This page contains a list of nomination and application deadlines for external recognition opportunities. For more information about external opportunities, please consult the sponsor website listed below. Please review the tabs on the right column of this page for other external opportunites not listed.
Tracking UBC's participation in major external award competitions is an institutional priority. If you are planning to submit a nomination for one of the external opportunities listed here, please advise the Faculty Awards Coordinator so nomination activity can be effectively and confidentially tracked.
For Faculty Research Award deadlines, guidelines and forms, please visit the Faculty Research Awards page. For questions, please contact the Faculty Awards Coordinator at (604) 822-6010.
If you are seeking information about deadlines for peer-reviewed research funding competitions, please visit the Office of Research Services.
Award Deadlines
| Award or Fellowship | Sponsor | Discipline(s) | UBC Internal Deadline | Sponsor Deadline | |
| Volvo Environmental Prize | Volvo Environment Prize Foundation | Environmental Sciences | 1/10/13 | ||
| CUFA BC Distinquished Academics Awards | Confederation of University Faculty Assocations of BC (CUFA) | Multiple | 1/30/13 | ||
| Max Planck Research Award | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation | Life Sciences | 1/31/13 | ||
| Konrad Adenauer Research Award | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation & the Royal Society of Canada | Humanities, Social Sciences | 1/31/13 | ||
| The Harvey Prize | Technion - Israel Institue of Technology | Science & Technology | 2/7/13 | ||
| Medals & Lectures RSL | The Royal Society of London | Science & Technology | 2/8/13 | ||
| Timothy R. Parsons Medal | Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Ocean Sciences | 2/28/13 | ||
| Japan Prizes | The Japan Prize Foundation | Multiple | 2/18/13 | 2/28/13 | |
| Health Researcher of the Year | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | Health | 2/22/13 VP Endorsement |
3/1/13 | |
| The Order of British Columbia | The Order of B.C. Advisory Council | Multiple | 3/10/13 | ||
| The Order of Canada | Governor General of Canada | All fields | Ongoing | ||
| The Balzan Prize | International Balzan Prize Foundation | Multiple | 3/15/13 | ||
| Keio Medical Prize | Keio University Medical Science Fund | Health & Life Sciences | 3/18/13 | ||
| Canadian Academy of Health Sciences | The Council of Canadian Academies | Health Sciences | 3/22/13 | ||
| Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) | Natural Sciences & Engineering | 4/1/13 | ||
| John C. Polanyi Award | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) | Natural Sciences & Engineering | 4/1/13 | ||
| The Brockhouse Canada Prize | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) | Natural Sciences & Engineering | 4/1/13 | ||
| Synergy Award for Innovation | Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council (NSERC) | Natural Sciences & Engineering | 4/15/13 | ||
| AAAS Fellowship | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Council | Science & Technology, Natural Sciences & Engineering | 4/17/13 | ||
| E.W.R. Steacie Fellowships | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) | Natural Sciences & Engineering | Internal Deadline April 18 | 6/7/13 | |
| SSHRC Impact Awards | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) | Humanities, Social Sciences | Internal Deadline April 18 | 6/10/13 | |
| King Faisal International Prize | King Faisal Foundation | Health & Life Sciences, Physical & Engineering Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences | 5/1/13 | ||
| World Food Prize | The World Food Prize Foundation | Multiple | 5/1/13 | ||
| L'Oreal UNESCO Awards in the Life Sciences | L'Oreal Foundation | Life Sciences | Please contact brenda.carrier@ubc.ca by April 29 to discuss potential candidates. | 5/17/13 | |
| International Prize for Biology | The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | Biology | 5/17/13 | ||
| Killam Research Fellowships | Canada Council for the Arts | Humanities, Social sciences, Natural Sciences, Health Sciences, and (or) Engineering | ORS Authorization | 5/15/13 | |
| Killam Research Prize | Canada Council for the Arts | Humanities, Social sciences, Natural Sciences, Health Sciences, and (or) Engineering | 6/15/13 | ||
| The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame | Health & Life Sciences | 6/24/13 | |||
| Frontiers of Knowledge Awards | BBVA Foundation | Multiple | 7/1/13 | ||
| The Prix Galien | Prix Galien Canada | Pharmacology | 7/15/13 | ||
| The Millennium Technology Prize | Technology Academy Finland | Multiple | 7/31/13 | ||
| The Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences | The Wiley Foundation | Health & Life Sciences, Physical & Engineering Sciences | 7/31/13 | ||
| Wolf Prize | Wolf Foundation | Multiple | 8/31/12 | ||
| Holberg International Prize | Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund | Humanities, Social Sciences | 9/15/12 | ||
| Sloan Research Fellowships | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | Health & Life Sciences, Physical & Engineering Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences | 9/15/12 | ||
| Stockholm Water Prize | Stockholm International Water Institute | Health & Life Sciences, Physical & Engineering Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences | 9/15/12 | ||
| Guggenheim Fellowships | John Simon Gugggenheim Memorial Foundation | Humanities, Social Sciences | 9/19/12 | ||
| CIHR/CMAJ Top Achievements in Health Research | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Life Sciences, Social Sciences | 9/28/12 | ||
| Royal Society Fellowships | The Royal Society of London | Health & Life Sciences, Physical & Engineering Sciences | 9/30/12 | ||
| Fukuoka Prize | Yokatopia Foundation & Fukuoka City | Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences | 9/30/12 | ||
| Le prix Canada Gairdner Awards | The Gairdner Foundation | Health & Life Sciences | 10/01/12 | ||
| Trudeau Fellowships | The Trudeau Foundation | Humanities & Social Sciences | 10/15/12 Internal Deadline | 11/15/12 | |
| Fellowship & Governor Awards | The Bank of Canada | Multiple | 11/15/12 | ||
| Canada-U.S. Fullbright Program | Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America | Multiple | 11/15/12 | ||
| Dan David Prize | Dan David Foundation (Tel Aviv University) | Arts, Humanities, Physical & Life Sciences | 11/30/12 | ||
| Albert Einstein World Award of Science | World Cultural Council (WCC) | Physical & Life Sciences | 11/30/12 | ||
| Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts | World Cultural Council (WCC) | Arts & Humanites | 11/30/12 | ||
| Molson Prize | Canada Council for the Arts & SSHRC | Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities | 12/01/12 | ||
| John Diefenbaker Award | Canada Council for the Arts | Social Sciences & Humanities | 12/01/12 | ||
| The Kavli Prize | The Kavli Foundation | Health & Life Sciences, Physical & Engineering Sciences | 12/01/11 | ||
| RSC Fellowships | The Royal Society of Canada | Multiple | 12/01/12 | ||
| RSC Awards & Medals | The Royal Society of Canada | Multiple | 12/01/12 | ||
| Manning Innovation Awards | Ernest C. Manning Innovation Awards Foundation | Multiple | 12/03/12 | ||
| Bressler Prize in Vision Science | The Bressler Fund and The Jewish Guild for the Blind | Health & Life Sciences | 12/31/12 |
