January 8, 2019
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation: Program to Accelerate Clinical Trials
Description: Support to increase the number of innovative treatments tested in humans for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Amount: Up to $5M
Duration: Varies
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Jan 18 (LOI)
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation: Research and Development Grants
Description: Supports clinical and educational research projects in anesthesia patient safety.
Amount: $150,000
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Feb 1 (LOI)
Leukemia Research Foundation: Research Grants
Description: Supports innovative blood cancer research projects headed up by early-career scientists.
Amount: $100,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Junior Faculty
Deadline: Feb 1 (LOI)
UBC: Program for Undergraduate Research Experience
Description: Supports innovative projects that will expand access to and/or enhance undergraduate research experiences at UBC.
Amount: Up to $100,000
Duration: 1-2 years
Eligibility: Faculty, staff, and students!
Deadline: Feb 4 (LOI)
Klarman Family Foundation: Anorexia Research
Description: Supports research that directly investigates the underlying biology of anorexia nervosa and the questions of how and why it develops and persists.
Amount: $750,000
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Faculty
Deadline: Feb 14
Call for Nominations
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research: 2019 Aubrey J. Tingle Prize – NEW
Presented to a British Columbia clinician scientist whose work in health research is internationally recognized and has had a significant impact on advancing research in his or her field to improve health and the health system in BC and globally. | Deadline: Feb 1
UBC Faculty of Medicine: Dr. Chew Wei MBBS [HK] FRCOG [ENG] Memorial Prize in Cancer Research – NEW
Prize valued at $50,000, awarded annually to a Canadian citizen who has made outstanding contributions to the treatment, amelioration, or cure for cancer. | Nomination Deadline: Feb 1
UBC Faculty of Medicine: Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize – NEW
The Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize, with a value of $50,000, is awarded annually to a Canadian citizen who has made outstanding contributions to the treatment, amelioration, or cure of brain disorders. Please note that based on the prize guidelines for the 2019 Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize, nominations must be for individuals external to the University of British Columbia. | Nomination Deadline: Feb 1
UBC Faculty of Medicine: Margolese National Heart Disorders Prize – NEW
The Margolese National Heart Disorders Prize, with a value of $50,000, is awarded annually to a Canadian citizen who has made outstanding contributions to the treatment, amelioration, or cure of heart disorders. Please note that based on the prize guidelines for the 2019 Margolese National Heart Disorders Prize, nominations must be for individuals external to the University of British Columbia. | Nomination Deadline: Feb 1
Trudeau Foundation: Fellowship
Each year, the Foundation selects up to five (5) Fellows who are top-level researchers and professors in the social sciences and humanities. Starting with this competition, academics wishing to be Fellows should from now on apply directly to the Foundation, rather than being nominated by the universities with which they are affiliated. Selected Fellows may receive up to $50,000 per year for 3 years, dependent on their services rendered. | Application Deadline: Feb 22
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine: Switzer Prize – NEW
The Switzer Prize consists of a $25,000 honorarium and recognizes discoveries in basic research in the biological and biomedical sciences that have the potential to inspire transformative breakthroughs in medicine. It is awarded annually to an individual investigator whose recent work has revealed new paradigms, illuminated biological processes or pathways, or explained the origins of pathologies or diseases. | Nomination deadline: Feb 28
Events
Event: Centre for Blood Research Seminar Series – NEW
Description: Seminar by Dr. Scott Diamond, Professor, University of Pennsylvania, entitled “Multiscale analysis of blood using microfluidics and high dimensional phenotyping“.
Date & Time: Jan 9, 12-1pm
Location: LSC3, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Event: UBC SPARC – Sex & Gender Considerations in Health Research Workshop – NEW
Description: CIHR applicants are encouraged to participate in a 1-hour workshop with Dr. Tamara Bodnar to review CIHR’s sex and gender directives and discuss their peer reviewer feedback or study design
Dates & Times: Jan 17; 11am-12pm at UBC Point Grey and Jan 30; 8-9am at the Diamond Centre (VGH)
Location: Room 101, TEF 3, 6190 Agronomy Rd, Vancouver (UBC) & Room 4223, Diamond Health Care Centre, 2775 Laurel St., Vancouver (VGH)
Register: Register here
Event: Alberta-British Columbia Islet Workshop
Description:The 8th annual Alberta-British Columbia Islet Workshop is being held February 13-15, 2019. The intended research community are faculty and trainees from across Western Canada engaged in islet research. Keynote speakers are Carmella Evans-Molina from Indiana University and Jonathan Schertzer from McMaster University.
Dates: Feb 13-15
Location: Silver Star Mountain, Vernon BC
Register: Register here, deadline Feb 1
Abstracts deadline: Jan 22
Event: UBC Department of Dermatology – Annual UBC Skin Research Day
Description: Each year the UBC Department of Dermatology and Skin Science hosts the Skin Research Day during which original papers on a variety of topics including skin cancer, hair, immunology, photobiology, genomics, wound healing and educational research are presented. The integration of multiple health profession groups (medical, nursing) and trainees at different levels is a major strength of this event.
Date: Mar 9, 2019
Register: Email derm.research@ubc.ca for details.
Event: UBC SPARC Office – MSFHR Health Professional Investigator (HP-I) Open House – NEW
Description: SPARC will be offering three open house sessions for HP-I applicants. 1:1 consultations will be available in 15-minute timeslots on a first-come, first-served basis.
Dates & Times: Mar 20 and 21; 1-4pm
Location: UBC Vancouver or VGH Diamond Health Care Centre
Register: Registration details available here
Event: UBC Continuing Professional Development – 20th Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Care Conference
Description: Conference bringing together experts in both mental health and addiction to explore how we collaboratively support people living with both challenges at the same time.
Date: May 10-11, 2019
Location: Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel, 7551 Westminster Hwy, Richmond
Submit your Abstract: Submit here (closes Dec 20)
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Faculty of Medicine Postdoctoral Enhanced Scholar Program
This new program is designed to encourage and facilitate Faculty of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellows in transitioning to professional positions in teaching, research, business, or clinical settings through self-directed formalized training and career development activities. Additionally, the program will provide semi-annual social networking events for Postdoctoral Fellows to meet with and get to know their colleagues working in other research sites throughout UBC.
For more information, please visit: https://grad-postdoc.med.ubc.ca/postdocs/postdoctoral-enhanced-scholar-program/.
BRC-Seq Discounted NGS Sequencing
The BRC-Sequencing Core is offering Faculty of Medicine members a 50% discount on pilot Single Cell 3’ RNA-Seq projects using the 10x Genomics Chromium Single Cell Controller and Illumina Sequencing.
This subsidy is provided by the FoM Strategic Investment Fund and is accessible only to FOM members. Supply of funding is limited. Subsidy will be distributed based on timing of contact, needs of pilot project, and demands of the community.
Total cost for Single Cell projects vary based on needs. For assistance designing and pricing of your scRNA-seq experiments, please contact us at BRCSeq@mail.ubc.ca |
