Connor Hawkins

Dear Department members,

As we approach the fall semester, numerous opportunities to apply for awards, both within UBC and externally, are available. As such, the newly formed Department Awards & Recognition Committee is extending a department-wide call out, inviting peer nominations and self-nominations for upcoming award opportunities.

UBC Awards

• University Killam Professor, deadline: September 5, 2024
• Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring, deadline: likely September 2024
• Killam Doctoral Scholarships, deadline: likely September 2024
• UBC Healthy Aging Postdoctoral Fellowship, deadline: September 30, 2024
• PDF Travel Awards, deadline: September 30, 2024
• Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, deadline: November 9, 2024
• Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prizes, deadline: December 6, 2024
• UBC Faculty Research Award Opportunities:
  • Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships, deadline: November 15, 2024
  • Killam Faculty Research Fellowships, deadline: November 15, 2024
  • President’s Award for Public Education through Media, deadline: November 15, 2024
  • Killam Faculty Research Prizes, deadline: November 15, 2024
  • Jacob Biely Faculty Research Prize, deadline: November 15, 2024
• NTU LKCMedicine & UBC Faculty of Medicine Postdoctoral Exchange Travel Award, applications accepted on an ongoing basis
• John McNeill Excellence in Health Research Mentorship Award

External Awards

• Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research, deadline: August 12, 2024
• ALS Canada-Brain Canada Career Transition Award, deadline: August 19, 2024
• 2025/26 Heart & Stroke Research Competitions, deadlines: September      
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship, deadline: 11 September, 2024
• Canada/US Fulbright Program: Canadian Research Chairs, deadline: November 15, 2024
• Canada/US Fulbright Program: Canadian Traditional Scholar Awards, deadline: November 15, 2024
• 3M National Teaching Fellowship, deadline: November 15, 2024
• West Coast Teaching Excellence Awards, deadline: November 30, 2024
• Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship, deadline: December 20, 2024

UBC Directory of Award Opportunities

If you wish to explore an extended list of awards, the UBC Office of Research Prizes and Awards (ORPA) has a directory of external research prize and award opportunities available to researchers, spanning all disciplines. View UBC’s Directory of Award Opportunities:

Please note that the above noted deadlines are for the award applications and internal deadlines will be earlier. For some awards department heads and Faculty need to be contacted in order to put forward a nomination.

Adjudication of Nominations Process

If you are interested in self-nomination or nominating a colleague, please submit your nomination to Margaret Koshi, Director, Administration (margaret.koshi@ubc.ca) prior to the respective deadline. The Committee’s nominations process has three stages:

1. Submit nominations along with a brief rationale and a CV of the nominee
2. Nominees’ CV and other relevant documents will be reviewed by the Committee based on the respective award criteria, relevant contributions, and meritorious achievements of each candidate to ensure the suitability of candidates for specific award
3. Recommendations and feedback will be provided to potential nominees and self-nominees to enhance their chances of success
4. Nominations letters and packages will be prepared and selected candidates will be put forward, per the respective award nominations procedures

Sincerely,

Department Awards & Recognition Committee
Dr. Joseph Tham, Clinical Faculty Representative
Dr. Clare Beasley, Academic Faculty Representative
Dr. Ashok Krishnamoorthy, Division Head, Geriatric Psychiatry
Dr. Emlene Murphy, Division Head, Forensic Psychiatry
Dr. Timothy Murphy, Division Head, Neuroscience & Translational Psychiatry
Dr. Roberto Sassi, Division Head, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Dr. Christian Schütz, Division Head, Substance Use & Concurrent Disorders
Dr. Randall White, Division Head, Adult Psychiatry & Mental Health Services
Margaret Koshi, Administrator

Committee Mandate
The Department of Psychiatry Awards & Recognition Committee was established to proactively identify and recommend deserving faculty members of the Department for nomination for notable meritorious awards and honours within the Faculty of Medicine and the University, and for significant external awards.

By ensuring that outstanding faculty members are duly nominated whilst upholding departmental values of EDI, the Committee will strive to promote a culture of broad, inclusive and diverse recognition.

The UBC Department of Psychiatry Administration Office respectfully acknowledges the land on which we live, work and play is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-waututh).