Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) is a competitive funding program that helps charitable organizations in British Columbia to build partnerships and pursue shared projects with UBC. We support the partners behind collaborative research, teaching and learning projects that benefit communities across the province.
The Community Engagement Partnership Recognition and Exploration (PRE) Fund fills small resource gaps and acknowledges the work of community groups that partner with UBC. We especially welcome applications for projects that advance equity and justice through reciprocal community engagement.
The Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund supports implementation of the 2020 Indigenous Strategic Plan. Funds are available to support projects that advance UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan priority actions across both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.
BC Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research
To develop research skills and assist with student burdens related to financial, family, community and cultural responsibilities, the BC NEIHR supports Indigenous (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) graduate students and postdoctoral fellows by annual competitions for Master’s and Doctoral scholarships and biennial (every two years) for Post-Doctoral fellowships.
Designed for students advanced in their path toward making a difference and well-positioned to make meaningful contributions to the community through their project and partnership.
The CUES fund is designed to foster and support community-university engagements with diverse communities by offsetting costs for community partners who are collaborating with or seeking to collaborate with UBC partners on research, teaching or learning projects.
The purpose of this program is to seed public-facing humanities projects by helping to remove initial barriers, allow for experimentation, and foster collaboration.
The Walter Gage Memorial Fund provides financial support for non-curricular student projects and activities that enhance the University’s reputation and have broad interest to students at UBC.
Awards are available to continuing international undergraduate students at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus, who have demonstrated leadership in one or more of the following areas: community service, international engagement, intercultural understanding, promotion of diversity, intellectual pursuits, and artistic or athletic endeavours.
The Science Policy Fellowships program gives health researchers and trainees the opportunity to gain real world experience in health policy making. Researchers from all areas of health can apply to spend six to twelve months in a policy setting where they will work as part of a policy team.
Trudeau Scholarships are awarded each year to support highly gifted and actively engaged doctoral students pursuing research in one or more of the four themes: human rights and social justice, responsible citizenship, Canada and the world, and humans and their natural environment.
Up to $40,000 stipend plus up to $20,000 research and travel allowance per year for three years
The Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund supports implementation of the 2020 Indigenous Strategic Plan. Funds are available to support projects that advance UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan priority actions across both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.
The CUES fund is designed to foster and support community-university engagements with diverse communities by offsetting costs for community partners who are collaborating with or seeking to collaborate with UBC partners on research, teaching or learning projects.
This award honours an alumnus, honorary alumnus or group of alumni who have contributed significantly as a volunteer to the University and/or the Alumni Association, over a sustained period. They have enriched the lives of others through their generous gifts of time, talent, or treasure, and their involvement with university-related causes outside of their career responsibilities.
In addition to the above, there are external funding opportunities from foundations, government and local institutions that are available to community and UBC partners, including but not limited to:
Charity Village provides links to online databases and directories of funding agencies and foundations of interest to Canadian individuals and organizations, plus online tools and resources of value to those involved in prospect research and other areas of fundraising.
Vancity has several grants/funds for community projects, including: Community Partnership Program, EnviroFund Grants, Shared Success Grants, and Vancity Community Foundation Strategic Programs funds.
BC NEIHR has various funds for Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) communities, collectives and organizations (ICCOs) for research development and knowledge sharing.
We acknowledge that UBC’s Vancouver campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Musqueam people, and UBC’s Okanagan campus is situated in the territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.
