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Discover the latest news from across the VP Research & Innovation portfolio through our aggregated news and events feed below.

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VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Seventeen projects funded to broaden access to, and enhance undergraduate research experiences.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Four UBC computer scientists have been appointed to chairs as part of an expansion of the Canada-CIFAR AI Chairs program.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Dr. Marco Marra and Dr. Jerilynn Prior recognized alongside Aspect Biosystems, Terramera, Anandia Labs and Creative Destruction labs (CDL) - West.
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Award recognizes "her pioneering work and leadership in the study of hematopoietic, mammary and cancer stem cells and her dedicated advocacy for early-career investigators and women in science"
VPRI Unit: Research Ethics

Effective April 1st, 2019, all new applications for ethical review to the UBC Clinical Research Ethics Board, the Providence Health Care Research Ethics Board or the Children & Women’s Research Ethics Board will be charged an increased initial ethical review fee of $3,500.00 and subsequent annual renewals will be charged a fee of $750.00.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

UBC researchers receive more than $1.4m in funding from the CFI's John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF).
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Jack Poole Hall, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre 4:00 – 5:00pm, reception to follow

Hosted by President Santa J. Ono

Dr. David Naylor, recipient of the 2018 Friesen Prize in Health Research, will present a keynote lecture The Long Road to Precision Healthcare - With a Short Detour into AI at UBC on Tuesday, April 9. 
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 2:00 - 3:15pm Auditorium, Beaty Biodiversity Museum

On Wednesday, March 6, Dr. Keith W. Hipel will present his Royal Society of Canada, Miroslaw Romanowski lecture on Negotiations over Groundwater Contamination. 
VPRI Unit: Research Ethics

A guidance package is available for researchers whose studies have the potential for involving participants who are at risk of suicidal ideation. The package includes guidance on training for research team members, developing a risk management plan, as well as sample language for consent forms and distress and suicide protocols. See Suicide Risk Guidance.
Event Date: Mar 13, 2019
VPRI Unit: SPARC

SPARC is hosting focus groups for applicants to the inaugural Exploration Stream competition of the New Frontiers in Research Funds (NFRF). These group meetings will provide applicants with an opportunity to discuss their experiences in preparing their proposals, what their perceptions of the competition were, and what UBC can do to better support them.
VPRI Unit: Research Ethics

OHRP has launched a webpage with information on the revised Common Rule’s clinical trial informed consent form posting requirement (45 CFR 46.116(h)). Visit OHRP Regulations - Informed Consent. 

If you have questions or comments about the revised posting requirement, please submit to OHRP@hhs.gov.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

UBC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 Faculty Research Awards. An awards ceremony will be held in April, 2019 to honour the winners. 
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation is hosting town hall information sessions where Dr. Gail Murphy, VP Research & Innovation, will provide an update about Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

The Public Humanities Hub is a pilot project to provide support specific to collaborative research among humanists and to highlight and develop public-facing research in the Humanities.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

WestGrid runs training activities year-round, ranging from online webinars to in-person workshops. Their bi-weekly training webinars take place every second Wednesday at 10am PST. Please click the linked titles below for more information about each workshop and to register online. Videoconference connection instructions are emailed to all registrants. 
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Are you a student or postdoctoral fellow doing research in a CFI-funded research space lab or with CFI-funded equipment? Enter the CFI’s twitter contest and tell your research story to a national audience.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

The CANHEIT-ARC 2019 conference, Canada’s premier conference for higher education IT leaders and advanced research computing (ARC) experts, is seeking session proposals in a range of topics in research and higher ed trends and technologies.

The event is co-hosted this year by Compute Canada, CUCCIO, the University of Manitoba, The University of Winnipeg, Brandon University, and St. Boniface University. WestGrid is also a partner. 

Submissions are welcomed in the following...

VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Funding to support 31 projects at UBC and affiliated health authority research institutes.
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Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies hosts a panel of five UBC scholars who are making a difference on January 28
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

Due date for proposals: February 26th, 2019

BCNET is currently accepting speaking proposals for the BCNET 2019 conference in Vancouver from April 30th-May 19th, 2019. This is an excellect opportunity for speakers to grow professionally, share insights and engage with peers. All levels of staff are invited to participate as speakers. The 2019 program is organized into six technology tracks, including a research and technology track, with content ideas to help guide speakers in their...

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