Postdoctoral Services
Contact
School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Phone: 519-661-2102
Fax: 519-661-3730
Email: mharmos@uwo.ca
Human Resources Services
Phone: 519 661-2194
Fax: 519 661-4104
Email: hrhelp@uwo.ca
Equity & Human Rights Services
Phone: 519-661-3334
Fax: 519-661-2133
E-mail: equity@uwo.ca
Quick Links
Human Resources ServicesPublic Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
Postdoctoral Association at Western (PAW)
Current Opportunities
Please visit this site regularly for updated external and internal postdoctoral opportunities.
Western Opportunities
- Aging and Inclusion in Neighbourhoods
- Classical Studies - Roman Provincial Archaeology - Dr. Elizabeth Greene
- Intersectionality in Epidemiological Methods - Dr. Greta Bauer's Lab
- Microbiology and Immunology - Dr. Mansour Haeryfar's Lab
- Robarts Research Institute - Dr. Michael Strong's Lab
- Translational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab - Drs. Bussey and Saksida
- Brain mechanisms of cognition and behaviour - Drs. Bussey and Saksida
- Perineuronal nets and touchscreen-based assessment of cognition - Drs. Bussey and Saksida
- Community-Based Research Fellowship - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- The MacDonald Franklin Operational Stress Injury Research Centre
- Robarts Research Institute - Dr. John Ronald's Lab
- Robarts Research Institute - Drs. Robert Bartha's and Lena Palaniyappan's Labs
- Postdoctoral Scholar in Biomedical Image/Signal Analysis
- Department of Medicine - Dr. Asfaha's Lab
- Diagnostic Molecular Microbiology - Dr. Cabrera's Lab
- Machine Learning - Drs. Ilie and Solis-Oba
- Network for Economic and Social Trends Fellowship - Faculty of Social Science
- Interstellar Optical Spectroscopy - Physics and Astronomy
- Cerebrovascular Regulation - Dr. Welsh's Lab
- Women's Health
- Robarts Research Institute - Drs. Prado and Duennwald
- DeKoter Lab
- Biological Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
- Aging and Mental Health
- BrainsCAN Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- Clinical Bioinformatics at the Clinical Molecular Genetics Laboratory
- Healthy Communities at Western
- Time-Domain and/or Exoplanetary/Substellar Astronomy
External Opportunities
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute
- St. Michael's
- University of Alberta - Public Health
- University of British Columbia - Nanomedicine and Biomedical Engineering
Funding must be in place before the fellowship begins. Postdoctoral scholars can secure funding from external granting agencies or fellowship programs or may be offered
Fellowship Programs
There exist several fellowship programs offered to prospective and current postdoctoral scholars each year. Interested applicants are encouraged to review all application information to confirm their eligibility.
Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program / Programme de bourses postdoctorales Banting
The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program is jointly administered by Canada's three federal granting agencies: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Value
$70,000/year; two-year duration
Number of Awards
70 fellowships awarded each year
Field(s)
Most fields of study
Application Details
Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships
Internal Deadlines
The internal selection process is managed by the SGPS. The deadline for Faculties and programs to provide full applications to SGPS is August 16th at 5 pm ET. Different Faculty deadlines - please check with your program:
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry: susanne.schmid@schulich.uwo.ca
Social Science: jbaxter6@uwo.ca
Science: gradsci@uwo.ca
Ivey Business School: sbellyou@ivey.ca
Engineering: wegraduate@uwo.ca
Arts and Humanities: nbhatia2@uwo.ca
Health Sciences: gmacdon5@uwo.ca
Law: echambe@uwo.ca
Music: rwrigh6@uwo.ca
Information and Media Studies:ssliwins@uwo.ca
Education: pbishop@uwo.ca
Candidates should submit draft applications to Faculty by their internal deadline - most of them by July 31, 2020.
Faculties will submit the full endorsed application to SGPS by August 16th, 2020, including the letters of reference.
Contacts
Mihaela Harmos
MITACS Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
MITACS has issued a call for proposals to the MITACS Elevate postdoctoral fellowship program. MITACS Elevate is a pilot fellowship program for postdoctoral fellows (PDFs) at Ontario universities to develop collaborations with local industry.
Value
$55,000/year with $10,000 for research support; two-year duration
Number of Awards
Varies each year
Field(s)
Varies each year
Application Details
Program Description
Contacts
Mihaela Harmos
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
$40,000/year with $5,000 for research support; one-year duration
Number of Awards
One
Field(s)
Women's health
Application Details
Program Description
Contacts
Mihaela Harmos
External Agencies
Below are some external agencies that offer