Aspire Progam

Program Description

The Aspire Fund will supplement one?time start?up funding provided by the Faculties to new professorial recruits at UBC Okanagan. Funding for the Aspire program is provided from the central budget and from the Excellence Fund. FUNDING PRINCIPLES The Aspire Fund has two goals: (1) to ensure that UBCO can offer competitive start-up packages to recruitment candidates and (2) to provide new faculty with the resources required to develop a robust research career at UBC Okanagan. The Aspire Fund provides up to a 1:1 financial match for start-up amounts provided by Faculties to research-stream recruitment candidates.

Full Program Terms

Proposal Development Support

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How to Apply

Submission Guidelines are embedded within program terms.