UBCO researchers receive 2025 Michael Smith Health Research BC awards
Recognition includes support to build world-leading research programs Two UBC Okanagan researchers have received a significant financial boost to their research projects through the Michael Smith Health Research BC (MSHRBC)’s Scholar and Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) programs. Both the Scholar and HP-I programs provide $90,000 in funding for up to five years, with the Scholar […]
UBC researchers awarded $1M Wall Fellowships to reimagine housing and climate resilience in BC
Two UBC faculty members—Dr. Melissa McHale at UBC Vancouver and […]
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Protecting communities from wildfire through Indigenous stewardship
UBCO and FNESS partnership earns federal funding to support Indigenous fire stewardship
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Students’ image tool offers sharper signs, earlier detection in the lab or from space
A group of UBC Okanagan students has helped create technology that could improve how doctors and scientists detect everything from tumours to wildfires.
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UBCO professor spearheads global effort to translate, analyze rare 13th century text
Project receives more than $2.1 million in federal funding One of the world’s most unique and important texts, the General e grand estoria (GE), will soon be translated, analyzed and made widely available, thanks to a global endeavour being led by a UBC Okanagan researcher. Dr. Francisco Peña, Professor in the Faculty of Creative and […]
Federal government invests $9M in UBC Okanagan research
Latest NSERC, SSHRC, NFRF results include 38 successful UBCO projects UBC’s Okanagan campus has received a significant investment from the federal government, with more than $9 million in research funding announced today across 38 research projects. The grants, awarded through Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Social Sciences and Humanities […]
From textbooks to tissue models
How hands-on undergraduate research is advancing immunobiology.
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Reducing the side effects of cancer therapy
How a research cluster is advancing personalized radiation therapy while empowering undergraduate researchers.
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UBCO celebrates extraordinary faculty members as Researchers of the Year
UBC Okanagan celebrates Dr. Mohammad Arjmand, Dr. Brodie Sakakibara and Michael V. Smith as 2025 Researchers of the Year
Engineering next-gen materials to solve global challenges
Mohammad Arjmand is developing advanced materials to tackle global challenges and advance a sustainable circular economy