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    It’s hard to imagine, but UNBC students conducting an archaeological dig as part of a summer course may have discovered the oldest known settlement in BC.

  • The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has announced funding for research equipment at UNBC as part of an anti-cancer drug discovery platform that will be unique in Canada.

  • UNBC geography professor Greg Halseth, a renowned expert in the field of rural and small town studies, is UNBC’s first Tier 1 Canada Research Chair.

  • UNBC psychology professor Ken Prkachin's research in the area of pain expression has been published in the latest edition of Pain, the official journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain.

  • UNBC Wildlife and Fisheries instructor Roy Rea is part of a comprehensive study into hitchhiking in BC which was recently initiated by UNBC and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Research

The Office of Research exists to promote and enhance the success of research by faculty, students, and partners of UNBC. We do this by:

  • providing faculty members with support services to develop outstanding research programs in all disciplines, including offering advice on sources of funding, helping develop proposals, providing institutional letters of support, and negotiating funding agreements;
  • ensuring that we meet or exceed all relevant regulatory standards for research, maintaining our eligibility for funding from the agencies with the most stringent standards;
  • assisting with maintaining and growing our research infrastructure;
  • assisting with the development of research partnerships with local, provincial, national, and international agencies and industry collaborators;
  • supporting technology transfer and commercialization of research discoveries;
  • managing and maintaining relationships with major research funding agencies, so that the local research community has access to the best advice on successful research funding strategies, and acting as the primary institutional contact for these agencies;
  • engaging in high-level advocacy with all levels of government to promote an environment in which world-class research may flourish at UNBC.
UNBC's Strategic Research Plan

Students

Graduate student researchers should contact their supervisors and/or the Office of Graduate Programs for assistance with most research matters. The Office of Research is responsible for the conduct of research involving humans and animals and is pleased to discuss ethics issues with student applicants.

Post-Doctoral Fellows

The recruitment of postdoctoral fellows and their position on campus is governed by the UNBC Statement of Principles on the Treatment of Postdoctoral Fellows. Appointment of postdoctoral fellows is handled by Human Resources. The Office of Research provides information and support to postdoctoral fellows in relation to relevant research opportunities.