Documentation:Orientation for New Researchers/Proposal Development
Developing Your Proposal
A number of resources are available to researchers developing proposals.
Grant Facilitation Network
Grant Facilitators are appointed throughout all UBC locations and in each research discipline, and are dedicated to providing assistance to faculty members applying for research grants from all sources. Their roles vary across faculties, and may include:
- helping to identify new funding opportunities;
- assisting with initiating and developing research collaborations;
- providing review, editing and revision of research proposals; and
- assisting with budget justification.
A directory of Grant Facilitators is available at www.research.ubc.ca.
Support Programs to Advance Research Capacity (SPARC)
SPARC provides expert strategic support to UBC researchers in all disciplines who seek funding for innovative research initiatives. We help to develop research partnerships and build interdisciplinary, inter-institutional teams that may involve government, the private sector and the community.
Our services include Internal Review, strategic workshops, and brokering team development and partnerships with government, industry and consumer groups. Our unique programs are tailored to meet the needs of researchers and to respond to emerging mandates and priorities of external funding agencies.
We assist researchers in all disciplines and at all UBC locations. We invite you to contact us to discuss your research interests and needs in detail. Visit sparc.ubc.ca for more information.
Obtaining Institutional Signatures
In addition to fulfilling the signature requirements of the agency to which you are applying, you must also fulfill the signature requirements of the University. By University Policy, all proposals for external funding for research and other projects must be signed in the following order by:
1. Principal Applicant (and co-applicants if any);
2. UBC Department Head (or Director of a School or Institute);
3. Dean of the Faculty (not required for applications from the Faculties of Science or Applied Science, or the School of Human Kinetics); and
4. Director of Research Services (Vancouver) or AVP Academic & Research (Okanagan) on behalf of the President.
* All university signatures are required, even when preprinted forms do not have the appropriate spaces.
* Allow time for signatues. Some faculties have internal deadlines and supplementary requirements. Some programs require the President’s siganture; arrange for this well in advance.
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