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December 19, 2024
UBC community members among new Order of Canada appointees
On December 18, 2024, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, announced 88 new appointments to the Order of Canada. The new appointees include Dr. Marco Antonio Marra, O.C., O.B.C. (Professor, Department of Medical Genetics)
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December 17, 2024
Four UBC professors named Engineering Institute of Canada Fellows
Faculty of Applied Science members Dr. Julian Cheng, Dr. Peter Englezos, Dr. Kasun Hewage and Dr. Zheng Liu are among 21 engineers across Canada who will be inducted as 2025 EIC Fellows in the spring.
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December 16, 2024
Request for Nominations - Ono Pharma Initiative
UBC is invited to nominate up to two applicants for an exciting Chemical Biology funding initiative from Ono Pharma Foundation. This opportunity is intended to support early- or mid-career researchers (not more than 15 years since first academic appointment) with funding to pursue a novel,…
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December 13, 2024
Call for SSHRC Impact Awards nominations by January 20
The 2025 SSHRC Impact Awards Competition is now open. UBC is limited to one nomination per award, so the Office of the VP Research & Innovation is seeking nominations and will coordinate an internal selection process for the Gold Medal, Insight, Connection and …
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December 3, 2024
Leah Edelstein-Keshet awarded the 2025 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize
Dr. Leah Edelstein-Keshet, a pioneer in mathematical biology, has been awarded the 2025 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize by the Centre de recherches mathématiques, the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, and the Fields Institute.
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November 7, 2024
Government of Canada Research Security (STRAC) Policy Applicable to Upcoming NSERC Promotions and Prizes
As announced in early 2024, potential applicants and nominees to several NSERC promotions and prizes should be aware that the Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern (STRAC) applies to those awards. To receive any of the selected prizes, potential recipients will be…
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November 6, 2024
Dr. Kayla King awarded NSERC McDonald Fellowship
UBC evolutionary ecologist Dr. Kayla King has been recognized as one of Canada’s top young researchers, earning an Arthur B. McDonald fellowship from NSERC.
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October 1, 2024
Nomination Support for NSERC Prizes Fall 2024
The Office of Research Prizes and Awards is offering support for NSERC Prize nominations including consultation, review of nomination files, and coordination of (optional) VPRI signoff. The prizes, which offer up to $1M (Herzberg), $250,000 (Brockhouse, Polanyi, and Strickland), or $200,000 …
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September 25, 2024
Call for Nominations: King Charles III Coronation Medal
UBC has been invited to nominate individuals for the King Charles III Coronation Medal, in recognition of outstanding contributions in their communities in the areas of service, the environment and sustainability, and our nation’s diversity. Nominees may be UBC faculty, staff, students, etc. …
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September 25, 2024
RSC Fellows, College Members, and Medals
The nomination period for the 2025 cohort of RSC Members - New Fellows and Members of the RSC College and RSC Awards - is now open. We encourage you to begin considering nominations for your colleagues, especially if you are a current Fellow or College member.The deadline is December 13, 2024 at…