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VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Dr. Murphy was recognized “for outstanding research on understanding software-development practices and tools that improve the productivity of developers."
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Twenty-one doctoral students at UBC have received a Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship, and nine postdoctoral fellows have received a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

When: Friday, September 14th ( 9-10 am PDT  //  10-11 am MDT/CST  //  11 am-12 pm CDT)  Where: Online 

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Join us as we welcome fall and the start of a new academic year at our next WestGrid Community Town Hall on Friday September 14, 2018 at 9 am Pacific Time.
VPRI Unit: Research Ethics

 

Are you new to research ethics at UBC? Don’t know where to start? See our Ethics Orientation for a quick view of the research ethics process.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs are invited to apply to take part in a day of meetings in Ottawa hosted by Mona Nemer, the Chief Science Advisor. The goal of the meetings with MPs, Senators and staff is to enhance the connections between the Canadian scientific community and federal policy makers. 
Event Date: Aug 16, 2018
VPRI Unit: SPARC

This is a survey for those who attended the most recent event in the Forging Effective SSH Partnerships with Non-Academic Organizations series, "Insights from Beyond the University." The information collected here will help the coordinators (the Faculties of Arts and Education, the Community Engagement Office, and SPARC) determine how best to meet the needs of the UBC community in future programming. We are grateful for your feedback.
Event Date: Aug 2, 2018
VPRI Unit: SPARC

SSHRC will be holding a series of webinars for applicants and research administrators on upcoming competitions. 

The webinars will be held via Adobe Connect at the following times:
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

When: Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 at 10.00AM - 11.00AMWhere: RM 256-Chilcotin Boardroom, IKBLC 

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Have you ever thought about music as data? We invite you to come and hear a digital humanist discussing his experiences working with musical scores as digital texts that can be used for "distant reading". 
Event Date: Aug 17, 2018
VPRI Unit: SPARC

Take part in a one-hour workshop led by medical and scientific illustrator, Vicky Earle, to conceptualize and draft a graphical abstract summarizing your research proposal at a glance of an eye. This workshop is ideal for UBC faculty considering planning applications to the upcoming Fall 2018 CIHR Project Grant and 2018-19 CIHR Foundation Grant competitions.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

When: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 ( 9am EDT) to Wednesday, October 3rd 2018 ( 4.45 EDT) Where: National Arts Centre 1 Elgin Street Ottawa, ON, Ontario 

Automation Nation: If you could automate it, would you? 

Gather with leaders in research, private industry and government to explore the opportunities and challenges in Canada's automated future and its impact on business, innovation, discovery and ethics.  
Event Date: Jul 25, 2018
VPRI Unit: SPARC

SPARC is pleased to offer the following support programs for the SSHRC Partnership Development Grant (PDG) November 2018 competition, including the Collaborative Housing Research Network (CHRN) joint-initiative co-funded by SSHRC and the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).  Applicants interested in either of these funding opportunities are en
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Funding comes from latest round of Project Grant and Foundation Grant competitions.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing

The three Federal granting agencies, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) have developed a draft research data management policy that is intended to guide digital data management and data stewardship practices of researchers funded by the tri-councils. You can read the Draft Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy and FAQs here.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

On June 29, 2018, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, announced 105 new appointments to the Order of Canada.

These appointments include four current and former UBC faculty members. Congratulations to all new appointees.
VPRI Unit: Research Ethics

Check the new website for details.

(updated August 30, 2018)
Event Date: Jul 13, 2018
VPRI Unit: SPARC

The Global Partnerships unit at the University of Exeter has established funds to support partnership development.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

The Offices of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation, and the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, are pleased to announce the 2018 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) Competition.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

BCIC Ignite provides funding to accelerate commercialization of new technologies and innovations in the natural resources and applied sciences in BC. July 23 deadline.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Peter Klein leading international investigation out of Global Reporting Centre based at UBC
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office

Lindsay Hedden, a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Medicine, receives award for her work on health services delivery and workforce issues in primary healthcare.

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