Faculty on the Front Line: UBC Okanagan Researchers Responding to COVID-19
UBC researchers across a range of domains are addressing the many aspects of COVID-19 and its impacts. Learn how UBCO research expertise is being put to use to protect Canadians. Anti-fouling anti-fogging face shields utilizing liquid-like omniphobic coatings for COVID-19 healthcare providers (Kevin Golovin, Engineering) Back to Basics: A Sustainable Response to COVID-19 (Eric Li, […]
Pandemic Perseverance
Researchers are adapting to new ways of doing things, mitigating disruptions to their work, and leveraging opportunities to pivot and expand their research programs and support student trainees. While the past several months have been undeniably challenging, UBCO research shows no signs of slowing down despite global pandemic.
Q&A with Michael Deyholos, scientific director of new Plant Growth Facility
UBC Okanagan opens new 5,100 square-foot Plant Growth Facility. Scientific director, Michael Deyholos, shares why the state-of-the art facility is significant for UBCO.
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants: COVID-19 Special Initiative
New research funding will help equip public, private and not-for-profit organizations to respond to challenges posed by pandemic Two UBCO researchers are leading projects awarded through the SSHRC 2020-2021 Partnership Engage Grants COVID-19 Special Initiative. The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced an investment of over $4 million in funding through […]
2020 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholars
MSFHR recently named 20 exceptional BC-based health researchers as 2020 Scholar award recipients in areas ranging from health equity to early dysphagia detection and osteoarthritis prevention. Among them were four UBCO faculty members. The MSFHR Scholar Program is designed to support early career researchers as they establish independent research careers, form their own research teams […]
UBCO researchers receive $1.4M for new equipment and infrastructure
CFI JOHN R. EVANS LEADERS FUND FOR EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE The Government of Canada, through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), announced a $96-million investment in research infrastructure across Canada through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF). CFI’s investment supports 377 new research infrastructure projects at 55 institutions Canada-wide. The investment includes more than […]
UBCO researchers awarded $1M in SSHRC Insight grants
UBC researchers are leading 49 projects were awarded $6.6M through the SSHRC Insight Grants program. A total of $91M was invested nationally by SSHRC through this competition. Eight UBCO researchers were awarded $1,013,970. The Insight Grants support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. Funding is available to both emerging and established scholars for […]
UBCO researchers awarded $4.3M in NSERC Discovery grants
The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced more than $492 million in funding by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), through its Discovery research program. This funding will support researchers across the country as they pursue research in a wide variety of natural sciences and engineering disciplines, […]
UBCO researcher awarded $1M SSHRC Partnership grant
SSHRC has announced that $75M in total funding has been awarded across Canada through the 2019-20 competitions for the Partnership Grants, Partnership Development Grants and SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships. UBC researchers are leading three projects supported by Partnership Grants, with a combined award of $6.1M. Six projects led by UBC researchers are receiving $1.2M through Partnership […]
UBCO researchers receive $500K from New Frontiers in Research: Exploration stream
The New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) 2019 Exploration competition awarded a total of $46.3 million in funding nationally to support 186 research projects that bring disciplines together in nontraditional ways to explore new research directions. NFRF is a federal research funding program that fosters world-leading discovery and innovation by encouraging Canadian researchers to explore, […]