Stimulus Grant Initiative

Applications to each stream will be assessed separately based on criteria that embrace equity, diversity, and inclusion in addition to scientific merit.

The proposed projects in the Clinician and Junior Academic Streams can be on any topic that is directly related to mental health.

The Stimulus-Child & Youth Mental Health Stream is sponsored by the BC Children’s Hospital Chair in Pediatric Mental Health, and proposed projects should focus exclusively on topics that are related directly to child and adolescent mental health.

Stream-Specific Eligibility Criteria for the Principal Applicant

Eligibility Criteria Common to all Streams

• Each application must have only ONE principal applicant fulfilling the criteria shown above
• Each application must have only ONE co-applicant; the co-applicant must be either an Associate Professor or a Full Professor at the UBC Department of Psychiatry
• Each application can have multiple collaborators; collaborators can be clinicians or academics of any stage and may be from any UBC department or any institution in Canada or abroad
• Both the principal applicant and the co-applicant must confirm that no other funding is available or pending for the proposed project at the time of submission; the Stimulus Grants cannot be used to supplement existing funding
• Maximum duration of each proposed project: 24 months
• Maximum budget for each Project: $20,000 covering only eligible costs
• The same application cannot be submitted to more than one of the Stimulus Initiative Streams

Eligible Costs

• Salary support for the Principal Applicant
• Salary support for personnel essential for conducting the study (other than the Principal Applicant); can include salary support for research assistant or technician
• Lab costs or neuroimaging costs essential for the project
• Equipment or software licenses that are necessary for the project
• Cost of animal care/procurement if essential for the project
• Participant reimbursement essential for the project
• Expenses for training courses if essential for the project
• Travel expenses for the Principal Applicant if essential for the project (e.g., for data collection or training) (excludes any conference attendance)
• Expenses to cover open-access publishing for work resulting directly from the project (up to 3500 USD per article)

Non-Eligible Costs

• Salary support for the Co-Applicant or the Collaborators
• Any travel expenses for the Co-Applicant or Collaborators
• General equipment (e.g., laptops, personal computers)
• Any expenses associated with attendance at scientific conferences (i.e., registration, accommodation, travel fares)

Each Application Package must include:

A three-page APPLICANT PROFILE for each principal applicant (max. 2). Download and edit the PDF template

A three-page PROJECT PROPOSAL. Download and edit the PDF template

Please submit your application package as a single PDF document to Margaret Koshi at margaret.koshi@ubc.ca. Only applications using the templates provided will be considered. Should you have any specific questions about the Stimulus Grants, please direct them to Dr. Sophia Frangou at sophia.frangou@ubc.ca.

Application Timeline

Each year, applications for the Stimulus Grant Initiatives will be accepted between June 1^st  and October 1^st.