Resources & training

Grants Facilitation

Grants facilitation is provided both at the university-level by the Office of Research Services and at the faculty-level. The following individuals are available to support you with your application and award process.

Office of Research Services

• Dr. Nicole Kitson, Manager, Research Grants (pre-award)
• Ms. Debra Anderson, Manager, Research Finances (post-award)
• Ms. Jessica Worsley, International Grants Facilitator (pre-award)
• Ms. Cara Pearson, Health Research Grant Facilitator (pre-award)
• Ms. Abby Winograd, Research Programs Liaison (pre-award)
• Ms. Angela Colpron, Research Finances Officer (post-award)
• Mr. Brad Evans, Research Budgets Assistant (post-award)

Faculty research facilitators

• Business:
  Dr. Roy Suddaby, Associate Dean Research
  Ms. Shannon Perdigao, Academic Projects Officer
• Education:
  Dr. Paul Whitinui, Acting Associate Dean Graduate Programs and Research
  Dr. Tanya Battersby, Faculty Grants Facilitator
• Engineering:
  Dr. Colin Bradley, Associate Dean Research
  Dr. Armando Jardim, Research Funding Officer
• Fine Arts:
  Dr. Evanthia Baboula, Associate Dean
  Dr. Lytton McDonnell, Research, Creative Activity & Scholarship Coordinator (on leave until January 2022)
• Human & Social Development:
  Dr. Charlotte Loppie, Associate Dean Research
  Ms. Jasmine Desjardins, Research Coordinator
• Humanities:
  Dr. Alex D'Arcy, Associate Dean Research
  Dr. Lytton McDonnell, Research Coordinator (on leave until January 2022)
  Dr. Sarah-Louise Decrausaz, Research Coordinator
• Law:
  Dr. Michelle Lawrence, Associate Dean Administration
  Ms. Heather Chestnutt, Research Facilitation Officer
• Medical Sciences/Island Medical Program:
  Ms. Sara Ohora, Operations Manager
• Science:
  Dr. Laura Cowan, Associate Dean Research
  Mr. Alex Bilodeau-Bouchard, Faculty Grant Officer
• Social Sciences:
  Dr. Denise Cloutier, Acting Associate Dean Research
  Dr. Sharon Katz, Faculty Grant Officer

Tri-council representatives on campus

• CIHR: Dr. Brian Christie, Division of Medical Sciences
• NSERC: Dr. Julia Baum, Faculty of Science (Biology)
• SSHRC: Dr. Alexandra D'Arcy, Faculty of Humanities (Linguistics)

Special funding programs

• Jill Taylor, Manager, Institutional Programs (Canada Foundation for Innovation, BC Knowledge Development Fund, Canada Research Chairs, Western Economic Diversification and Leading Edge Endowment Fund)

Awards & honours

• Ms. Rachel Goldsworthy, Awards Facilitator