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---+ Funding Info * Every faculty member gets $500 per year in professional development funds. This money can be used up to 3 years later, or borrowed for up to 5 years in advance. More details can be found at http://www.hr.ubc.ca/faculty_relations/compensation/pdrfund.html * Magic wording suggested to Kevin Murphy (source unknown) for adding infrastructure costs "I am following NSERC guidelines in the institution of user fees for shared facilities, such as printing and file servers. These are charged according to the estimated level of usage." * InternationalVisitingStudentInfo * FinancialServicesCurrencyConverter (Faculty/Grad Travel) ---++ Funding Sources ---+++General * NSERC (http://www.nserc.gc.ca/index.htm) is a main source of funding. * The main program that faculty apply to is the Discovery program (http://www.nserc.gc.ca/professors_e.asp?nav=profnav&lbi=a1) * They have other sources, but many require matching funds from industry * The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) (http://www.innovation.ca/index.cfm) provides funding mostly for infrastructure (e.g., large equipment, etc.) * the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) (http://www.nce-rce.gc.ca/index.htm) funds partnerships between university, government and industry * The UBC Office of Research Services (ORS) has a set of upcoming deadlines that you can peruse: http://www.ors.ubc.ca/funding/deadlines.htm ---+++Specialized * Microsoft has a fellowship program for new faculty (http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/nff/) for $100,000 a year for 2 years. It's open to US and Canadian faculty members. The ligibility requirements are as of the application year you must: * be in your first, second, or third year as a faculty member * be in your first faculty position * be no more than 6 years from the completion of your most recent !PhD * be the only one nominated by your university
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