovery Grant | October 23, 2023 | 2023/10/23 | November 1, 2023 | 2023/11/01 | Faculty | Assists in promoting and maintaining a diversified base of high-quality research capability in the natural sciences and engineering in Canadian universities. |
| NSERC 2023 Research Tools & Instruments | October 17, 2023 | 2023/10/17 | October 25, 2023 | 2023/10/25 | Faculty | Foster and enhance the discovery, innovation and training capability of university researchers in the natural sciences and engineering by supporting the purchase of research equipment. |
| NFRF 2024 Transformation | January 2, 2023 | 2024/01/02 | January 9, 2024 | 2024/01/09 | Faculty | Supports large-scale, Canadian-led interdisciplinary research projects that address a major challenge with the potential to realize real and lasting change. |
| NFRF 2023 Exploration | December 4, 2023 | 2023/12/04 | December 11, 2023 | 2023/12/11 | Faculty | Supports high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research. |
| President's Award for Public Education through Media | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | November 15, 2024 | 2024/11/15 | Faculty | Research stipend presented to a faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding service to the University and the community by sharing research expertise via the news media. |
| Schmidt Science Polymaths | August 19, 2022 | 2022/08/19 | August 31, 2022 | 2022/08/31 | Faculty | Aims to encourage the best “polymath” scientists to expand their research portfolios by exploring a substantive disciplinary shift soon after achieving tenure. |
| SSHRC 2023 Insight Grant | September 25, 2023 | 2023/09/25 | October 3, 2023 | 2023/10/03 | Faculty | Supports research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. Funding is available to both emerging and established scholars for research initiatives of two to five years. |
| SSHRC 2023 Insight Development Grant | January 25, 2023 | 2023/01/25 | February 2, 2023 | 2023/02/02 | Faculty | Supports research in its initial stages. The grants enable the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas. |
| Susan G. Komen Career Catalyst Research Grant | July 30, 2021 | 2021/07/30 | October 13, 2021 | 2021/10/13 | Faculty | Supports early career researchers conducting breast cancer research. |
| University Killam Professors | June 27, 2024 | 2024/06/27 | Not applicable | 0000/00/00 | Faculty | Recognizes exceptional members of faculty who are extraordinary teachers and researchers, leaders in their academic fields, and have received national and international recognition. |
| V Foundation for Cancer Research | March 6, 2023 | 2023/03/06 | April 24, 2023 | 2023/04/24 | Faculty | Funds to support cancer research. Internal selection required. |
| WiSTEM2D Scholar Award | August 24, 2022 | 2022/08/24 | September 30, 2022 | 2022/09/30 | Faculty | Intended to fuel the research passion of the awarded women and inspire career paths in their respective STEM2D fields. |
| Global Affairs Canada – Resilient Health Systems for All | June 2, 2023 | 2023/06/02 | June 26, 2023 | 2023/06/26 | Faculty | The Resilient Health Systems for All Call is a 2-stage application process contributing to Canada’s 10-Year Commitment to Global Health and Rights. The total amount of funding available under this Call for proposals is up to $300 million over 7 years. |
Trainee Funding Opportunities
More funding and award opportunity information for trainees can be found on the Faculty of Medicine’s Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Awards website or MD and Undergraduate Student Research website.