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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Funding opportunities

Postdoctoral Fellowships

  • Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship supports the best and brightest minds in their postdoctoral research, connecting them with world-class academics and leading researchers.

    Value

    Varies.

    Field(s)

    All disciplines.

    Deadline

    The deadline to submit completed application packages is normally November each year. Visit the program website for application dates. 

    Application details

    For detailed information about the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, please refer to the Azrieli Foundation website.

     

  • Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program

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

    Learn more about Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships

  • Canadian Blood Services Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

    Canadian Blood Services is a not-for-profit charitable organization. Regulated by Health Canada as a biologics manufacturer and primarily funded by the provincial and territorial ministries of health. Canadian Blood Services operates with a national scope, infrastructure and governance that makes it unique within Canadian healthcare. Through its Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, Canadian Blood Services offers salary support for young investigators. Postdoctoral fellows undertaking full-time research training in a Canadian research laboratory affiliated with Canadian Blood Services are invited to apply.

    Value

    The fellowship provides salary support plus benefits, and a one-time research allowance of $20,000. Fellows may be supported for a maximum of three years.

    Field(s)

    Blood transfusion and transplantation science.

    Deadline

    The deadline to submit completed application packages is normally July each year. Visit the program website for application dates. 

    Application details

    For detailed information about the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, please refer to the Canadian Blood Services website.

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fellowship

    Fellowships provide support for highly qualified applicants in all areas of health research at the post-PhD degree or post-health professional degree stages to add to their experience by engaging in health research either in Canada or abroad.

    Value

    $40,000 to $60,000 per year with $5,000 for research support

    Field(s)

    Health Research

    Deadline

    The deadline to submit applications is normally October each year. Visit the program website for application dates.

    Application details

    For detailed information about the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, please refer to the CIHR website. 

    SGPS does not have access to view applications in progress. If you are interested in applying to the CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship program you must notify SGPS via email to postdocs@ontariotechu.ca of your intent to apply.

    SGPS is responsible for final approval of all CIHR submissions and will submit applications promptly on the competition deadline.

  • Graduate Women in Science National Fellowship Program

    The Graduate Women In Science (GWIS) National Fellowship Program promotes knowledge in the natural and social sciences and encourages women’s academic and professional careers in the sciences. 

    Value

    Variable

    Field(s)

    Natural Sciences

    Application details

    Visit the  Graduate Women in Science website for additional details.

  • Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Distinguished Scholars Awards

    The foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression.

    Value

    Variable

    Field(s)

    Violence and aggression in relation to social change, intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime and family relationships

    Deadline

    The application deadline varies by program each year. Visit the program's website for submission dates.

    Application details

    Visit the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation website for additional details.

  • Human Frontier Science Program Fellowships

    Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) postdoctoral fellowships encourage early career scientists to broaden their research skills by moving into new areas of study while working in a new country.

    Value

    Variable

    Field(s)

    Science

    Deadline

    The application submission deadline is a two-step process, normally May and October each year. Visit the program website for submission dates. 

    Application details

    Visit the Human Frontiers Science Program website for additional details.

  • John Charles Polanyi Prizes

    In honour of the achievement of John Charles Polanyi, recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the government of the province of Ontario has established a fund to provide up to five prizes annually to outstanding researchers in the early stages of their career who are continuing to postdoctoral studies or have recently started a faculty appointment at an Ontario university.

    Value

    Five awards of $20,000 each

    Field(s)

    Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Economic Science

    Deadline

    The deadline for applications is December each year. Visit the COU website for submission dates.

    Application details

    If you are interested in applying to the John Charles Polanyi Prizes, you must notify SGPS of your intent to apply in advance via email to postdocs@ontariotechu.ca.

    SGPS is responsible for making the final submission of all applications and will submit promptly by the competition deadline.

    Visit the Council of Ontario Universities' website for the full program details.

  • Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships

    MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will be open to excellent researchers of any nationality.

    Value

    Varies

    Field(s)

    All disciplines

    Deadline

    The deadline to submit proposals is normally September each year. Visit the website for submission dates.

    Application details
    Visit the European Commission website for full details.
  • Mitacs Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellowships Program

    Mitacs Accelerate is a program for postdoctoral fellows at Ontario universities to develop collaborations with local industry.

    Value

    Starting at $15,000

    Field(s)

    Varies each year

    Deadline

    Applications accepted anytime

    Application details
    Visit the Mitacs website for additional details.
  • Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

    Mitacs Elevate is a program for postdoctoral fellows at Ontario universities to develop collaborations with local industry.

    Value

    $55,000 per year; two-year duration

    Field(s)

    Varies each year

    Application details

    Visit the Mitacs website for additional details.

  • Mitacs Canadian Science Policy Fellowship

    The Mitacs Canadian Science Policy Fellowship places PhD holders in government host offices for a 12-month immersion into the policy-making process. Fellows apply their academic training, critical thinking, and analytical skills to support evidence-informed decision-making that addresses policy challenges within participating federal and provincial host offices.

    Value

    $70,000 to $80,000; 12 months

    Field(s)

    Varies

     

    Application details

    Visit the Mitacs website for additional details.

  • Mitacs Globalink Research Award

    The Mitacs Globalink Research Award provides funding for senior undergraduate, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in Canada to conduct research projects at universities overseas.

    Value

    $6,000; 12 to 24-week duration

    Field(s)

    Varies

    Deadline

    Mitacs accepts applications for the Globalink Research Award on an ongoing basis. However, it is recommended that applicants apply at least 16 weeks ahead of their planned start date. 

    Application details

    Visit the Mitacs Globalink website for additional details.

  • MS Postdoctoral Fellowships

    The end MS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is intended to support research for training of Postdoctoral Fellows in studies related to MS. The endMS Postdoctoral Fellowships serve to attract and retain young researchers in the field of MS.

    Value

    $41,000; up to 3 years

    Field(s)

    MS research

    Deadline

    The deadline to submit applications is normally October each year. 

    Application details

    Visit the MS Society of Canada website for full program details.

  • National Research Council of Canada H.L. Holmes Award for Postdoctoral Studies