On March 19 UBC President Dr. Santa Ono and VP Research & Innovation Dr. Gail Murphy released a statement on the curtailment of on-site research at UBC and of fieldwork involving human subjects (see message and FAQ: https://research.ubc.ca/covid-19-curtailing-research-activities-ubc-campuses).
While the Faculty’s Office of Research in Education (ORE) is proceeding with most of our internal research funding competitions, the nature of the activities that the International Research Visiting Fellowships typically support (visits, lectures, lab work, etc.) compels us, regrettably, to postpone the competition, likely into the fall.
Details about a new deadline will be announced in the coming weeks.