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External funding opportunities

Postdoctoral fellows at Ontario Tech University are encouraged to explore a variety of external fellowships and awards to support their research and professional development. This page provides links to funding opportunities from national and international organizations, offering valuable resources to advance your work and enhance your academic portfolio. These opportunities are open to postdoctoral fellows across a range of disciplines and can help you secure competitive funding throughout your fellowship.

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.

     

  • CAMH Discovery Fund Postdoctoral Research Award

    The Discovery Fund provides support for postdoctoral researchers pursuing basic and clinical research to better identify, diagnose, prevent and treat mental illnesses. Both one- and two-year awards are available to support full-time postdoctoral studies under the primary supervision of a CAMH scientist. The Discovery Fund Postdoctoral Research Award, supporting prospective postdoctoral researchers, reflects an investment in the future generation of world-class researchers in mental health.

    Value
    $70,000 per year with a $5,000 research allowance; 1 and 2 year awards

    Field(s)
    Health Research

    Deadline
    The deadline to submit a Notice of Intent is normally October each year. Visit the program website for application dates

    Application details
    For detailed information about the Postdoctoral Award, please refer to the CAMH website.

  • Canada Postdoctoral Research Awards

    The Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) program recognizes and supports the next generation of outstanding innovators, knowledge workers, creative thinkers and researchers at a pivotal time in their careers. These new awards streamline the postdoctoral fellowship programs administered by the Tri-agency into a new harmonized talent program.

    The CPRA program is a federal research talent investment program in the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS)  administered by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The CRTAS aims to support the next generation of innovators by providing funding and high-quality research training, cultivating research skills, fostering creativity, and empowering awardees to make significant contributions to Canada’s research ecosystem, economy and prosperity.

    Value

    $70,000 per year, for 24 months

    Field(s)

    Wide variety of disciplines and broad fields of health, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences and humanities

    Deadline

    Deadlines vary by agency. 

    • CIHR: September 17
    • NSERC: October 17
    • SSHRC: September 11
    Application details

    For complete program details, visit the Canada Postdoctoral Research Award website. 

    NOTE: If you are interested in applying to the CIHR Canada Postdoctoral Research Award, you must notify SGPS of your intent to apply in advance via email to gradstudies@ontariotechu.ca.

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

  • endMS Postdoctoral Fellowships

    The endMS 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 Canada website for full program details.

  • 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

    Deadline
    The application deadline is January each year. Visit the program website for submission date.

    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

    $15,000 to $75,000 per year

    Field(s)

    Violence in relation to climate, war, politics, terrorism, racial, ethnic and religious conflict, crime, family and intimate-partner relationships.

    Deadline

    The application deadline is normally in August each year.  Visit the program's website for the submission date.

    Application details

    Visit the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation website for complete details.

  • Human Frontier Science Program Fellowships

    The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) fellowship program supports proposals for frontier, potentially transformative research in the life sciences. Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP). 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 September 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 gradstudies@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 partner organizations.

    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 partner organizations.

    Value
    $60,000 per year

    Field(s)
    Varies each year

    Application details
    Visit the Mitacs website for additional details.

  • Mitacs Globalink Research Award

    The Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) supports research collaborations between Canada and select partner organizations and eligible countries and regions.

    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.

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

    Bequeathed by the late Dr. Holmes, in recognition of NRC's commitment to promote research excellence, the award gives recipients the opportunity to conduct postdoctoral studies under outstanding researchers at world-famous graduate schools or research institutes.

    Value

    Up to $100,000 per year; one or two-year duration

    Field(s)

    Chemistry, physics, biology or mathematics as they relate to medical and biological processes

    Deadline

    The application deadline is normally June each year. Visit the program website for submission date.

    Application details

    Visit the National Research Council Canada website for complete details.

  • National Research Council of Canada Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

    The National Research Council's (NRC) Postdoctoral Fellowships program will offer promising young scientists access to unique world-class facilities and the opportunity to work alongside multi-disciplinary teams of expert researchers and technicians on projects of critical importance to Canada.

    Value

    Variable

    Field(s)

    Varies

    Deadline

    The application deadline is normally March each year. Visit the program website for submission date.

    Application details

    Visit the National Research Council Canada website for additional details.

  • NSERC Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships

    The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) has established the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for research in Japan. A limited number of promising early-career researchers are given the opportunity to conduct research in Japanese universities and in designated research institutions and laboratories. NSERC is responsible for recommending Canadian nominees for JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships.

    Value

    ~$4,000 per month (plus airfare); one to two-year duration

    Field(s)

    Science and Engineering

    Deadline

    The deadline for applications is normally February each year.

    Application details

    For complete details, visit the NSERC website.

  • Ontario Centre of Innovation, TalentEdge Fellowship Program

    The TalentEdge Fellowship Program (TFP) of Ontario’s Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) provides support for PhD graduates and post-doctoral fellows, to work on industry-driven research and development projects related to automotive and smart mobility. technology.

    Value

    Varies

    Field(s)

    Varies

    Deadline

    Varies

    Application details

    Visit the OCI website for additional details.

  • Ontario Women's Health Scholar Award - Postdoctoral

    Funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, a Scholar Awards Program in Women's Health has been established to ensure that Ontario attracts and retains pre-eminent women's health scholars.

    Value

    Two awards of $50,000 per year with $5,000 for research support

    Field(s)

    Women's health

    Deadline

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

    Application details

    If you are interested in applying to the Ontario Women’s Health Scholar Award, you must notify SGPS of your intent to apply in advance via email to gradstudies@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 complete program details.

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Engage Grant

    SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. Partnership Engage Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Research Partnerships program.

    Value

    $7,000 to $25,000; one-year duration

    Field(s)

    Social Science and Humanities

    Deadline

    May, September, December and March

    Application details

    Visit the SSHRC website for additional details.

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Talent Award

    The Talent Award recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual who holds a SSHRC doctoral scholarship, fellowship or postdoctoral fellowship. This includes, but is not limited to, a Canada Graduate Scholarship, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship or Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship.

    Value

    $50,000; one-year duration

    Field(s)

    Social Science and Humanities

    Deadline

    The application deadline is normally April each year. Visit the program website for submission date.

    Applications details
    Visit the SSHRC Impact Awards website for additional details.