Topics: Research Excellence
German President's visit to UBC highlights clean energy and climate change solutions
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UBC Applied Science research is making waves - with the President of Germany visiting UBC to see the practical solutions that Applied Science researchers are developing to address complex challenges like climate change and clean energy.
Research Excellence Clusters led by UBC Applied Science receive GCRC funding
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Seven Research Excellence Clusters led by UBC Applied Science faculty members will receive funding through UBC's Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) competition.
Setting up for interdisciplinary success
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Dr. Naoko Ellis and Dr. Xun Liu are UBC Applied Science's 2026 Marshall Bauder Chairs in Innovation in Interdisciplinary Education.
Dream Photonics wins the 2026 New Ventures BC Competition
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The UBC spin-off co-founded by Drs. Lukas Chrostowski and Sudip Shekha aims to enable chipmakers to build faster, cheaper hardware to power the global AI boom.
Help change the face of men's health
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Apply now for one of three Fellowships in men's health research at UBC.
16 Applied Science teams join UBC's flagship entrepreneurial program
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This September, 16 new teams from Applied Science are joining UBC's Venture Founder program, building companies across health, biotechnology, advanced engineering, agriculture, fintech, sustainability, accessibility, and AI.
Dr. Rachel Scholes awarded $1M Wall Fellowship to advance protection of waterways
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UBC Applied Science researcher will develop new ways to keep toxic tire chemicals out of salmon-bearing streams.
Study confirms permanent loss of Canada’s last Arctic epishelf lake
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Loss of the millennia-old ecosystem shows that even the Arctic’s Last Ice Area is vulnerable to rapid change, say engineering researchers.
Dr. Tarek Sayed elected a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada
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Dr. Tarek Sayed, a professor of civil engineering, has received Canada's highest honour in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
UBC Applied Science welcomes three world-leading researchers through Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of Canada program (Phase 1)
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Dr. Curtis Huttenhower, Dr. Kazuhiro Saitou and Dr. Kathryn Whitehead are among the nine UBC chairs appointed to lead transformational research projects to address critical national and global challenges.