Research Facilitation

Research Facilitators on the Okanagan campus support researchers by providing the following services:

• Disseminate information on funding opportunities and deadlines
• Develop grant proposals through one-on-one support with researchers
• Provide sample proposals, templates and guides to assist in proposal development
• Offer criteria review of proposals
• Advise on how to construct the strongest proposals for submission
• Support large network and team grants or major strategic grants
• Develop budgets and help researchers identify funding sources
• Liaise with funding agencies
• Administer internal processes and timelines on the Okanagan campus
• Provide local onsite access to some of the services and resources offered by the Vancouver campus SPARC and the Institutional Programs Office
• Coordinate with the Vancouver campus ORS, SPARC and Institutional Programs Office for internal peer reviews, signatures and submissions to funding agencies
• Provide one-on-one consultations to incorporate equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) into research proposals
  • A two-part video primer on how EDI can be incorporated into research has been developed by UBC’s Equity & Inclusion Office entitled Making Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Matter in Research, and can be accessed here.

Okanagan Campus Research Facilitation Contacts

By area of expertise: