Note: FoM requires 2 business days for signature turnaround. Prior to major grant deadlines, the turnaround time may increase.
Signatures Required on Agency Application (for investigators on Point Grey campus)
- Principal Investigator (must hold a full-time faculty appointment at UBC)
- FoM Department Head or Centre/School Director
- FoM Associate Dean, Research
- Director of ORS (on behalf of the President of UBC)
Please note that the Principal Investigator is the only signature that does NOT have an alternative signing authority. In the event that the Department Head or Centre/School Director is not available, please refer to the Signing Authority Sheet for alternatives.
If the agency’s application form does not allow space for the 4 required signatures, a UBC Grant Application Signature Sheet may be completed and attached to the agency application.
Signatures Required on Agency Application (for investigators at hospital sites)
- Principal Investigator (must hold a full-time faculty appointment at UBC)
- FoM Department Head or Centre/School Director
- Associate Dean, Research for your site
- Manager, ORS-Medicine (on behalf of the Director of ORS)
If you are a researcher at a hospital site, your Operating, Equipment, or Student/Postdoctoral Fellowship grant applications (except for Salary Awards) can be signed off at your hospital site location:
- On behalf of the Executive Associate Dean, Research, each of the hospital sites has a UBC Assistant Dean, Research who can sign on behalf of the UBC Faculty of Medicine (see Signing Authority Sheet).
- On behalf of the Director of ORS, for each of the hospital sites, the Manager, ORS-Medicine will provide the required signature for grant applications.
Please note that all Salary Award applications must be signed by the Dean, Faculty of Medicine (Associate Deans can not sign these applications).
Prior to major grant deadlines, the Manager, ORS-Medicine will travel, if required, to the Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI), Providence Health Care Research Institute (PHCRI), and BC Cancer Research Centre (BCCRC) to sign grant applications during the week of the deadline.
For questions about the sign-off procedure for researchers at a hospital site, please contact the Manager, ORS-Medicine.
Signatures Required on FoM Cover Sheet (for all Investigators)
- Principal Investigator (must hold a full-time faculty appointment at UBC)
- FoM Department Head, School/Centre Director
- Associate Dean, Research (for your site), or the Executive Associate Dean, Research if your Associate Dean is unavailable

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