Contact Us

SPARC Office

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

SPARC Staff

Admin

Heather Frost
Director
604.822.8789
heather.frost@ubc.ca
 
Heather 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
604.827.5615
christy.mctait@ubc.ca

Marliese Dawson
Health Research Development Officer
CIHR Project Grant
604.822.6010
marliese.dawson@ubc.ca

Sharon Marsh
Health Research Development Officer
CIHR Operating Grants, MSHR BC and Horizon Europe
604.822.9180
sharon.marsh@ubc.ca

Flora To-Miles
Health Research Development Officer
CIHR Team & Large Network Grant and MSHR BC
604.822.0182
flora.to-miles@ubc.ca

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

Social Sciences and Humanities

Danica Kell
SSH Research Development Officer
SSHRC
604.822.8778
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
604.822.4590
kcubbon@mail.ubc.ca

Natural Sciences and Engineering

Alexander Unterberger
Manager of Research Development
NSERC
604.822.5386
alexander.unterberger@ubc.ca

Erin Evoy
NSE Research Development Officer
NSERC Alliance and RTI
604.827.5282
erin.evoy@ubc.ca

Mark Phillipo
NSE Research Development Officer
NSERC Discovery Grant and Horizon Europe
604.822.8136
mark.phillipo@ubc.ca

Vivienne Chan
NSE Research Development Officer
NSERC CREATE
604.822.7971
vivienne.chan@ubc.ca

Pia Smets
Research Development Officer
Forestry
604.822.9496
pia.smets@ubc.ca

Research Advisors

Dr. Kelly McNagny
Health Research Advisor (CIHR)
604.822.7824
kelly.mcnagny@ubc.ca

Dr. Christina Laffin
Interim Social Sciences & Humanities Research Advisor (SSHRC)
604.822.4990
christina.laffin@ubc.ca

Dr. Purang Abolmaesumi
Sciences & Engineering Research Advisor (NSERC)
604.827.4741
purang@ece.ubc.ca

 

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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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