Internal funding opportunities exist to enhance UBC researchers' success applying for funding from social sciences and humanities competitions.
Hampton New Faculty Grant
Purpose: To support the early stages of the research programs of tenure-track Assistant, Associate, and Full Professors hired within the last 24 months
Value: $10,000
Application Deadline: September 1st*, by 4pm
Duration: 2 years
Program Information and Application Instructions: download here
Application Form: download here
Please direct questions to: sparc.hampton@ubc.ca
*Please note: if the deadline falls on a weekend, the application will be due by 4 p.m. on the following business day.
Download Hampton Extension Request Form/SSHRC Extension Request Form
Download Hampton Final Achievement Report
Bridge Funding Program
The Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI) in partnership with the Support Programs to Advance Research Capacity (SPARC) offers Bridge Funding to support researchers that wish to improve and re-submit unsuccessful applications to Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) competitions. Please note: if a deadline falls on a weekend, the application will be due by 4 p.m. on the following business day.
Eligible SSHRC Programs and Deadlines:
Application Submission Requirements:
- Applicants must complete the Bridge Funding Application Form
- Applications for the Bridge Funding Program must be accompanied by an RPIF
- Completed applications must be submitted by email to Danica Kell. UBC Okanagan applicants should submit their applications directly to the UBCO Office of Research Services, who will forward them to SPARC on your behalf.
SSHRC Institutional Grants (SIG)
Through its SSHRC Institutional Grants (SIG) funding opportunity, SSHRC provides annual block grants to help eligible Canadian postsecondary institutions fund small-scale research and research-related activities by their faculty in the social sciences and humanities. SIG grants are intended to help Canadian post-secondary institutions develop, maintain or strengthen research capacity and research excellence in the social sciences and humanities.
SIG funds may be used to:
- assist social sciences and humanities researchers with modest research funding requirements;
- support national and international knowledge mobilization within and/or beyond the research community; and
- support the development of students.
UBC researchers can access SIG funding through faculty competitions (Law, Applied Science, Arts, Education, Forestry, Sauder) or through the central competition (Land & Food Systems, Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Science).
Faculty Block Grant Reporting:
Complete Annual Achievement Report here
Download Annual Activity Report here (fill out and submit to danica.kell@ubc.ca)
https://sparc.ubc.ca/sshrc-institutional-grants-sig-achievement-report
Other
- UBC Scholarly Publication Fund: Supports costs of publication such as subventions, indexing and image clearances. Does not cover APCs or open access fees. Deadlines are October 15, February 15 and June 15
- UBC Open Access Fund: Supports payment of article processing charges (APCs) and related costs for open access publishing. Opens September 1, funds are available until envelope is depleted.
- UBC has also negotiated several open access publisher discounts available to UBC researchers.