Announcements + Updates

  1. November 30, 2021

    Updated NSERC Sample Grant Library

    SPARC's sample grant library has been updated with new NSERC CREATE Letters of Intent and Full Applications. Applicants to the competition can consult these new sample grants and ones from previous competitions when preparing their own applications.

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  2. November 30, 2021

    Support available for SSHRC Partnership Grant Stage 1

    SPARC is pleased to announce the following support services available for applicants to the 2022 SSHRC Partnership Grant Stage 1 competition.  In addition to the optional services below, SPARC will also facilitate the mandatory Institutional Support Letter.  Please contact

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  3. November 29, 2021

    UBC CREATE Internal Competition

    UBC is permitted to submit six (6) proposals to the NSERC CREATE Letter of Intent (LOI) competition. Proposal selection will occur through an internal selection peer-review process, detailed below.

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  4. November 19, 2021

    New NSERC Alliance Resource

    SPARC in collaboration with UBC applicants has developed a new resource - a guide to completing the Partner Organization Form for partner organizations.

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  5. August 25, 2021

    Updated NSERC Alliance playbook available

    The NSERC Alliance grants playbook has been updated to reflect and include the most recent changes to the program, and includes a section on the new National Security Guidelines for Research Partnerships.

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  6. July 15, 2021

    Register for SSHRC Insight Grant Internal Peer Review

    Registration is now open SSHRC Insight Grant 2021 Internal Peer Review. Interested applicants should register online by the deadline of July 26, 2021.  Please note, a draft one page summary of your project is required as part of the registration process.  Please visit the page below for more information, and to register. 

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