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December 12, 2022
Call for SSHRC Impact Awards nominations by January 24
The 2023 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 Partnership Awards. Self…
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October 25, 2022
UBC researchers among CHIME team awarded NSERC's Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering
Award recognizes outstanding Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who came together to engage in research drawing on their combined knowledge and skills, and produced a record of excellent achievements in the natural sciences and engineering.
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September 13, 2022
Two UBC Faculty Members Receive Royal Society of Canada Awards
Drs. Kimberley Brownlee and Rashid Sumaila receive the Kitty Newman Memorial Award and Miroslaw Romanowski Medal respectively.
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September 1, 2022
Four UBC faculty members elected as Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Drs. Karim Khan, Kathleen Martin Ginis, Julio Montaner and Sabrina Wong are among 71 new Fellows elected into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) for 2022.
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August 26, 2022
Request for Notice of RSC Nominations by Sept 22
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) will open the next call for nominations for Fellows and Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists in early September. We encourage you to begin considering nominations for your colleagues, especially if you are a current Fellow or College…
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July 26, 2022
Info Session on RSC Nominations
New event: VPRI's Office of Research Prizes and Awards will be hosting a Royal Society of Canada (RSC) representative to discuss RSC nominations of Fellows and members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, including an overview of the distinctions, nomination process and…
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July 21, 2022
Info Sessions on UBC Internal Awards
VPRI's Office of Research Prizes and Awards will be hosting two information sessions about the Internal Faculty Research Awards (expression of intent requested by Sept 15, submission deadline Nov 15). Each session will cover the same information, including an overview of the awards,…
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July 14, 2022Dr. Sudip Shekhar recipient of Schmidt Science Polymaths Award
Schmidt Futures recently announced ten new recipients of the Schmidt Science Polymaths award, including ECE’s Dr. Shekhar.
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July 7, 2022UBC Faculty Among Latest Order of Canada Appointees
On June 29, 2022, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, announced 85 new appointments to the Order of Canada and 4 promotions within the Order. Past and present UBC faculty members are among the new appointees.