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Support Programs to Advance Research Capacity (SPARC)

We give UBC faculty members a competitive advantage by supporting major Tri-Agency research grant competitions with strategic professional services and resources.

Current Competitions

Dedicated support and resources are available for the following current competitions

CIHR
Project Grant
Support & Resources
NSERC
CREATE
Support & Resources
NSERC
Alliance
Support & Resources
SSHRC
Insight Development Grant
Support & Resources
SSHRC
Partnership Grant Stage 1
Support & Resources
SSHRC
Research on Research Joint Initiative
Support & Resources

Updates + Workshops

  1. Announcement date:

    Horizon Europe Webinars for UBC Researchers: Finding Funding (Jan. 14 and 15, 10am)

  2. Announcement date:

    Horizon Europe Webinars for UBC Researchers: Using Crowdhelix to Find Reseach Partners (Jan. 21 and 22, 10am)

  3. Event date: to

    CIHR Webinar: Pan-Canadian Network for HIV/AIDS and STBBI Clinical Trials Research (Ph 2: Training and Mentoring Platforms) (Jan. 16, 11am)

  4. Announcement date:

    SPARC Review of SSHRC Insight Development Grants 2025

  5. Announcement date:

    Two CIHR-hosted Project Grant Webinars (Jan. 22, 8am and Feb. 6, 10am)

  6. Announcement date:

    Two Horizon Europe-hosted webinars: Canadian Battery Innovators (Jan. 22, 9am) and Cluster 2 Info Session (Jan. 29, 6am)

  7. Announcement date:

    Support available for NSERC-NSF joint call on Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF)

  8. Event date: to

    Two CIHR Webinars: Team Grant: Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention (Jan. 29 and Feb. 5)

  9. Event date: to

    CIHR Webinar for Catalyst Grant: Oral Health Data Analysis (Feb. 5, 10am)

  10. Announcement date:

    2025/2026 NSERC CREATE - Important Changes and Competition Support
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UBC receives support for managing its research enterprise from the federal Research Support Fund.

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