New Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Announcement: New Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Any questions about the program should be directed to Banting@researchnet-recherchenet.ca.

Application are submitted directly to the agency via ResearchNet.

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Dear Colleague:

On behalf of my fellow presidents of the three federal research funding agencies, I am delighted to send this information package about the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program. Over the past several months, our agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council – have been working closely together to develop this prestigious new program, first announced in the Government of Canada’s 2010 budget.

The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program will award 70 postdoctoral fellowships each year distributed equally among the three agencies. Fellowships will be of two-year duration, valued at $70,000/year (taxable). Uniquely, the program requires that research institutions be closely involved in endorsing applicants and be committed to providing the research environment and professional development successful applicants require in order to become the research leaders of the future.

We want to recruit the highest-quality applicants from both Canada and abroad. In light of the small number of awards in the program, and the demands of both the application process and the peer-review process, however, potential applicants must be carefully selected. Banting Fellowships will ultimately be awarded to an elite group of researchers who have demonstrated both research excellence and leadership.

Two attachments are included with this letter: a description of the program, including eligibility requirements and institutional responsibilities; and an annex with a preview of the key application elements. This information will be useful in helping guide the applicant selection and endorsement process. This material can also be disseminated within and outside your institution and/or organization to promote the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. To obtain a copy of these attachments please email civil.chair@utoronto.ca.

My fellow presidents and I are very excited about this prestigious new program and its potential to develop tomorrow’s research leaders. Any questions about the program should be directed to Banting@researchnet-recherchenet.ca.

Sincerely,


Alain Beaudet
President,
Canadian Institutes of Health Research