SURA & SERA 2026 Competition
Department of Biology, University of Victoria UVIC SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS (SURA) UVIC SCIENCE EMERGING RESEARCHER AWARDS (SERA) 2026 APPLICATION INFORMATION APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2026
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NSERC USRAs 2026-27
Department of Biology, University of Victoria NSERC UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARDS (USRA) 2026 APPLICATION INFORMATION APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2026
TA/Lab Instructor positions for Spring 2026
The Department of Biology is now accepting applications for TA/Lab Instructor positions for Spring 2026.
- 2025-04-28 Junior Herbarium Assistant positions available for Winter Session 2025-26
- 2025-08-18 Image Description Specialist position available
- 2025-03-27 Positions for Sessional Lecturers
- 2025-04-14 TA/Lab Instructor positions for Fall 2025
- 2025-06-03 2024 REACH Award
- 2025-06-03 Dr. Mark Lewis elected to Royal Society
- 2025-05-05 Junior Lab Assistant position available for Winter Session 2025-26
- 2025-04-17 UVic Biology Graduate Student Symposium 2025
- 2025-03-28 Junior Lab Assistant Position
- 2024-12-02 NSERC USRAs 2025-26
- 2025-01-31 Indigenous Undergraduate Summer Research Assistant in the UVic Centre for Forest Biology
- 2024-12-03 SURA/SERA 2025 Competition
- 2024-10-16 TA positions - Spring 2025
- 2024-04-11 Positions for Sessional Lecturers
- 2024-08-26 Dr. Amanda Bates - new paper in Science
- 2024-04-15 Teaching Assistant/Lab Instructor positions available for Fall 2024
- 2024-04-29 Biology Honours Students 2024
- 2024-04-08 2024 Biology Graduate Symposium
- 2024-03-05 Dr. Francis Juanes receives Career Acheivement Award
- 2023-12-13 NSERC USRAs 2024-25
- 2024-01-25 Indigenous Undergraduate Summer Research Assistant
- 2024-01-12 SURA & SERA 2024 Competition
- 2023-11-07 Amanda Bates awarded McDonald Fellowship
- 2023-10-18 Teaching Assistant/Lab Instructor positions available for Spring 2024
- 2023-04-25 Positions for Sessional Lecturers
- 2023-04-12 Teaching Assistant/Lab Instructor positions available for Fall 2023
- 2023-04-19 Dr. Julia Baum launches program to create climate solutions leaders
- 2023-04-11 Job Posting: BMSC Animal Care Technician/Animal Care Administrator
- 2023-03-23 The 34th Annual Biology Graduate Symposium
- 2023-04-03 Dr. Amanda Bates - new paper in Nature
- 2023-03-27 Indigenous Undergraduate Summer Research Assistant
- 2023-02-10 Dr. Mark Lewis featured in The Ring
- 2023-01-26 SURA & SERA 2023 Competition
- 2023-01-12 NSERC USRAs 2023-24
- 2022-12-13 In memoriam: Will Hintz
- 2022-12-08 Dr. Ryan Gawryluk - new paper in Nature
- 2022-11-22 Congratulations Dr. Chow & Bridget Ryan!
- 2022-11-21 Biology Hibernation Preparation Event
- 2022-11-18 Dr. Chow & Post-doc Bridget Ryan in top 3 for "Eye on the Cure"
- 2022-10-07 TA Postings Spring 2023
- 2022-10-04 BUGS 2022 Faculty Mixer
- 2022-09-22 What will it cost to keep wild salmon in B.C.'s Fraser River?
- 2022-09-14 Inaugural Chair in Mathematical Biology
- 2022-08-04 Jr. Scientific Assistant posting
- 2022-05-05 Sessional Lecturers Winter 2022-23 - Updated
- 2022-05-04 TA postings Fall 2022
- 2022-04-13 Sessional Lecturers Winter 2022-23
- 2022-03-18 2022 Biology Graduate Symposium
- 2022-03-07 Congratulations Dr. Awatramani!
- 2022-03-03 Congratulations Dr. Julia Baum!
- 2022-02-15 Congratulations Dr. Delaney
- 2022-01-25 SURA & SERA 2022 Competition
- 2022-01-17 UVic Ed SEA upcoming workshops
- 2021-12-06 TA postings spring 2022 - updated
- 2022-01-10 NSERC USRAs 2022-23
- 2022-01-05 Dr. Verena Tunnicliffe appointed to the Order of Canada
- 2021-11-30 2021 Giving Tuesday
- 2021-11-25 Dr. Greg Owens - new paper on the cover of Science
- 2019-10-15 TA postings spring 2022
- 2021-09-21 Dr. Juergen Ehlting's Work on Swiss Needle Cast
- 2020-04-30 Sessional Lecturer Winter 2021-22
- 2018-05-07 TA postings Fall 2021
- 2021-02-10 Science Undergraduate Research Award (SURA)
- 2021-02-08 Francis Juanes and the impact of anthropogenic noise on marine animals
- 2018-08-07 Position for Sessional Lecturer
- 2021-01-27 Congratulations Dr. Anne Shaffer
- 2021-01-25 Neville Winchester and his canopy research on CBC’s the Nature of Things
- 2021-01-04 NSERC USRAs 2021-22
- 2020-12-21 UVic preparing freezers for potential COVID-19 vaccine storage
- 2020-12-17 Congratulations to Dr. Nicole Templeman, a new Tier 2 Canada Research Chair!
- 2020-12-16 PNAS
- 2020-12-08 Nature Communications
- 2020-11-30 2020 Giving Tuesday
- 2020-11-04 The 32nd Annual Biology Graduate Student Symposium
- 2020-10-28 Congratulations to Dr. Ben Koop!
- 2020-10-07 Dr. Page wins Science Award for Teaching Excellence
- 2020-09-25 Welcome new faculty!
- 2020-08-21 Using plants for COVID-19 antibody tests
- 2020-08-07 Congratulations to Torin Halvorson!
- 2020-07-09 Francis Juanes named a COMPASS Leader for Sea Change
- 2020-05-04 Co-op Photo Contest
- 2020-04-29 Dr. Julia Baum on Ocean Warming
- 2020-04-29 Dr. Rana El-Sabaawi in The Guardian
- 2020-03-05 Dr. Julia Baum on the Nature of Things
- 2019-12-13 NSERC USRA 2020-21
- 2019-11-05 2019 Biology Graduate Symposium
- 2019-08-30 Dr. F. Choy – CCMG Honorary Member
- 2019-09-25 Dr. Terri Lacourse in the news
- 2019-09-26 Congratulations to Dr. Verena Tunnicliffe
- 2019-09-25 Dr. Peter Constabel in the news
- 2019-08-30 Dr. Verena Tunnicliffe Christens the CCGS Sir John Franklin.
- 2019-04-11 Positions for Lab Instructors
- 2019-07-18 Congratulations to Ryan Gawryluk on his Nature paper
- 2019-03-26 Positions for Sessional Lecturers
- 2019-07-11 Faculty Position in Genetics/Genomics
- 2019-06-11 Hear Garth Covernton on Quirks and Quarks
- 2019-06-05 Humans unknowingly consume a lot of microplastics
- 2019-03-15 Levin Fest - MATH and BIOL Symposium
- 2019-04-04 Grad students win prestigious award
- 2019-02-27 ideafest - Tremendous trees, March 7
- 2019-02-27 ideafest - Inconvenient truths, March 8
- 2019-01-04 Congratulations to Dr. Reimchen!
- 2018-11-29 Welcome to new grads
- 2018-11-14 Biology 370 Sessional Instructor
- 2018-11-14 Biology 307 Sessional Instructor
- 2018-11-13 2018 Biology Graduate Symposium
- 2018-10-16 Positions for lab instructors
- 2018-09-11 Congratulations Dr. Lacourse!
- 2018-07-31 Congratulations to Dr. Constabel
- 2018-06-28 Congratulations Marques and Reimchen!
- 2018-06-26 What young salmon need to grow and thrive
- 2018-06-14 Biology Grad Wins Jubilee Medal
- 2018-06-07 Biology grad - Yamila Franco
- 2018-05-18 Amphibian decline
- 2018-05-18 Congratulations to grad students who defended Spring 2017
- 2018-05-01 Congratulations to Dr. Julia Baum!
- 2018-05-02 Welcome to new grads May 2018
- 2018-04-04 Juanes lab - How noisy waterways impact aquatic animals
- 2018-01-22 Juanes and Teffer – new Nature Ecology and Evolution paper on sharks
- 2018-01-16 Welcome to new grad students January 2018
- 2018-01-18 Congratulations to grad students who defended fall 2017
- 2018-01-04 Baum and Claar - new Science paper on mass coral bleaching
- 2018-01-04 A UVic holiday gift of gratitude
- 2017-11-16 Researching the resilience of marine ecosystems
- 2017-11-16 Convocation story
- 2017-11-03 2017 Biology Grad Symposium
- 2017-09-26 Congratulations to Dr. Varela
- 2017-09-18 Congratulations to Dr. Baum
- 2017-08-30 Welcome to our new grads starting September 2017
- 2017-06-30 Julia Baum et al. publish report on science funding
- 2017-06-22 Congratulations to the Nashmi lab
- 2017-06-08 Convocation news
- 2017-05-10 Congratulations to grads who defended spring 2017
- 2017-01-19 Congratulations to our grad students who defended fall 2016
- 2016-05-25 Welcome to our new grad students starting January 2017
- 2016-11-03 2016 Biology Grad Symposium
- 2016-10-05 Sessional lecturer positions
- 2016-10-07 Undergraduate scholarship award winners, 2016-17
- 2016-10-07 Congratulations to the 2016 undergraduate award winners
- 2016-07-21 Upcoming oral examinations
- 2016-06-23 Erick Jantzen, BSc Biology, winner of the 2016 UVic Jubilee Medal for Science
- 2016-06-01 Verena Tunnicliffe is awarded the David H. Turpin Gold Medal for Career Achievement in Research
- 2016-05-25 Congratulations to our grad students who defended spring 2016
- 2016-05-25 Congratulations to our grad students who defended Aug 2015
- 2016-05-25 Undergraduate scholarship award winners, 2015-16
- 2016-05-25 Welcome to our new grad students starting this September 2015
- 2016-05-25 Congratulations to our grad students who defended spring 2015
- 2016-05-25 Congratulations to the 2015 undergraduate award winners
- 2016-05-25 Welcome to our new grad students starting this January 2015