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:
Social Sciences Humanities |
Brianna Wells brianna.wells@ubc.ca Ph: 250.807.8520 |
Natural Sciences and Engineering | Denise Maines denise.maines@ubc.ca Ph: 250.807.8510 |
Health | Stacey Leavitt stacey.leavitt@ubc.ca |
Institutional Programs (CFI/BCKDF) | Pierre Rondier pierre.rondier@ubc.ca Ph. 250.807.9438 |
Indigenous Community Liaison | Sandra Fox sandra.fox@ubc.ca Ph: 250.807.8187 |