Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver to tackle key challenges

March 25, 2025

Twenty-three Research Excellence Clusters led by researchers at UBC Vancouver are being funded through the 2025/26 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC). A further 19 clusters are in the second year of their GCRC funding.

Research Excellence Clusters are interdisciplinary networks of researchers working together to solve challenges that transcend traditional boundaries associated with departments, institutions, and funding agencies. The GCRC program supports Strategy 6 of UBC’s Strategic Plan, Research Excellence. The GCRC was jointly created by the Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation and the Office of the Provost & Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver.

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