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Academic Initiatives

Advancing strategy through key academic projects

UBC’s strategy sets our academic direction. Our initiatives keep us on course. The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, leads several strategic campus-wide initiatives to advance academic excellence.

Each initiative brings the strategy to life and helps us meet our commitments and move forward.

Budget planning

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, provides leadership around the development of the UBC budget for the Vancouver campus. This helps ensure that resource investments align with UBC’s strategic goals and aspirations. 

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Academic Excellence Funds

The Academic Excellence Funds at UBC Vancouver 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. 

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Funding opportunities

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, helps connect faculty members with funding opportunities across all disciplines. 

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Strategy support

Units in the Office of the Provost can help support Faculties and academic units in their strategic planning and decision-making.

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President’s Excellence Chairs

In January 2016, the UBC Board of Governors approved the creation of the UBC Excellence Fund to advance academic excellence and strengthen UBC in the years to come. The chairs created through the PEC program are in Biodiversity Studies, Brain Health, Forest Bio-products, Global Migration, Precision Oncology, Network Cultures and Healthy Aging.

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UBC Provost & VP Academic

Office of the Provost & Vice-President Academic
Room 651 Walter C. Koerner Library

1958 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada
V6T 1Z2
Tel 604 822 1261
Fax 604 822 3134
E-mail provost.vpa@ubc.ca

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