ISI Fund Facts

Overview of ISI Fund Projects, Cycles 1-4
Total Projects: 103
Total Cycle 1 Projects: 47
Total Cycle 2 Projects: 13
Total Cycle 3 Projects: 25
Total Cycle 4 Projects: 18
Total UBC-V Projects: 71
Total UBC-O Projects: 23
Total Dual Campus Projects: 9

ISI Funding by Cycles & Streams

Since the Funds inception in 2021, there have been four funding cycles. Within these four cycles, 103 projects have received funding. 

In cycles one-to-three, applicants could apply for projects within three funding streams:  

  • Stream One: Innovative Projects.  
    New, sustainable projects led by faculty or staff.  
  • Stream Two: Transformative Projects.  
    Systemic or high-level change-related projects led by faculty or staff.  
  • Stream Three: Student-led Projects.  
    New or systemic projects led by students with a supporting faculty or staff member(s).  

An additional one-time ‘Special Fund’ stream was also run during the first funding cycle to support graduate student research works.  

In the fourth and final cycle of this iteration of the ISI Fund, at the recommendation of the Indigenous Strategic Plan Executive Advisory Committee, funding streams were revised to:  

  • Faculty & Staff-led Projects.  
  • Student-led Projects. 

Distribution of Projects across funding cycles and streams   

ISI Fund Projects Across Campuses

Over the first four funding cycles, the ISI Fund has supported works associated with both UBC Point Grey and UBC Okanagan campuses as well as some projects that span both campuses.  

Distribution of Projects across campuses (all cycles) 

Distribution of Projects across campuses per Cycle

ISI Fund Projects by Units

ISI Fund projects are led, and supported, by students, staff, and faculty members across a variety of units, in partnership with Indigenous communities, groups, and organizations. A summary breakdown of which units have held successful ISI Fund projects and the number of projects per unit for all four cycles1 is shown below.  

ISI Fund Implementing ISP Goals and Actions

In their applications, ISI Fund project teams are asked to identify which of the eight ISP goals or 43 actions that their scope of work relate will to.  

Projects aligning with each ISP Goal (all cycles) 

Projects aligning with each ISP Action (all cycles) 

We honour, celebrate and thank the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam) and Syilx Okanagan peoples on whose territories the main campuses of the University of British Columbia have the privilege to be situated.

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