The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, helps faculty members find funding from the federal government's Canada Research Chairs program, as well as internal funding opportunities across all disciplines.
Academic Excellence Funds - UBC Vancouver
The Academic Excellence Funds provide significant resources for initiatives that help UBC attract the best faculty and students, support world-changing research and deliver an exceptional learning experience. Find out more about the fund and how it is allocated.
Canada Research Chairs
The Government of Canada established the Canada Research Chairs program to enable Canadian universities to achieve the highest levels of research excellence and become world-class research centres.
UBC currently has an allocation of 194 Chairs that are nominated by the Deans when vacancies arise within their faculty’s allotment. Visit our Canada Research Chairs web page for more information about UBC’s allocation of chairs and important deadlines.
Equity Enhancement Fund
The Equity Enhancement Fund helps promote initiatives that significantly contribute to the enhancement of equity and diversity at UBC’s Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. Any academic or administrative unit, with the endorsement of the unit’s Head, may submit proposals for one-time funding of equity initiatives of up to $25,000 per project.
Student clubs and societies, unions and associations, and other faculty and staff groups are also invited to submit proposals through their respective senior leadership. For more information on guidelines, deadlines and requirements, visit the Equity Enhancement Fund website.
Research Funding + Support
Need funding or help with developing, budgeting or managing your research projects? UBC offers significant support and resources to help faculty identify, secure and manage research funding. Learn more.
Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund
The Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) supports innovation in teaching and the learning environment at UBC’s Vancouver campus.
Each year, the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, invites all UBC Vancouver faculties and colleges to apply for TLEF funding for initiatives that will improve the student learning experience at UBC. Funding is available for large projects greater than $50,000 that clearly align with faculty and UBC strategic priorities, and for small projects under $50,000. A portion of the TLEF will be set aside to fund projects that align with the strategic priorities of flexible learning at UBC.
For more information on criteria, applying and deadlines, visit the TLEF website.
Continuous Learning Advancement Fund
The Continuous Learning Advancement Fund (CLAF) supports the creation, renewal and expansion of non-degree learning opportunities at UBC Vancouver. Initially launched in 2019 as the Online Learning Advancement Fund (OLAF), CLAF’s renewed focus is on growing UBC Vancouver’s capacity to serve continuous learners in British Columbia, as set out in the university’s strategic plan.
CLAF supports the creation, renewal and expansion of non-degree, fully online learning opportunities for continuous learners seeking to change (reskill) or advance (upskill) their careers in high-demand sectors. Learning opportunities align with industry, employer, community and/or Indigenous community needs, with the goal that learning can be assessed and recognized for employment, complements current offerings, or offers pathways in BC’s post-secondary system.
For more information on criteria, applying and deadlines, visit the CLAF website.
Open Educational Resource (OER) Fund
The UBC Vancouver OER Fund, established through the UBC Academic Excellence Fund in 2019, aims to support affordable and inclusive access to learning materials through the adoption, adaptation, development, and integration of open educational resources in UBCV credit courses. At launch, UBCV committed $1-million over a four-year period to support OER initiatives. Funding is in two streams:
- OER Implementation Grants provide funding and staff support to UBC faculty up to $25,000 over the life of the project to incorporate open educational resources as the required materials into UBCV undergraduate credit courses.
- OER Rapid Innovation Grants of up to $2,000 per project are available to UBC Vancouver students, faculty and staff for a wide range of innovative activities and events that increase OER development, awareness, and capacity building.
For more information on criteria, applying and deadlines, visit the OER Fund website.
SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING (SoTL)
The UBC Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISoTL) and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) offer a support program for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). The SoTL Seed Program provides graduate research assistants, collegial collaborations, and complementary funding for projects, for faculty interested in exploring and understanding the impact of their pedagogical choices.
SoTL Seed projects should ask meaningful questions about student learning or teaching activities designed to facilitate student learning, with the goal of gathering evidence to answer those questions, and then sharing the results to contribute to broader bodies of knowledge on student learning.
For more information on criteria, applying and deadlines, visit the SoTL Seed Program website.
In addition, a SoTL Dissemination Fund is available to faculty for expenses related to presenting or publishing SoTL work.
Students as Partners (SaP) Fund
Announced in Fall 2021 and funded by the Student Support Initiative, the Students as Partners fund provides Students as Partners in Course Design grants to advance faculty and undergraduate-student partnerships to redesign UBCV undergraduate courses. Applications from faculty, students, or preferably faculty-student collaborators are welcome. Up to 40 projects of up to $7,100 per project will be funded between 2022-2024; there is also a dissemination fund to offset costs for sharing funded works.
For more information on criteria, applying and deadlines, visit the Students as Partners website.