Deadlines & important upcoming dates | FOR PI's | PDF's | GRADUATE STUDENTS Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Competition - deadline: October 15, 2026 Application and reference letters due to zool.gradprgm@ubc.ca on October 15, 2026
Maximum 2 year fellowship of $60,000/year from the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies; only 4-6 are awarded every year. Application and nomination details | FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS NOVEMBER 2026 GRADUATION Oct 2 – Last day to apply for graduation - strict deadline set by Enrolment Services.
Students must complete two applications to be eligible for graduation: - Graduation Application
- Program Completion Application in Workday - STEPS BY STEP HERE
Oct 16 - Last day for thesis submission and approval
Thesis must be submitted, checked and approved by G+PS by 4pm on this day. Thesis submission should be submitted earlier than this in case any revisions need to be made.
Let Mimi know if you have any questions about these deadlines! | | FOR EVERYONE 2026 Vancouver Gairdner National Program - Monday, October 19, 2026 at 2:15 pm This free inspiring public lecture will feature: 1. Prof. Ruedi Aebersold 2. Dr. Aaron Phillips Location: Life Sciences Institute, Lecture Theatre 2 (LSC 2), UBC, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
More information | FOR FACULTY AND STAFF UBC Equity and Inclusion updates - Calling faculty and staff: StEAR Enhancement Fund opens September 29
Learn more - Join the UBC Queer Faculty and Staff collective
Learn more | | FOR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS Applications for a 2027 Liber Ero fellowship are now open! - deadline of November 1, 2026 The Liber Ero Fellowship Program supports exceptional post-doctoral fellows who address pressing conservation challenges of relevance to Canada. For more details | | FOR FACULTY AND STAFF Current and upcoming funding competitions related to teaching and learning at UBC Registration: Skylight + CTLT proposal writing session for everyone in FoS - Oct 14, 2026 - 2027-28 TLEF: Small Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund: deadline for applications is November 19, 2026, at 3:00pm.
TLEF website
TLEF consultation support and events
- OER: Open Educational Resources Fund: deadline for Affordability Grants is January 14, 2027, by 3:00pm.
The OER Fund consists of two grant pathways:
1. Affordability Grants - application deadline for Affordability Grants is January 14, 2027, by 3:00pm.
2. Rapid Innovation Grants
- SoTL: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Seed Fund: call for applications will open October 20, 2026, & deadline to apply will be November 23, 2026
| FOR FoS FACULTY MEMBERS working to develop new collaborative research opportunities with non-academic external partners - industry, community, NGO Research Partnership Advancement Fund - UBC Science is accepting applications on an ongoing basis This fund directly supports UBC's Partner for Purpose strategic direction, which calls on the university to expand the number and scope of strategic, reciprocal partnerships. The Dean’s Office will provide matching funds up to $4000 to support networking events, workshops or symposia that advance new external research partnerships between Science faculty and non-academic external partners (industry, NGO, community). Matching funds can be from departments, other Faculties, or external organizations, and must be at least 50% of the amount requested from the Faculty of Science. Award recipients are required to provide a brief report outlining the event outcome(s) and how the funds were spent. For more information and Application Form
Direct Questions to UBC Science:
Research Grants Officer: Devin Lyons: devin.lyons@science.ubc.ca
ADR: Jim Sun: sun@science.ubc.ca
| UBC-Vancouver RESEARCH & SCHOLARS Call for Call for applications for UBC research competitions: -
Edie and Pat McGeer Fund for Transformative Science and Technology - full applications are due December 17
This new program, enabled by a generous donation, will support projects that funding agencies might consider at too early a stage or too risky. Awards will be valued at up to $350,000 per project over one or two years. Notices of intent are due November 2. -
Collaborative Research Mobility Awards - apply by November 5, 2026
These awards provide up to $5,000 to support travel, to conduct in-person research meetings and for other partnership costs for new or existing collaborations between UBC researchers in the Okanagan and Vancouver -
Scholarly Publication Fund and Open Access Fund - applications will be accepted any time until the funds are exhausted.
Researchers and scholars in SSHRC-aligned fields can receive support to offset subventions and article processing charges related to publishing. -
Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters Competition - notices of intent are due November 2. Full applications are due January 11, 2027
Interdisciplinary teams are supported to address key societal and cultural problems that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries. Awards of $100,000 or $200,000 are available for one- and two-year terms. -
Research Facility Support Grants - applications are due November 9
Up to $50,000 for one year is available to support the improvement of shared research equipment or provide one-time bridge funding to support staff in a shared facility. . | 2025-Zoology Department Meetings
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
BRC Multipurpose room 1014/1024 Next meeting: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Save the date:
Monday, November 16, 2026 — Promotion cases
Thursday, December 17, 2026 — Joint meeting with Botany
Monday, January 11, 2027 — Reappointment cases | 🌟ZGSA: Zoology Graduate
Student Association🌟
October EVENT 🎃 2026 ZGSA Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest 🎃 - October 30, 2026
Event starts: 4:00 pm
Kicking off with Pumpkin Carving Judging: 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Voting for Pumpkins and Costumes: 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Winners announced: 6:30 pm | | ZEDI - Zoology Equity Diversity Inclusion
The Zoology Equity Diversity Inclusion (ZEDI) committee is here to address concerns and promote EDI in the department. These concerns could apply to any group of individuals who work or study in our department, including undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, administrative and research staff, and teaching and research faculty. For example, last October ZEDI hosted an event for undergraduates on tips and approaches to get started in research at UBC.
If you have a concern, comment, or suggestion please reach out to us using this anonymous Qualtrics survey, or directly via email at zoology.edi@zoology.ubc.ca. | | 🌟 Joanne Denny President’s Staff Award for Nurturing a Strong and Vibrant UBC Community Read more | | Claire Kremen and Colin Brauner named Fellows of The Royal Society of Canada RSC announcement | Farewell and THANK YOU to Gurpreet Kang, zoology's administrative and HR assistant, who has accepted a new position as an Instructional Assistant with the UBC Midwifery program. Gurpreet's last day will be October 16, 2026. | | Dr. Robert Graeme “Bob” Camfield Who passed away peacefully at the age of 85, with his son and daughter-in-law by his side. Dr Camfield completed his PhD in Zoology at the University of British Columbia in 1974, under the supervision of David Suzuki.
Following his doctoral studies, he continued his research in Drosophila genetics, including work at the University of Nottingham, before pursuing a long career teaching Biology at Capilano College. He remained involved in scientific research later in life through his volunteer work at BC Cancer's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre. | | 🗒️ FINANCE TIP🖊️ If a UBC credit card was accidentally used for a personal purchase, when reconcile, check Non-Business Expense box and this amount will be deducted from your next pay cheque. | ⛑️ Lab Safety ☣️ Quarterly Laboratory Fire Drills For rooms such as research labs that have flammable/combustible liquids, please remember to conduct your quarterly fire drills. The fire drills may include a complete building fire drill (which we recently had on August 26th), silent drills, and table talk drills. Please refer to the "Fire drill - quarterly poster" which can be downloaded here: Lab Safety and Inspections 2026 Building/lab inspections The zoology local safety team (ZLST) would like to notify all faculty members who have research labs in the Biological Sciences Building and the Beaty Biodiversity Research Center that we will be starting with the yearly lab inspections in November and December.
We have recently hired a new work learn student who will be helping us to get our labs to meet Safety and Risk Services standards. Until the end of the year, the LST will be sending out an email to each BioSci/BRC faculty member so that we can arrange a tour of your lab, be shown which chemicals belong to your lab, and if there are any chemicals you no longer need to be disposed. For any question regarding this, please feel free to contact Patrick: tamkee@zoology.ubc.ca As we head into flu season, let's all do our part to keep our community healthy.
If you're feeling unwell, please stay home to rest and recover. While masks are not required, anyone who chooses to wear one is welcome to do so, it's a personal choice we respect. Communicable Disease Prevention Framework Get Ready to Shakeout, October 15, 2026
Practice how to DROP, COVER and HOLD ON at 10:15 a.m. during the annual Great BC ShakeOut. The Great BC ShakeOut is an annual province-wide earthquake drill for everyone to practice how to protect themselves and to be better prepared in the event of an earthquake: DROP to the ground (before the earthquake drops you!), take COVER by getting under a sturdy desk or table, and HOLD on to it until the shaking stops. UBC Vancouver will also be testing the emergency notification system, UBC Alert during ShakeOut. Students, faculty and staff will receive a test notification by text and voice message. The test will also run on UBC IT managed devices.
UBC Alert also sends a push notification to the UBC Safe App. Download the UBC Safe Vancouver App - enable push notifications | 🖥️ ZCU TIP 💽 UBC ARC Chinook Object Storage Transition and Retirement - December 2027
After serving the UBC research community since 2020, the UBC ARC Chinook object storage service is approaching the end of its lifespan. The system will undergo a phased retirement, with full decommissioning planned for December, 2027. The Chinook hardware warranty will expire in July 2027. While UBC ARC is actively seeking funding to build a successor storage platform, current global hardware supply chain challenges have created budget uncertainties. Because a direct, on-premises replacement system is not guaranteed at this time, a phased retirement transition timeline has been established to provide researchers with sufficient time to evaluate options and plan for future storage needs. For more information and recommendations from ARC Contact ZCU for help with alternative storage solutions: zoology.support@ubc.ca | Committees and other units - updates | UBC BIOBANK @ life Sciences Centre: Located in the Life Sciences Center at UBC, the BioBank offers a range of storage, lab, and consulting services to researchers seeking to streamline sample management and analysis in their projects and lab spaces. For more information, please contact Aleksandra (Aleks) Anoshina - BioBank Manager -aleksandra.anoshina@ubc.ca BIOLOGY Program:
CTLT:
- Lessons in Trust: Alternative Grading in the Age of AI: October 23-24, 2026, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 301 Peña Room -
REGISTRATION is now FULL - but you can join join the WAITLIST:
https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/lessons-in-trust-alternative-grading-in-the-age-of-ai/
This intensive two-day workshop and symposium will explore the possibilities, politics, and practicalities of alternative grading. The program will feature two keynote events with international experts, alongside panels, presentations, and discussions involving faculty, students, UBC administration, and workshop participants. It will provide an opportunity for those interested in alternative grading practices at UBC and beyond to compare notes and experiences, and to inspire a rethinking of assessment and a lesson in trust, in our age of AI.
Keynote speakers:
Robin DeRosa: Center for Open Education, co-editor of Open at the Margins
Jesse Stommel: Denver), author of Undoing the Grade
Asao Inoue: Arizona State, author of Labor-Based Grading Contracts
Full details and program: http://alt-grading.open.ubc.ca | BIOLOGY COMMUNITY PANTRY - please contribute to replenish the pantry! Who is it for? Biology undergraduate students Where is it? Biosciences, 2nd floor, East wing | | REFUNDABLE CONTAINER RECYCLING in Biological Science Building: 100% of the money collected will go to purchase food for the Biology Community Pantry ⬆️ ⬅️ Look out for the refundable recycling bins | | Friday Zoology Coffee & Donuts
October
October 02 – LSC 1416
October 09 – BRC Atrium
October 16 – BioSci Lounge
October 23 – LSC 1416
October 30 – BRC Atrium Please remember to bring your own mug! All members of the department are welcome! Venues might change - for latest updates, please check the zoology website: Friday Coffee and Donuts schedule | | Please disregard the unsubcribe button below - you are receiving this message because you are a member of the Department of Zoology. If you have question or any NEWS or UPDATES to share EMAIL US | | | | | |
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