This week, the Government of Canada announced $1.3 billion in federal research funding has been awarded through a suite of research programs administered by the three federal research granting agencies—the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
NSERC Discovery Research Program
191 new research programs and projects led by UBC researchers were awarded more than $48.6 million through the 2025 NSERC Discovery Research Program.
2025 Discovery Grants
The NSERC Discovery Grants program supports ongoing programs of research with long-term goals rather than a single short-term project or collection of projects, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.
Discovery Launch Supplements provide timely resources to support early career researchers (ECRs) as they establish a research program. Projects marked with * below were awarded additional Discovery Launch Supplements.
Congratulations to the DMCBH members who received grants:
- Vanessa Auld (Zoology)
Genetic dissection of peripheral glia and glial sheath development - Peter Cripton (School of Biomedical Engineering)
A Biomimetic Cervical Spine - Michael Gordon (Zoology)
Homeostatic regulation of nutrient intake in Drosophila - Tao Huan (Chemistry)
Development of analytical chemistry and bioinformatics for mass spectrometry-based metabolomics - Stefan Lang (Surgery)
Investigating network neuromodulation with simultaneous deep brain stimulation and functional magnetic resonance imaging* - Ipek Oruc (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
Visual experience and the recognition of complex patterns - Mahmoud Pouladi (Medical Genetics)
Med15 in brain development - Catharine Rankin (Psychology)
Determining and Differentiating the Mechanisms of Forms of Non-Associative Learning - Jeremy Seamans (Neuroscience)
Testing dopamine function in cortex: Reward Prediction Error versus the Dual-State theory.
NSERC Research Tools and Instrument Grants
NSERC Research Tools and Instruments grants foster and enhance the discovery, innovation and training capability of university researchers in the natural sciences and engineering by supporting the purchase of research equipment.
Congratulations to the DMCBH members who received grants:
- Lara Boyd (Physical Therapy)
Robotic delivery of transcranial magnetic stimulation for mapping human brain - Peter Cripton (School of Biomedical Engineering)
Open MRI Hardware for Advanced Biomedical Engineering Research
Co-applicants: Sidney Fels
