The Department of Radiology administers departmental funding to support research initiatives. This financial support, offered in the form of internal research awards, is provided on a competitive basis in recognition of scientific merit.
UBC Department of Radiology Trainee Open Science Awards
The Department of Radiology Trainee Open Science Awards support research activities with the goal to increase open science expertise and outputs from trainees within the Dept of Radiology.
Next Application Deadline: Applications are closed for this cycle. Monitor this page or contact Dr. Erin MacMillan at erin.macmillan@ubc.ca for updated information.
Eligibility:
- Trainee’s supervisor must have a primary/direct appointment in the Dept. of Radiology, or an Associate Membership in the Dept with demonstrable regular contributions to departmental activities in research, academic service, teaching, or clinical service.
- Trainee members include but are not limited to students, residents, fellows, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, etc.
- Trainees must have at least 6 months left in their program after the start of this award term.
- Trainees may only receive this award once per degree/fellowship/residency.
Eligible activities include:
- Travel & registration fees for a trainee to attend a professional development conference or workshop about open science, or to present their open science analysis pipeline or dataset,
- Hourly compensation for time for a trainee to perform one or more of the following
(a) polish and document code for a tool to be shared openly (such as on GitHub) including preparing demo tutorials and other supporting resources;
(b) to prepare a dataset to be shared openly such as sharing online or with an interactive summary via Steamlit; and/or
(c) collaborate between a clinical and a fundamental scientist or statistician to prepare an analysis for a dataset to be shared openly,
- Fees for publication in an open access journal.
- Supervisors must ensure that trainees complete the award conditions listed below.
Application Windows: Applications will be accepted twice per year, in Spring and Fall. 4 awards are available in each round, a total of 8 awards per year.
Selection Procedure: Applications will be reviewed to ensure all eligibility criteria have been met, then all eligible applications will be placed in a lottery for winners to be drawn at random.
Award amount: $2000
Award Conditions:
Awardees are required to:
Recognize support from the Dept of Radiology in any publications and deliverables that are produced by this project.
Prepare a 15 minute presentation with a project update to be shared at the Radiology Grand Rounds before Feb, 2027
Submit an approximately 500 word final report with links to any deliverables by Feb 28, 2027
UBC Department of Radiology AI Research Grant
The UBC Department of Radiology AI Research Grants are designed to support research and innovation in AI/ML applications in medical imaging. These grants aim to foster cutting-edge research, enhance education and training, and inspire ongoing excellence in AI-driven imaging and intervention research within the Department.
Next Application Deadline: Applications are closed for this cycle. Monitor this page or contact Dr. Ilker Hacihaliloglu at ilker.hacihaliloglu@ubc.ca for updated information.
Recipients for the 2025 Award Cycle:
Dr. Erin MacMillan for her Poster Presentation at ISMRM 2025 meeting.
Dr. Tania Saha and Dr. William Guest for project titled “Radiology Resident Logbook”