Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships

Sponsor

UBC Vice-Presidents, Academic, and Research & Innovation

Sponsor deadline:

Award Details

Six UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships are provided annually from the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies established through a bequest from the late Dorothy J. Killam.

These annual fellowships are intended to support exceptional early career researchers (within 15 years of PhD) across all disciplines who have the potential for significant impact in their field of scholarship and are ready to launch the next stage of their career.

These awards promote research excellence and support early-career scholars around the time that tenure is attained by providing scholars the time and resources to achieve their potential in their field of study.

Up to six UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship awards will be available each year. A one-time research allowance of $50,000 will be awarded for the two-year term of the award.

Teaching time release to focus on research is highly valued and instrumental if researchers are to make a significant impact in their field of study. Funding of $60,000 will also be provided to the awardee's academic unit to help offset teaching load over the two-year period.

Questions?

Please review the FAQs, and contact research.prizes@ubc.ca.


Previous Award Winners

2024

  • Jeff Clune (Computer Science)

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    Jean-Thomas Cornelis (Applied Biology Program)

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    Alannah Hallas (Physics and Astronomy)

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    Govind Kaigala (School of Biomedical Engineering)

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    Jocelyn Stacey (Peter A. Allard School of Law)

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    Leanne ten Brinke (Psychology, UBCO)

2023

  • Adam Ford (Biology, UBCO)

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    Kyle Frackman (Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies)

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    Shannon Hagerman (Forest Resources Management)

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    Bethany Hastie (Peter A. Allard School of Law)

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    Liam Watson (Mathematics)

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    Vikramaditya G. Yadav (Chemical & Biological Engineering, and the School of Biomedical Engineering)

2022

  • Hamideh Bayrampour (Family Practice)

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    Zachary Hudson (Chemistry)

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    Mary Jung (Health and Social Development)

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    Amy Kim (Civil Engineering)

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    Jian Liu (School of Engineering)

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    Laura Parfrey (Botany)

2021

  • Russ Algar (Chemistry

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    Efrat Arbel (Peter A. Allard School of Law)

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    Gwynn Elfring (Mechanical Engineering)

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    Sabrina Leslie (Michael Smith Laboratories & Physics and Astronomy)

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    Megan Smith (Creative Studies, Media Studies)

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    Camilla Speller (Anthropology) 

2020

  • Jonathan Little (School of Health/Exercise Sciences)

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    Ali Mesbah (Electrical & Computer Engineering)

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    Sara Milstein (Classical, Near Eastern & Religious Studies

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    Jeanine Rhemtulla (Forest & Conservation Sciences)

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    Katherine Ryan (Chemistry)

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    Leonid Sigal (Computer Science)


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