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VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Contest challenges postsecondary students from across the country to show Canadians how SSHRC-funded research is affecting our lives, our world and our future prosperity. January 31, 2019 deadline.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

When: Friday, November 30th, 2018 Where: SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC 

The Pacific Northwest Data Curators meet-up will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia on Friday, 30 November at the SFU Harbour Centre Campus Vancouver. Similar to previous years, it will be a day of programming with invited guests, lightning talks, formal presentations and hands-on workshops. This is a free event and you can view a preliminary agenda here. 
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Significant increase in chairs announced alongside new and renewed chairholders - including 23 at UBC.
VPRI Unit: Research Ethics

UBC hosted a Research Ethics Conference in Vancouver on October 3, 2018 to present topics in clinical research ethics.

Attending were members of the UBC Research Ethics Boards as well as representatives from Simon Fraser University, the University of Northern BC and University of Victoria and BC health authorities (Fraser Health and Interior Health).

For conference presentations please go to CREB presentations.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

In advance of the anticipated CFI call for Innovation Fund proposals expected in early 2019, UBC faculty are invited to submit an internal expression of interest by January 11, 2019.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Powerful new opera and symposium in honour of 100th anniversary of Armistice Day. November 3-9

 
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

LifeSciences BC is hosting an event on November 16 to provide NRC with input into the program development and discuss future engagements.
Event Date: Oct 30, 2018
VPRI Unit: SPARC

SSHRC Partnership Grant Phase 1 - Available SPARC Support
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Dr. Eaves recognized as a world authority on stem cells with translational impact on bone marrow transplantation treatments for leukemia and breast cancer.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

WestGrid's fall webinar series is back and offering tutorials on a variety of topics in advanced research computing (ARC) -- from introductory sessions to more advanced and specialized topics. University faculty, grad students, and staff from all disciplines are invited to attend these sessions. 

Click on the 'More Information' links for individual session details or visit the WestGrid Training Portal for more details on these and other events. 
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

The Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation is pleased to announce the merging of the Botany research greenhouse on South Campus, Horticulture greenhouse and Totem Field Station into a new shared research infrastructure called ‘Plant Care Services’ starting April 1, 2019. 

Plant Care Services will be the newest addition to the Shared Infrastructure portfolio of the Vice-President Research & Innovation (VPRI), which also includes Animal Care Services and the...

Event Date: Dec 3, 2018
VPRI Unit: SPARC

Monday, December 2, 2019 9am-4pm

In this full day, hands-on workshop, open to both new and re- applicants, participants will work through the modules required for the IDG proposal, following short presentation on each.  The day will conclude with an opportunity to peer-edit certain modules in small groups. 

Participants in last year's session had the following to say:
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

Compute Canada has announced the opening of the Resource Allocation Competition (RAC) 2019. The RAC is open to researchers who require substantial amounts of High Performance Computing (HPC) and/or Cloud Computing resources.  UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is available to consult in this regard.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Rogers and the University of British Columbia (UBC) today announced a three year, multi-million dollar partnership deal to build a real-world 5G Hub on the UBC campus that will be a testbed and blueprint for 5G innovation in Canada.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Contact the UBC Advanced Research Computing team for more information.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

To address immediate needs surrounding data storage and computing power, and issues surrounding health data access, UBC is making a $7.9m capital investment in advanced research computing infrastructure.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

To kick off National Postdoc Appreciation Week, UBC Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies has posted video testimonials to recognize our postdoctoral fellows.

 

 
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Six current UBC faculty members were inducted as CAHS fellows.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Nine UBC faculty named as Fellows and five named Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

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