If you are unsure about who to contact in the VP Research and Innovation portfolio please use our webform to help find the right unit.
Visit these UBC databases of available funding opportunities:
UBCV | UBCO
ORS UBCV | ORS UBCO
The Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) competition enables the formation and growth of interdisciplinary clusters of research excellence. Clusters led by researchers at our Okanagan campus can apply for funding through the Eminence program.
The Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (CRMA) are designed to facilitate collaboration on timely research opportunities by enabling researchers to move between campuses or institutions.
The Vice-President, Research & Innovation has established the Research Facility Support Grants (RFSG) competition to provide funding for the operation, maintenance, replacements, repairs or upgrades of equipment currently used in UBC facilities to support research.
The staff at SPARC provide expert support to UBC researchers in all disciplines who seek operating and team-based funding for innovative research initiatives. SPARC helps to develop research partnerships and build interdisciplinary, inter-institutional teams that may involve government, the private sector and the community.
Services include internal review, strategic grant development workshops and consultations, team development, and brokering partnerships with government, industry and community organizations.
SPARC's unique programs are tailored to meet the needs of researchers and to respond to emerging mandates and priorities of external funding agencies.
Find out who to contact in the SPARC team.
The ORS and Research Facilitators on the Okanagan campus support researchers by providing a range of proposal development services.
The Institutional Programs Office manages the full cycle of major federal, provincial and regional research awards including those offered by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF), Canada 150 programs, and Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERCs).
Our Institutional Programs team manages major federal, provincial and regional research awards, including the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) and Western Economic Diversification Canada (WED). We also support include large scale institutional research projects such as the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program.
Research Finance provides financial administrative support to the research community, focusing on financial reporting, billing & collections, training and compliance.
For assistance with determining expense eligibility and other research finance compliance matters, find out who you can get in touch with at Research Finance Okanagan.
While UBC Research Finance provides oversight and guidance, your faculty or department research finance administrator can help you with the administration of your research account.
ORS staff will assist you in obtaining institutional signatures for a grant application.
Find out who to contact at ORS (Vancouver).
Find out who to contact at ORS (Okanagan).
ORS staff will assist you in setting up research accounts and transferring research funds to collaborators at other institutions.
All funded research grants, contracts and agreements are required to include indirect cost recovery. Learn more and view rates here.
The IPO can help you with building indirect cost recovery into research budgets.
Get in touch with the Institutional Programs Office.
If your application form requires you to enter specific UBC identification numbers, please refer to the listing here.
Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is a free, institutionally-dedicated service supporting the high-performance computing and data management needs of UBC researchers on both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. The experienced, dedicated team provides consultation, expertise, and access to cyberinfrastructure.
Find out who to contact in the ARC team.
UBC's Behavioural Research Ethics Board is responsible for reviewing behavioural or social sciences/humanities research, or research that may involve the study of patients or health care providers.
Learn more and contact BREB.
If you are based in the Okanagan, learn more and contact BREB Okanagan.
The Clinical Research Ethics Board (CREB) reviews research that involves surgery, clinical interventions, exercise programs, and/or the analysis of clinical data.
Learn more and contact CREB
UBC researchers partner with industry, government and non-profit organizations on many collaborations with contractual terms and project deliverables.
Find out more about the UILO Sponsored Research Group.
Learn who to get in touch at the UILO with about forming a spin-off company from UBC intellectual property.
Get support to commercialize ideas and innovations through venture building with e@UBC.
Learn more about e@UBC Okanagan
Find out what you need to do to obtain approval for research projects involving animals, biological materials and/or radioactive materials.
The UBC Sequencing and Bioninformatics Consortium (SBC) brings together the facilities, expertise and experience of multiple units across UBC to provide end-to-end support for any sequencing project, with rapid turnaround times.
The UBC Animal Care & Use Program (ACUP) is a University-wide program and covers all UBC Persons who work with animals in research and teaching. It is comprised of multiple components, which cover ethics approval, compliance, animal care and housing, veterinary care, facilities management, training, surgical and specialized technical procedures.
Request greenhouse or field services on the Plant Care website.
We offer coordinated access and services to two research greenhouses and two field locations: the Main Campus research greenhouse, Totem Field, the South Campus research greenhouse and adjacent fields.
As a full-service facility for greenhouse and field scientific experiments, we provide:
From food security and forest renewal to the development of novel bio-fertilizers and compostable plastics, UBC Okanagan’s greenhouse facility will expand the research capacity of our scholars to work collaboratively to benefit the social and economic health of our region.
The Knowledge Exchange Unit helps researchers collaborate with decision-makers, service providers, non-profit or community groups to develop and share impactful knowledge.
The broad and diverse range of partner interests can make it challenging for UBC researchers to find appropriate collaborators. The Innovation Partnerships team have sector-specific expertise to help researchers form partnerships, find out who in the team to contact.
The Knowledge Exchange Unit helps researchers collaborate with decision-makers, service proviers, non-profit or community groups to develop and share impactful knowledge.
The Indigenous Research Support Initiative (IRSI) has been established to enable collaborative research with Indigenous communities, university researchers and other partners. IRSI's vision is to provide professional research support and services to Indigenous communities and university researchers to undertake collaborative projects based on community-led interests and grounded in principles of reciprocal accountability.
If you are based in the Okanagan, please contact the UBC Okanagan's Indigenous Community Liaison.
Contact the UILO if you want to establish a contract with an industry, non-profits or non-grant government research partner.
The team at e @ UBC can help connect you to investors and mentors.
The UBC Okanagan Partnership Office makes it easy for industry, not-for-profit, and community organizations to connect with UBCO researchers and find the expertise they need.
The Technology Transfer Group works with the research community at UBC and its Affiliated Hospitals to translate research outputs, including patentable inventions, proprietary materials, research tools, software and other innovations, out of the academy for the betterment of society.
Find out who to contact in the UILO Technology Transfer team.
Find a full list of faculty, school and UBC-affiliated institute Vancouver grant facilitators here and Okanagan grant facilitators here.
The Biosafety Committee assesses each research proposal to determine whether the research falls within the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Canadian Biosafety Standards and Guidelines and proposes the appropriate level of containment.
The primary objective of the UBC Radiation Safety Program is to facilitate and ensure the safe and knowledgeable use of radiation sources and devices in research, teaching and the environment.
The Chemical Safety Program incorporates the entire lifecycle of the chemical beginning with purchasing and ending with disposal. The aim is to ensure chemicals are used and handled properly to prevent injury, illness, disease, fire, explosions or property damage.
The Research Project Information Form is required to: identify funding partner(s), understand the resources required for the project, identify any budgetary issues that may need to be addressed, and collect the necessary department and faculty approvals.
Learn more about research ethics and compliance, scholarly integrity and UBC policies pertaining to research.
The Office of Research Prizes and Awards offers information, strategic advice and nomination support for major external research prizes and awards, and managesUBC’s internal faculty research awards program.
Learn more about research prize and award applications open for researchers.
RISe is an online research administration tool that allows researchers and administrators to manage and track applications online through to approval, certification and awarding of funds.
Any research or teaching conducted at UBC or by persons affiliated with the UBC that involve the use of animals (including fish) must conform to UBC Policy LR2 (Research) and must have the approval of the ACC.
Learn more about the ACC.
View a list of more shared platforms and facilities available at UBC and related hospital sites
At a place as large and complex as UBC, it can be hard for potential partners to find the research expertise they're looking for. If you're interested in partnering with UBC, find out who to contact in the Innovation Partnerships team.
Find out who to contact in the UILO Sponsored Research Group.
The Knowledge Exchange Unit helps decision-makers, service providers, non-profit or community groups collaborate with UBC researchers to develop and share impactful knowledge.
The Indigenous Research Support Initiative (IRSI) has been established to enable collaborative research with Indigenous communities, university researchers and other partners.
The UILO Technology Transfer group welcomes discussion with potential licensees.
Search current technology licensing opportunities here.
The Institutional Program Office's Infrastructure Database serves as an inventory for CFI-funded infrastructure and allows researchers from UBC sites, other institutions, non-profit institutes, and industry to search for specific equipment currently available in use at UBC. The database is intended to be a tool to maximize the use of CFI-funded infrastructure, encourage sharing of research infrastructure amongst researchers, and facilitate collaborations. The database is an ongoing work in progress, and not all CFI-funded infrastructure is currently in the database, but more equipment is being added all of the time.
ACCESS THE INFRASTRUCTURE DATABASE
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) provides extensive support for research infrastructure. The CFI Research Facilities Navigator is a searchable online directory of funded research labs and facilities open to working with businesses to meet their research and innovation needs.
FIND UBC LABS ON THE CFI NAVIGATOR
Shared research infrastructure at UBC offers access to a variety of core facilities and tools including cutting-edge instrumentation, advanced technologies, and data processing and analysis.
LEARN MORE ABOUT SHARED FACILITIES
For more information about UBC research equipment and facilities, contact Marie-Claude Fortin, Shared Research Facilities Manager, marie-claude.fortin@ubc.ca 604-827-3603
Contact Leslie Grad for assistance to obtain an institutional letter of support from the VP Research and Innovation Office.
Get in touch with the SPARC office for support in obtaining a letter of support for your Tri-Agency grant.
This page outlines what UBC requires of all Investigators applying for, holding, or working on studies that must comply with the US Public Health Service Financial Conflict of Interest Regulations (PHS FCOI Regulations).
For assistance with determining non-Tri Agency grant expense eligibility and other research finance compliance matters, please email Research Finance at rf@finance.ubc.ca.
For assistance with determining Tri-Agency grant expense eligibility and other research finance compliance matters, please email the Research Finance Tri-Agency Help Desk at tri-agency.renewal@finance.ubc.ca
UBC FINDER, a 6,700-sq-ft facility, is one of the largest and most comprehensive university-basedContainment Level 3 (CL3) facilities in the world.
View a list of more shared platforms available at UBC Okanagan.
UBC Vancouver's and UBC Okanagan's Public Humanities Hubs were established to foster and support collaborative research and to highlight and develop public-facing research in the Humanities in Arts, Law, and Education.
HRMEM is an assisted use facility providing very high resolution 3D images of biological molecules. Our services include sample preparation, data collection, and consultation on image processing and analysis. We welcome users from UBC, other academic institutions, and corporate users.