The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program provides funding to the very best postdoctoral applicants, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to Canada's economic, social and research‑based growth.

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Traditional Fulbright awards are open to Canadian scholars in all fields and are designed to enable emerging and established scholars, post-doctoral researchers and experienced professionals to conduct research, teach, or undertake a combination of both activities for one semester or a full academic year at any university or research center of their choice in the United States.

While the competition is open to all disciplines, Fulbright Canada is particularly interested in encouraging research on contemporary issues relevant to Canada, the United States and the relationship between the two countries. Applicants should also clearly document the need to be in residence in the United States to carry out the project.

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Funding in the Health Sciences, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada are eligible to hold a CIHR Fellowship award in Canada or abroad.

*Nominated Principal Applicants who are neither a Canadian citizen nor a permanent resident of Canada may only hold a CIHR Fellowship award at a Canadian institution.

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The Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship provides Postdoctoral awardees with an experiential learning opportunity within a health system organization (public, private, not-for-profit and Indigenous health organizations outside the traditional university setting) where they dedicate the majority of their embedded fellowship time towards a co-developed program of work that advances the organization’s impact goals and contributes to rapid learning and improvement. 

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MSFHR Funding provides 3 years of salary support for talented post-doctoral or health professional researchers to develop their health research careers. Funding helps post-doctoral researchers increase their, and their labs’, research productivity, and prepares them for successful careers in research, biotech, health policy and more.

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The NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) program provides support to a core of the most promising researchers at a pivotal time in their careers. The fellowships are also intended to secure a supply of highly qualified Canadians with leading-edge scientific and research skills for Canadian industry, government and academic institutions.

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These fellowships support the most promising Canadian new scholars in the social sciences and humanities, and assist them in establishing a research base at an important time in their research careers.

The purpose of these fellowships is to provide stipendiary support to recent PhD graduates who are:

• undertaking original research;
• publishing research findings;
• developing and expanding personal research networks;
• broadening their teaching experience;
• preparing for research-intensive careers within and beyond academia; and
• preparing to become competitive in national research grant competitions.

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship awards are tenable at Canadian or foreign universities and research institutions.

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Mitacs has a suite of programs designed to partner researchers with training, collaborative projects and internships with government decision makers and/or partnering organizations.

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All funding programs support the investigation of novel lifestyle approaches that allow for the maintenance of optimal brain health and/or translational research to accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging. Note that WBI does not fund basic research; they fund translational research.

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Terms of Reference:

1. The purpose of this award is to provide financial support for postdoctoral fellows in the Department of Chemistry to help with the costs associated with attending and presenting an international academic conference.
2. Applicants will be evaluated based on their research progress during their postdoctoral fellowship at SFU as determined by the Department of Chemistry's Graduate Program Committee.
3. This award is funded by one-third of the spending allocation from the Barbara and James Bennet Scholars Endowment Fund. One or more awards, with a maximum value of $2,000 are tenable in any term. Multiple awards may be disbursed if the endowment fund spending allocation permits; however, the value of additional awards must be equal to the first award given in any fiscal year.
4. Postdoctoral fellows must be nominated for this award by their Department of Chemistrybased supervisor.
5. The criteria for this award are:
   • full-time employment at SFU as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Chemistry
   • demonstrated research excellence a the graduate and postdoctoral level
   • identification of a suitable conference with a high impact for the postdoctoral fellow's research career
6. The award application and/or nomination might include the following (check with Chemistry):
   • a curriculum vitae summarizing scholastic achievements and work relevant to the aims of this award
   • one letter of support from their faculty member supervisor
   • a concise (no more than one-page) outline of the proposed research
   • a statement from the applicant of why they want to attend the chosen conference and how their participation in the conference will advance their career
7. Applicants will be evaluated based on their research progress during their postdoctoral fellowship at SFU as determined by the Department of Chemistry's Graduate Program Committee.
8. All supporting documents should be submitted to the office of the Department of Chemistry by March 1st. The award is contingent on the awardee being accepted to present an oral or poster presentation of their research at the conference.
9. After the recipient accepts the award, this will be paid through an expense claim with original receipts. Questions about this award can be directed to gpsaward@sfu.ca.
10. The award will be granted by the Dean of Graduate Studies on behalf of the Senate Graduate Awards Adjudication Committee, upon the recommendation oif the Department of Chemistry's Graduate Program Committee.

PDFs are eligible to apply for research grants only if they receive special approval from the Vice-President, Research and International. For more information about this process and the qualifying circumstances please see the grant eligibility form.

This opportunity is through SFU's Institutional Strategic Awards unit. Interested applicants should use the Learn More link below for this and similar opportunities. 

Note: this process should be initiated well in advance of Research Services deadlines.

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The Health Research Foundation (HRF), is a non-profit organization, investing in academic centres across Canada which focus on innovative, and leading-edge research. The Health Research Foundation (HRF), is a non-profit organization, investing in academic centres across Canada which focus on innovative, and leading-edge research.

August 19, 2021: The Health Research Foundation (HRF) invites applications for its Fellowship in Health Systems Resilience. The HRF is committed to enhancing Canada’s health ecosystem and the launch of a health systems resiliency fellowship at this time is significant. Canadians are looking to the research community to ensure that Canada has the tools it needs to successfully stem future pandemics and similar threats to national health and safety. The Fellowship specifically funds research designed to enhance the resilience of Canada’s health systems. The Fellowship recipient will be eligible to receive $450,000 in funding over the course of three years.

The deadline for the final application package is October 4, 2021.

The 2021 HRF Guidelines and Application Form can be found on the Health Research Foundation’s website.  

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BrightFocus Foundation is at the forefront of brain and eye health, advancing early-stage, investigator-initiated research around the world. Programs fund research in the areas of Alzheimer's Disease, Macular Degeneration, National Gluacoma. 

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Prospective post-doctoral fellows may apply for positions through a dedicated post-doctoral fellowship program at CAMH. The deadline for these fellowships is typically toward the end of the calendar year, although other opportunities may arise throughout the year.

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