Faculty & staff

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New hires

Welcome to our new faculty hires for 2022/2023!

Economics

Paola Beneras, assistant teaching professor, health, labour and development economics

Colette Salemi, assistant professor, natural resource economics, development economics

Tao Wang, assistant professor, econometrics

Environmental Studies

Gerald Singh, assistant professor and Ocean Nexus Chair of Global Change and Sustainable Development

Geography

Noemie Boulanger-Lapointe, assistant professor, geospatial approaches to natural resource management

Sophie Norris, assistant professor, physical geography and geomorphology

Political Science

Sarah Sharma, assistant professor, International political economy

Psychology

Tarek Amer, assistant professor, cognitive psychology

Emily Haigh, associate professor

Jill Robinson, assistant teaching professor, clinical psychology (starts Sept. 2022)

Jordana Wynn, assistant professor, cognitive psychology

Sociology

Athena Madan, assistant professor, sociology of health

Faculty & staff postings

At UVic, we combine outstanding scholarship with inspired teaching and community engagement. We’re committed to recruiting, developing and retaining people who help us build a better future.

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Research resources

Research funding

Our faculty is committed to world-class research. We are supported by research funding from a variety of sources that totals close to $10 million annually.

Internal funding  (check eligibility before applying)

• Centre for Global Studies Fellowships
• Centre for Studies in Religion and Society Awards and Fellowships
• Faculty of Social Sciences Dean's Conference Support Fund
• Faculty of Social Sciences Research Fellowships

UVic internal grants:

• UVic Learning and Teaching Grants

External funding  (most common)

• BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF)
• Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
• Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)
• Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)
• Mitacs
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
• New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

International research support

• Awards to study/research abroad
• Funding for conducting research abroad and participating in international activities
• Funding for hosting visiting scholars, research students and postdocs
• International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Research proposal deadlines

In order to allow time for application review and approval, your relevant research proposal paperwork must be in the Dean’s Office at least two weeks before the applicable external deadline.

The Dean’s Office needs to see a completed Research Application Summary Form, which the Chair or Director should have already signed, and also a copy of the entire grant application, including the proposed budget.

• CIHR deadlines
• New Frontiers in Research Fund deadlines
  • Exploration
  • Horizon Global Platform 
  • Transformation
• NSERC deadlines
  • CREATE Grants
  • Research Tools & Instruments
  • Discovery Grants
• SSHRC deadlines
  • Partnership Engage Grants
  • Insight Development Grants
  • Connection Grants
  • Partnership - Stage 1
  • Insight Grants
  • Partnership - Stage 2 (full application)
  • Partnership Development

Other research supports

We offer many other research supports, such as access to Google Scholar, through our Faculty Connect site .

Support for instructors