External agencies, including government and non-profit foundations offer funding programs that award research grants through peer-reviewed competition. The most common sources of external funding include:
- The Government of Canada "Tri-Council": Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and the BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF)
- Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program
- Networks of Centres of Excellence of Canada (NCE)
- The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)
- Genome BC and Genome Canada
- The American National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Funding Support at UBC
See UBC Office of Research Services for an updated list of external funding agencies and deadlines.