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Join VIU’s Research Grant Facilitators, Bettina Ruhstein and Roisin Mulligan for a one hour crash course on grant writing basics. Whether you’re just getting started or looking for some tips to put in a more competitive application, we can help.

Come and meet VIU's new Biosafety Officer! In this short course, Jen Kebe will outline Biosafety at VIU, the new Biosafety Training Program, and how to apply for a Biosafety Authorization from the Institutional Biosafety Committee. The aim of this course is to ensure all labs activities are as safe as possible and compliant with terms of VIU's Level 2 Containment license.

This workshop is intended for faculty who are or will be supervising students conducting research involving human participants. The workshop will focus on how supervisors can support students to submit well-developed applications for ethical review, and will include discussions on REB jurisdiction, benefit/risk analysis, managing risk, undue influence, internet tools, and the REB review process, etc.

The VIU Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity Office awards over $100,000 a year in internal grants.  We have grants for just about everything including publishing, research centres, teaching release, travel, and knowledge mobilization. We also have a new grant program focusing on Health Research. Come check it out! Bring your questions.

Join VIU’s SSHRC Grant Facilitator Bettina Ruhstein for an overview of SSHRC’s funding programs. Learn about the key application components shared by all SSHRC proposals and discover best practices for submitting a competitive application. 

The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research is BC’s provincial funding agency. Please join their research competitions staff as they introduce some of their key knowledge translation funding programs, Convening and Collaborating (C2) which funds stakeholder engagement to develop the research project and the Reach Program which supports the dissemination of research evidence/findings.

Covid-19 has impacted the ability of VIU faculty and students to engage in scholarship, research and creative activity. Join this town hall with staff from the SRCA Office to share how your scholarship, research and creative activity has been impacted as well as providing ideas/suggestions on how what will help you to resume activity over the next year. For those who are unable to attend the Town Hall, we will also provide an opportunity to provide feedback via an online survey.

Are you planning to submit a nomination for the President’s Awards for Community Engagement or the Provost’s Awards for Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity this year? Prepare a winning nomination by joining this session to learn more about the award process, award categories and tips on preparing a strong nomination package. The Chairs of the committees will be available to answer your questions and provide guidance to nominators and nominees.

Information session:

Date: April 23

Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Zoom:

On November 12, post to Twitter and use the hashtag #URExchange and get involved in the conversation about undergraduate research. Why? Because Kendra challenged all other universities in Canada to participate in the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) ‘Twitter Takeover’ as a way to share and empower undergraduate research (UR). You can share whatever stage of the research process you find yourself in, or the impact of COVID on your research, a thank you to your mentors/faculty/institution, or anything else that's on your mind about this topic.

To learn about the opportunities and supports to engage your students in CREATE 2020-2021.

 https://viu.zoom.us/j/67314857323?pwd=RUV2bm0yaythSkVvNk9nVzhiYnNCdz09

Password: Research

Meeting ID: 673 1485 7323