Our awards committees lead an internal recognition program and encourage quality applications to prestigious external awards and prizes.
Faculty Research Awards Committee
The Faculty Research Awards Committee is composed of UBC faculty members who adjudicate the internal research awards, which recognize excellence in research by UBC faculty members in a variety of disciplines.
- The committee is comprised of a non-voting chair (appointed by the Vice-President, Research & Innovation) and members on two subcommittees representing (1) arts and humanities, and business, and (2) applied science, science, and medicine. The entire committee considers applications for the Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships, President's Excellence Award for Public Education through Media, Jacob Biely Prize, and Killam Faculty Research Fellowships.
- The two subcommittees consider applications and nominations for scholarly activity in the arts and humanities, and the sciences and applied sciences, respectively, for the Killam Faculty Research Prizes, the Charles A. McDowell Award, and the Sam Black and Dorothy Somerset awards.
- Based on the recommendations of this committee, the Vice-President, Research & Innovation decides the winner of each internal award.
- Members serve a three-year term.
Committee Membership
- Clark, Penney Curriculum & Pedagogy
- Cui, Wei The Allard School of Law
- Evans, Michael Anthropology (UBCO)
- Guy-Bray, Stephen English Language & Literatures
- Johnson, Mark Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
- Mesbah, Ali Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Norenzayan, Ara Psychology
- Sayed, Tarek Civil Engineering
- Schulte, Patricia Zoology
- Sin, Don Medicine, Heart and Lung Institute
- Strynadka, Natalie Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Weary, Dan Land and Food Systems (Chair)
Institutional Council for Research Prizes and Awards
The awarding of national and international honours, awards and prizes to UBC researchers is an important hallmark of research excellence and is critical in attracting both funding partners and world-leading academic researchers to UBC.
- The Institutional Council for Research Prizes and Awards reports to the Vice-President Research & Innovation (VPRI) and provides advice to both the VPRI and to the President and Vice-Chancellor.
- A major role of the ICRPA is developing policies and best practices; advising on the implementation of the prizes and awards strategy; promoting a culture of celebration and recognition; and tracking appropriate metrics.
- The Council is comprised of scholars from the different disciplinary clusters (humanities, creative and performing arts, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, health), major award recipients, junior/mid-career/senior faculty members
- The Council is committed to ensuring that equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) practices are reflected.
Committee Membership
- Carrabre, T. Patrick, Professor, Director, School of Music
- Craig, Kenneth, Member, Emeritus College
- Feng, Chen, Assistant Professor (Engineering) Okanagan campus
- Gergel, Sarah, Associate Dean, Academic, Professor (Forestry)
- Hole, Rachelle, Associate Professor, (School of Social Work) Okanagan campus
- Liu-Ambrose, Teresa, Chair, Professor, CRC II,(Physical Therapy)
- Ng, Raymond, Professor, (Computer Science)
- Puterman, Eli, Associate Professor, CRC II, (Kinesiology)
- Shearer, Karis, Associate Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, Okanagan campus
- Sumaila, Rashid, Professor, Director, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, UBC Fisheries Centre
- Frost, Heather, Director, Support Programs to Advance Research Capacity (SPARC)(ex officio, non-voting)