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2025 Research Trainee competition: call for applications
The program supports health researchers in the training phase of their careers to contribute to the success of BC’s health research landscape.
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Research Trainee awards fuel health innovation
Michael Smith Health Research BC is funding 44 emerging researchers from across BC through the 2024 Research Trainee competition.
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Scholar and Health Professional-Investigator Programs: 2025 competitions now open
These awards provide funding to support BC’s health researchers in advancing science and improving the health of British Columbians.
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New cohort of researchers leading the way to better health outcomes
Congratulations to the 2024 Health Research BC Scholars and Health Professional-Investigators.
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Leadership announcement
After eight years as President & CEO of Michael Smith Health Research BC, Dr. Bev Holmes has informed the Board of her intention to step down once a successor has been appointed.
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Registration open: Clinical Research Ethics Symposium 2024
The symposium is an opportunity for research ethics professionals and broader research community interested in clinical research ethics and clinical trials to discuss ethical issues around topics of interest in British Columbia and beyond.
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BC SUPPORT Unit
The BC SUPPORT (Support for People & Patient-Oriented Research & Trials) Unit supports, patient-oriented research throughout BC to answer research questions that matter to patients and improve health care.
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Clinical Trials BC
Clinical Trials BC supports clinical trial investigators, sites and institutions to ensure a world-class destination for clinical trials. Focusing on infrastructure and capacity building with a collaborative approach, we enable clinical trial excellence across British Columbia.
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Research Ethics BC
Research Ethics BC supports a province-wide, harmonized system for research ethics reviews of studies conducted in multiple geographic areas involving the resources, people, patients or data from more than one BC research institution. Our harmonized ethics review model co-created with BC health research partners, is now in use by all BC health authorities, most research universities, and many colleges.
About Us
We are British Columbia’s health research agency. We are working towards a future where BC is recognized worldwide for its vibrant, coherent, inclusive and globally competitive health research system, which improves the health of British Columbians, the health system and the economy. Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, and Indigenous reconciliation and self-determination continues to guide us.
As a provincial organization, our work extends across many Indigenous lands and territories throughout BC. We acknowledge with respect and humility that our Vancouver office is located on the traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Current Funding Opportunities
Research Trainee Program
Supports the best and brightest health researchers in training to enable career development and support world-class health research in BC.
Research on Research Joint Initiative
We are partnering with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research on a joint funding opportunity for research on research – the application of rigorous methods and analysis to the practice of research itself – its methods, standards, and evaluation. The funding opportunity welcomes applications related to research-on-research (meta-research) in any disciplinary context. Application deadline: February 20, 2025
Scholar Program
Letter of intent deadline has passed. Supports early career health researchers, helping them form their own research teams, train the next generation of scientists and develop world-leading research programs.
Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) Program
Letter of intent deadline has passed. Supports health professionals who are actively involved in patient care to build their health research programs, train the next generation of scientists, and make significant contributions to their field.
CANTRAIN Clinical Research Internships
Michael Smith Health Research BC partners with Canadian Consortium of Clinical Trial Training (CANTRAIN), funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, to help increase clinical trials training, expertise and capacity in BC and across Canada.
Health Research BC-Mitacs Health System Focused Opportunity
Through a partnership with Mitacs, this opportunity provides graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with placements at health organizations or municipalities focused on improving health to gain experience working with BC’s health system and apply their research skills to address pressing health and health system focused challenges.
Health Research BC-Mitacs Industry-Based Opportunity
Through a partnership with Mitacs, the program provides graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with a placement at a life sciences company in order to gain business skills within the sector.
Applications are now open for:
Latest News
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2025 Research Trainee competition: call for applications
14 November 2024
The program supports health researchers in the training phase of their careers to contribute to the success of BC’s health research landscape.
News
Research Trainee awards fuel health innovation
29 October 2024
Michael Smith Health Research BC is funding 44 emerging researchers from across BC through the 2024 Research Trainee competition.
News
Scholar and Health Professional-Investigator Programs: 2025 competitions now open
24 October 2024
These awards provide funding to support BC’s health researchers in advancing science and improving the health of British Columbians.