The federally-funded Canada Research Chair program, launched in 2000, provides support in building Canada’s research capacity. The Canada Research Chairs program invests approximately $265 million per year toward research in engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities and social sciences.
UBC’s Okanagan campus currently has five Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs with the most recent recipient appointed in 2019. Tier 2 Chairs are awarded to exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field.
Canada Research Chair in Cerebrovascular Physiology in Health and Disease (Tier 2 – CIHR)
Professor, Health & Exercise Sciences; Co-Director, Centre for Heart, Lung & Vascular Health
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Materials and Polymer Engineering (Tier 2 – NSERC)
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Okanagan Indigenous Knowledge and Philosophy (Tier 2 – SSHRC)
Professor, Indigenous Studies
Canada Research Chair in Wildlife Restoration Ecology (Tier 2 – NSERC)
Assistant Professor, Biology
Canada Research Chair in Health, Ethics and Diversity (Tier 2 – CIHR)
Professor, Nursing
The Principal’s Research Chairs (PRC) program provides internal funding support for top-tier researchers engaged in outstanding research or creative scholarship.
The requirements of the PRC program are aligned with the Tier 1 and Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) program criteria and recipients of the award are appointed to a renewable five-year term.
UBC Okanagan has made five appointments, since the program launch in April 2020.
Indigenous Reconciliation in Engineering (Tier 1)
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
Palliative and End-of-Life Care (Tier 1)
Professor, Nursing
Blockchain-empowered Digital Technology (Tier 2)
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Digital Arts and Humanities (Tier 2)
Associate Professor, English and Cultural Studies
Manufacturing Engineering (Tier 2)
Assistant Professor, Manufacturing Engineering
NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair (IRC) in Advanced Resource Recovery From Wastewater (2020)
Professor, Civil Engineering
Fortis BC Smart Energy Chair (2019)
Professor, Civil Engineering; Associate Director, UBC Clean Energy Research Centre
NSERC/Egg Farmers of Canada Industrial Research Chair (IRC) in Sustainability (2018)
Assistant Professor, Biology, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science & Faculty of Management; Endowed Chair in Bio-economy Sustainability Management
Endowed Research Chairs in Watershed Management (Forest Renewal BC – FRBC)
Professor, Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor, Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences
Leading Edge Endowment Fund (LEEF) BC Regional Innovation Chair in Water Resources and Ecosystem Sustainability
Associate Professor, Economics, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences
The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Program supports early-career health researchers who are building leading-edge health research programs, training the next generation of scientists, and expanding their potential to make significant contributions to their field.
The Scholar Program is one of MSFHR’s flagship funding opportunities. Since 2001, MSFHR has granted more than 370 Scholar awards worth more than $134 million, helping to develop, attract and retain BC’s best and brightest health researchers and support the advancement of world-class health research in BC.
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar (2020)
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar (2020)
Assistant Professor, Management (Health Economics)
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar (2020)
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar (2020)
Assistant Professor, Nursing
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar (2018)
Assistant Professor, Southern Medical Program; Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar (2017)
Assistant Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar (2017)
Assistant Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar (2017)
Assistant Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar (2014)
Assistant Professor, Biology and Physical Geography
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar (2014)
Associate Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar (2011)
Associate Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences