Prize Name | # of Awards | Domain* | Eligibility by Career Stage (delays may extend these) and Years at UBC |
Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship | Up to 6 | All - Health, NSE, SSH | Up to 15 years past PhD, typically 3-4 years past tenure |
Killam Faculty Research Fellowship | Up to 10 | All - Health, NSE, SSH | Preference given to those within 14 years past PhD |
President’s Award for Public Education through Media | 1 award | All - Health, NSE, SSH | Open to all career stages |
Killam Faculty Research Prizes | Up to 10 (5 SSH and 5 NSE/Health, and for each at least 3 are Senior) | All - Health, NSE, SSH | Preference given to those 12 years or more past PhD; must have been at UBC at least 3 years |
Jacob Biely Faculty Research Prize | 1 award | All - Health, NSE, SSH | No specific career stage requirements, but is a senior career award |
Charles A. McDowell Award for Excellence in Research | 1 award | NSE (must hold NSERC grant) | Up to 12 years past PhD; must have been at UBC at least 5 years |
Dorothy Somerset Award and Sam Black Award (rotating biennial schedule) | 1 award | SSH | Open to all career stages; must have been at UBC at least 5 years |
*Broad domains of Health, Natural Sciences and Engineering (NSE), and Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH)
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