Contact Us

SPARC Office

Technology Enterprise Facility III (TEFIII)
101-6190 Agronomy Road
Vancouver, BC, Canada
V6T 1Z3

Central Office Phone 604 822 8778

SPARC Staff

Admin

Christine Humphries
Director
christine.humphries@ubc.ca

 

 

 

 

Christine is also the Director of ORPA (Office of Research Prizes and Awards), which provides central development support for award nominations.

Health

Christy McTait
Manager of Research Development
CIHR
christy.mctait@ubc.ca

Marliese Dawson
Health Research Development Officer
CIHR Project Grant
marliese.dawson@ubc.ca

Flora To-Miles
Health Research Development Officer
CIHR Team & Large Network Grants
flora.to-miles@ubc.ca

Stefanie Novakowski
Health Research Development Officer
CIHR Operating Grants
stefanie.novakowski@ubc.ca

Elizabeth Cheu
Research Grant Development (on leave)
elizabeth.cheu@ubc.ca

Social Sciences and Humanities

Danica Kell
SSH Research Development Officer
SSHRC
danica.kell@ubc.ca

Mariah Ho
Internal Research Awards Coordinator
SSH Internal Funding Opportunities (Hampton, GRF, SIG)
mariah.ho@ubc.ca

Mariah is also a member of ORPA (Office of Research Prizes and Awards), where she is responsible for the administration of UBC's Internal Research Awards and the internal selection for external awards and prizes.

Interdisciplinary

Kelly Cubbon
Interdisciplinary Research Development Officer
NFRF Exploration, Transformation and Special Calls
kcubbon@mail.ubc.ca

Natural Sciences and Engineering

Alexander Unterberger
Manager of Research Development
NSERC
alexander.unterberger@ubc.ca

Erin Evoy
NSE Research Development Officer (on leave)
NSERC Alliance and RTI
erin.evoy@ubc.ca

Mark Phillipo
NSE Research Development Officer
NSERC Discovery Grant and Horizon Europe
mark.phillipo@ubc.ca

Vivienne Chan
NSE Research Development Officer
NSERC CREATE
vivienne.chan@ubc.ca

Vidhu Sharma
NSE Research Development Officer
NSERC Alliance and RTI
vidhu.sharma@ubc.ca

 

Pia Smets
Research Development Officer
Forestry
pia.smets@ubc.ca

Research Advisors

Dr. Kelly McNagny
Health Research Advisor (CIHR)
kelly.mcnagny@ubc.ca

Dr. Christina Laffin
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Advisor (SSHRC)
christina.laffin@ubc.ca

Dr. Purang Abolmaesumi
Sciences & Engineering Research Advisor (NSERC)
purang@ece.ubc.ca

 

SPARC signature UBC Support Programs to Advance Research Capacity

Part of the VP Research & Innovation portfolio

UBC Support Programs to Advance Research Capacity

101-6190 Agronomy Road
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z3

UBC receives support for managing its research enterprise from the federal Research Support Fund.

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