September 15, 2024
The ATM congratulates Members receiving federal funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF). The JELF helps institutions to recruit and retain outstanding researchers, acquire the tools that enable the innovative work of leading researchers and offer research support.
Of the $7 million in federal funding awarded to UBC-led projects, more than $2.9 million is associated with 11 UBC faculty of medicine researchers, and $284,286 coming from 2 ATM-associated researchers. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Dena Shahriari and Dr. Adi Stef for their exciting projects.
Dena Shahriari (Department of Orthopaedics)
- Project: Implantable Smart Biomaterials and Sensors
- CFI Contribution: $136,912
Adi Steif (Department of Medical Genetics)
- Project: Single Cell Analysis of Chromosomal Instability in Cancer using Machine Learning
- CFI Contribution: $147,374
Read the announcement made by the CFI here.
For the list of all successful UBC Faculty of Medicine applicants, visit this press release.
The list of all 51 projects from British Columbia can be found here.
September 13, 2024
Summary
As part of their commitment to promote capacity building in the Canadian cancer research landscape, the CIHR Institute of Cancer Research (CIHR-ICR), in partnership with the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and Terry Fox Research Institute, as well as in-kind partners, the Canadian Cancer Society and Cancer Research Society, is pleased to announce the open call for applications for its annual Early Career Researcher (ECR) Workshop.
The ECR Workshop will be held from the evening of November 26 to the evening of November 27, in Toronto, Ontario. Recognizing the unique challenges faced by ECRs, this workshop aims to support the professional development of ECRs in cancer research by equipping them with the skills and expertise necessary to lead cutting-edge research in the 21st century. CIHR-ICR will cover the costs associated with travel, accommodation, and poster printing for the ECR Workshop. Further details regarding expenses will be provided to successful applicants.
Objectives
To promote the professional development and success of ECRs within the Canadian cancer research landscape by:
- Providing opportunities to interact, collaborate, and network among peers, senior investigators, knowledge users, and other participants;
- Strengthening the knowledge and skills relevant to establishing and maintaining a successful research career through career development presentations, breakout sessions, and panel discussions (e.g., grantsmanship, communicating science, research program management, patient engagement, resources and tools, etc.);
- Facilitating learning and knowledge sharing between researchers, senior investigators, knowledge users, CIHR staff, and other stakeholders within an interdisciplinary environment.
Key Dates
- Workshop: 26-27 November 2024 | Toronto, Ontario
- Application Deadline: 30 September 2024 | 8:59pm
- Notice of decision: October 2024
Eligibility
- The Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must meet CIHR’s definition of an Early Career Researcher at the time of application.
- The NPA must be committed to attend the entire ECR Workshop and present a poster. NPAs are encouraged to re-use any existing posters.
- The NPA’s area of research must be relevant to CIHR-ICR’s mandate and/or research priority areas.
- The competition is open to individuals affiliated with a Canadian institution at the time of the application.
Interested applicants can find full information on the CIHR website, including application information and links.
August 27, 2024
An exciting 8-month mentorship opportunity is accepting applications for early career academics. In its 5th year, the 2024/2025 Maximizing Impact cohort will support 35 faculty across both UBC-V and UBC-O campuses. The program considers early career academics as those in educational leadership and research streams who are within their first 3 years at UBC.
About the Program
In response to the pandemic, in 2020 UBC launched Maximizing Impact, a program to engage early-career researchers/faculty in maximizing the impact of their academic endeavours. The program invites non-tenured faculty members at the level of Assistant Professor, to take part in a program that provides networking opportunities, lunch-and-learn sessions with thoughtful and engaging speakers, and group and/or 1:1 leadership coaching.
Program Hightlights
- Connect and network with fellow early-career academics from both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses who are navigating similar challenges and opportunities and build a network that supports your work and vision.
- Benefit from one-on-one and/or group coaching with certified and experienced UBC Leadership Coaches to navigate the complexities associated with the role, explore strengths, uncover the broader system, and set and achieve professional and personal goals.
- An in-person institute/orientation (at the suggestion of the last cohort) will be held on Saturday, September 21, at UBC Vancouver.
- Monthly workshops, including a selection of the following:
- Finding Balance
- Expanding Mentorship
- Reframing Imposter Syndrome
- How to Say No
- Building a Research Pipeline
- Tenure expectations
Key Dates
- Application Deadline: 9 September 2024
- Program: September 2024 to end of April 2025
Links
August 20, 2024
The Faculty of Medicine (FoM) has launched its internal selection process for the Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship. The ATM Community is likely full of eligible candidates who may apply for this funding to support their translational research endeavours. These Awards are provided to early-to-mid-career researchers who possess potential for significant impact in their field of scholarship.
Eligibility: Recently tenured faculty (within 3-4 years) who are no more than 15 years post-PhD. Specific eligibility conditions and exceptions apply.
Funding Amount: One-time research allowance of $50,000. Additional funding of $60,000 will be provided to the awardee’s academic unit to help offset teaching load over the 2-year period.
Funding Term: 2 academic years, beginning 1 July 2025
Nomination Process: Researchers can self-nominate for the FoM internal process. From the internal process, the FoM Dean can submit up to 2 nominations to the annual UBC-wide competition (which offers up to 6 awardees).
FoM Internal Nomination Deadline: 28 October 2024
Full Nomination (by FoM Dean) Deadline: 15 November 2024
To apply for theFoM’s internal competition, please review the instructions and follow the process carefully.
For full information regarding this award, including past winners, please visit the UBC Office of Research Prizes & Awards.
August 19, 2024
The popular Medventions Lecture Series will return in Fall 2024. The series is a free hybrid educational opportunity designed to equip the next generation of medtech innovators with the knowledge and skills they need to transform healthcare.
Attendees will be learners through a proven process for the identification, invention, and implementation of health technology solutions. Lectures will uncover the must-have knowledge and skills to successfully bring a medtech idea to life through commercialization. This is an educational series designed to equip the next generation of medtech innovators with the knowledge and skills they need to transform healthcare. The Lecture Series offers an excellent opportunity to learn about health technology innovation, how to validate healthcare needs, invent new medical technology products, and plan for their implementation into patient care.
Format and Sessions
Fourteen weekly sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 1pm – 4:30pm PT. Each lecture is 1 hour (1pm – 2pm). Some lectures will include an accompanying networking and workshopping portion, however virtual attendees will only be able to attend the lecture portion. Sessions will run from 10 September 2024 to 10 December 2024.
- Lecture 1: The Medical Technology Ecosystem in Canada
- Lecture 2: Healthcare Entrepreneurship & Start-Up Strategy
- Lecture 3: Market Research & Analysis
- Lecture 4: Health Design Thinking
- Lecture 5: Business Models and Fundamentals of Medical Device Finance and Fundraising
- Lecture 6: Technology Transfer & IP Fundamentals
- Lecture 7: Medical Device Regulation
- Lecture 8: Reimbursement & Health Economics
- Lecture 9: Pitching to Investors – Swimming with the Sharks
- Lecture 10: R&D and clinical strategy
- Lecture 11: The Exit Path: Medtech Investors and Investments
- Lecture 12: Quality and process management
- Lecture 13: Marketing and sales distribution in medtech
- Lecture 14: To be announced
The Fall 2024 Medventions Lecture Series dates are also located in the ATM Calendar
Register for lectures here!
August 7, 2024
We recently shared that registration is open for the Regulatory Affairs in the Life Sciences Micro-certificate returning in Fall 2024. The ATM is pleased to provide an update, which is that students registered in the Fall 2024 iteration of the UBC Micro-certificate in Regulatory Affairs in the Life Sciences are eligible for funding through the StrongerBC future skills grant (FSG).
This is the second consecutive year that the Micro-certificate has been chosen to receive this support, since the introduction of the FSG in Fall 2023.Regulatory Affairs in the Life Sciences is one of nine eligible UBC programs in Fall 2024 for FSG funding, which can provide students with up to $3,500 in eligible short-term skills training, regardless of a learner’s financial need. With the FSG program aiming to equip learners with job-related skills for high-opportunity roles, the inclusion of Regulatory Affairs in the Life Sciences speaks to its high-calibre. With both the Micro-certificate registration the FSG grant portal open, now is the time to register for the program and enhance your knowledge.
Links
August 7, 2024
With deadlines approaching for the CIHR Fall 2024 Project Grant & 2024 NFRF – Exploration competitions, researchers are reminded to explore both opportunities to support their research in translational medicine, if they have not already.
Description
The Project Grant program is designed to capture ideas with the greatest potential to advance health-related fundamental or applied knowledge, health research, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes. It supports research projects proposed and conducted by individual researchers or groups of researchers, at any career stage, in all areas of health. The best ideas may stem from new, incremental, innovative, and/or high-risk lines of inquiry; or knowledge translation approaches.
The Project Grant program will:
- Support a diverse portfolio of health-related research and knowledge translation projects at any stage, from discovery to application, including commercialization;
- Promote relevant collaborations across disciplines, professions, and sectors; and,
- Contribute to the creation and use of health-related knowledge.
Key Dates
- Deadlines
- Registration Deadline: 14 August 2024 | 5pm
- FoM Internal Deadline: 3 September 2024 | 4pm
- Applicant e-Submission Deadline: 10 September 2024 | 12pm
- Funding Start Date: 1 April 2024
Please refer to the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Guidelines and application instructions
Description
The goal of the Exploration stream is to inspire high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research. Exploration grants support research that pushes boundaries into exciting new areas. Researchers are encouraged to think “outside of the box” and undertake research that would defy current paradigms; brings disciplines together in unexpected ways and from bold, innovative perspectives; and has the potential to be disruptive or deliver game-changing impacts.
Exploration stream grants support projects that:
- bring disciplines together beyond traditional disciplinary or common interdisciplinary approaches;
- propose to explore something new, which might fail; and
- have the potential for significant impact.
Key Dates
- NOI Deadlines
- Applicant e-Submission Deadline: 26 August 2024 | 12pm
- Sponsor Deadline: 27 August 2024 | 5pm
- Full Application Deadlines
- UBC Internal Application Deadline: 29 October 2024 | 8:30am
- Full Applicant e-Submission Deadline: 4 November 2024 | 12pm
- Full Application Sponsor Deadline: 5 November 2024 | 5pm
- Grant Start Date: By 31 March 2024
Follow UBC-specific guidelines via the Office of Research Services