Funding Opportunities

This program will provide salary awards to neuroscience graduate trainees whose supervisors are full DMCBH members, and is intended to recognize excellence in academics and research activities. Funding is available from several disease-specific endowments, a general endowment; and the Graduate Program in Neuroscience (GPN).

GPN awards will be reserved for GPN students. All other awards are open to all graduate trainees affiliated with DMCBH. All awards are for one year and non-renewable.

Since its inception in 2020, this funding initiative has supported 62 graduate and postdoctoral trainees and awarded over $396,000.

• The applicant’s supervisor must be a full member of the DMCBH or the student must be a GPN member.
• Must be enrolled in a UBC research-based graduate program (which includes the MD/PhD program) at the time of application with a timeframe for program completion of 12 months or more from the time of application. For the Jock & Irene Graham Brain Research Endowment award must be a postdoc with a contract of at least 12 months or more from the time of application. The Leslie Ann Wyman Brain Tumour Research Endowment is open to students and postdocs.
• Applicants must not hold internal or external award funding totaling over $25,000 (graduate student) or $50,000 (postdoctoral fellow) per year. Holders of 4-Year Fellowships with no other external award funding can apply.

• Jock & Irene Graham Brain Research Endowment (postdoc award) – $35,000
• Leslie Ann Wyman Brain Tumour Research Endowment (open to postdocs and students) – $18,000
• Neural Repair (Spinal Cord) Endowment – $4,000
• DMCBH, GPN and Norman Cristall Research Endowment General Awards – $4,000

Your application must include the following documents:

• Completed application form
• Applicant’s Canadian Common CV. Please include all publications (book chapters, journal articles, etc.). https://ccv-cvc.ca/
• Applicant’s summary of research (1-page maximum, single-spaced, 11 pt font size, 0.5” margin
• A copy of all post-secondary transcripts from institutions other than UBC
• Optional for general awards: a short statement (max. 200 words) outlining systemic barriers to productivity. For example, a systematic barrier could be a lack of research opportunities available at previous institutions, or financial barriers or personal circumstances limiting access to research opportunities, but not COVID-related delays

This is a competitive peer-review process and each application will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• Quality of the research proposal;
• Academic excellence;
• Research productivity (e.g. publications, presentations);
• Awards and recognitions;
• Community engagement, public outreach, leadership, and/or teaching.

Trainees who self-identify as IBPOC:

The awards committee will ensure that the group of successful applicants is diverse. Applicants’ IBPOC status will be considered when making the final award decision.

Applications are now closed.

Any questions regarding this program and the application process can be directed to ubc.neuroscience@ubc.ca.

• 2023 award recipients
• 2022 award recipients
• 2021 award recipients
• 2020 award recipients

Applicants must be a full member of the DMCBH.

This program will contribute towards the purchase of research equipment. It is primarily designed to provide matching support and cover small shortfalls for equipment grants (e.g. CFI, NSERC, RTI), but can also be used for the purchase of equipment in conjunction with other DMCBH labs. The equipment does not have to be located in DMCBH/Koerner labs but must benefit DMCBH members.

This program will support 5-6 applications per year, up to a maximum of $10,000/application.

Provide the following information in your application, which should be a maximum of 2 pages:

• Title of project, brief outline, total budget, and amount requested;
• Funding organization, and current stage in the application review process (if applicable);
• Equipment item(s), proposed location, and a quote;
• Sustainability plan for ongoing maintenance/service of equipment;
• Benefits to the CBH community and list of CBH labs that the equipment will support/impact;
• List of matching requests made to other Departments/Centres/Labs/donors/ vendors;
• References, quotes can be attached as Appendices.

Applications will be adjudicated by a small sub-set of the DMCBH Executive Committee and Chris Crossfield.

• Potential impact and benefit to DMCBH community
• Sustainability plan

There is no set deadline for this program. Please submit completed applications in PDF format to Chris Crossfield (chris.crossfield@ubc.ca). Any questions regarding this program and the application process can also be directed to Chris.

The primary applicant must be a full member of the DMCBH.

Provide match support to projects that demonstrate new research collaborations, directions, or technological developments that directly benefit the larger DMCBH community and align with one or more of DMCBH’s strategic priorities.

DMCBH will consider providing match support for requests greater than $10,000 based on availability of funds.

Your request should be no longer than 2 pages and must include the following information:

1. Project Title;
2. Primary applicant and a list of research collaborators;
3. Brief outline of the project and the total match funding request from DMCBH;
4. Primary funding source (e.g. Brain Canada, CFI), total project funding request, and current status of the application process;
5. Details of other partner match funding request(s) in support of the project and current status of each request;
6. Describe how this project will foster new collaborations, its potential impact, and how it aligns with DMCBH strategic priorities, which include Integrated Research Programs, Neuroinformatics, Neurogenomics or Neuroinflammation.

Matching requests can be submitted at any time. Each request will be reviewed by members of the Executive committee and these members will also comprise representatives of each of the Integrated Research Programs. Appropriate COI measures are in place to ensure a transparent review.

Your request will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• Evidence of match funding support from other partners;
• Collaborative approach;
• Potential impact (alignment with strategic priorities, benefits to larger DMCBH community).

Please submit your request in PDF format to Chris Crossfield  (chris.crossfield@ubc.ca).

Any questions regarding this funding opportunity and the application process can also be directed to Chris.

The primary applicant must be a full member of the DMCBH.

DMCBH members are often involved in coordinating and fundraising for local, national, or international scientific meetings (e.g. Satellite meetings, small conferences). The purpose of this funding initiative is to support fundraising efforts to offset meeting expenses.

DMCBH will consider providing support up to a maximum of $2,000 for each meeting. A decision on funding support, and the amount, will be based on how the meeting aligns with the evaluation criteria listed below.

Your request should be no longer than one page and must include the following information:

1. Meeting title;
2. Primary applicant and a list DMCBH members involved in planning the meeting and/or who will be in attendance;
3. Brief outline of the meeting, its potential impact, and how it aligns with DMCBH strategic priorities.

Funding requests can be submitted at any time and will be evaluated on the following criteria:

Potential impact:

• alignment with DMCBH strategic priorities,
• benefits to larger DMCBH community.

Please submit your request in PDF format to Chris Crossfield (chris.crossfield@ubc.ca).

Any questions regarding this funding opportunity and the application process can also be directed to Chris.