All applications to the Destination Horizon competition must be electronically submitted via the Convergence Portal. Please follow SSHRC’s application procedures described in the program outline.
DEADLINES
Thursday, January 15, 2026, 8:30 a.m. PT
UBC internal application deadline
See procedure #3 below. You may continue to work on the narrative sections of your online application after you have submitted your application package to ORS.
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 12:00 p.m. PT
Applicant's e-submission deadline
See procedure #4 below. Your final application should be submitted via the Convergence portal.
Thursday, January 22, 2026, 5:00 p.m. PT
Sponsor deadline
While ORS makes every effort to submit all applications on time and to facilitate support for our research community, applications submitted after the UBC internal e-submission deadline are not guaranteed to receive an administrative review from ORS, which includes confirmation of application completeness.
E-Submission Procedures
1. Application preparation
Your application must be prepared and submitted using the Convergence Portal. All attachments must respect the page limits and formatting guidelines or the application may be withdrawn. (Note that the Portal is only supported on the latest versions of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox.)
2. Understand and comply with faculty-specific requirements and/or deadlines
Use the Research Project Information Form and follow the UBC Signatures requirement.
Please check with your grant facilitator regarding faculty-specific requirements and/or deadlines.
3. Submit required pages to the appropriate ORS contact by the internal deadline
You can e-mail or drop off the pages at the appropriate ORS location. Ensure you have collected ALL required internal signatures prior to submitting to ORS, and that the documents and budgets submitted to ORS are identical to your SSHRC online submission.
- A signed UBC Research Project Information Form (RPIF).
- Page 1 of full application, including list of participants
- Proposal
- Budget and budget justification pages
- Letter from VPRI confirming matching funds
4. Submit your ONLINE application by 12:00pm the day before the sponsor deadline
Submit your full application online by the e-Submission Deadline stated above. To do this, the applicant must complete all forms and sections as described in the SSHRC Destination Horizon instructions. From the Finalize Application section, follow the prompts to submit your application. After you accept the terms and conditions, the status of your submission will change to Received by Administrator; this sends it to UBC ORS for review and final approval.
5. ORS reviews your application
If all requirements are met, ORS will approve your application on the Convergence Portal by the agency deadline. ORS has read-only access to your application and cannot make changes. If the application is not approved, ORS will return it to you for changes. ORS is no longer required to physically sign applications submitted through the portal.
6. ORS approves and submits your application
Once ORS has approved your application, the status on the Convergence Portal will change from "Received by Administrator" to “Received by Agency.” At this point, material or revisions received under separate cover (before or after the deadline date) will not be accepted by the agency.