Current Opportunities
Please visit this site regularly for updated external and internal postdoctoral opportunities.
Western Opportunities
External Opportunities
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 funding from their faculty mentors’ grant or research resources. The rates of compensation and applicable policies vary depending upon the funding agency.
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 28th at 5 pm ET. Different Faculty deadlines - please check with your program:
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry: Melanie.Katsivo@schulich.uwo.ca
Social Science: jbaxter6@uwo.ca
Science: gradsci@uwo.ca
Ivey Business School: sbellyou@ivey.ca
Engineering: we-researchandgrad@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: pam.mckenzie@uwo.ca
Education: pbishop@uwo.ca
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 funding for postdoctoral appointments, however several other sources of funding are available. Postdoctoral scholars are encouraged to seek out all potential avenues of funding.
| External Agencies |
Value |
Field(s) |
Deadlines |
| Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science Research Fellowships |
Variable |
Natural Sciences |
Jan. 15 |
| Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program |
Variable |
Variable |
Jan. 15 |
| Savoy Foundation Postdoctoral and Clinical Research Fellowships |
$30,000 |
Variable |
Jan. 15 |
| Action Canada Fellows |
$20,000 |
Leadership Development, Public Policy |
Jan. 26 |
| International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Ecopolis Postdoctoral Awards in Urban Agriculture |
$40,000 - $50,000 |
Urban Agriculture |
Jan. 30 |
| National Research Council of Canada H.L. Holmes Awards for Postdoctoral Studies |
Up to $100,000 |
Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Mathematics |
Jan. 31 |
| Azrieli Fellows Program |
$35,000 |
Variable |
Feb. 1 |
| Educational Testing Services Postdoctorate Fellowship Program |
$50,000 |
Educational Measurement |
Feb. 1 |
| National Cancer Institute of Canada Post PhD and Post MD Research Fellowships |
$35,000 - $47,500 |
Behavioural Research and Cancer Control |
Feb. 1 |
| Materials and Manufacturing Ontario Martin Walmsley Fellowship for Technological Entrepreneurship |
$50,000 |
Technological Entrepreneurship |
Feb. 14 |
| E.B. Eastburn Postdoctoral Fellowship |
$80,000 |
Engineering or Science |
Feb. 28 |
| Resources for the Future (RFF) Gilbert F. White Postdoctoral Fellowship Program |
Variable |
Natural Resources, Energy, or the Environment |
Feb. 28 |
| Parkinson Society Canada Fellowships & Grants |
$40,000 - $50,000 |
Parkinson's Disease |
Mar. 1 |
| Canadian Arthritis Network Training Programs |
$40,000 - $50,000 |
Arthritis |
May 15 |
| Sheldon M. Chumir Foundation Internship in Ethics in Leadership |
$32,500 |
Ethics in Leadership and Public Life |
Mar. 19 |
| University of North Carolina and the American Institute for Cancer Research/World Cancer Research Fund Marilyn Gentry |
$100,000 |
Cancer and Nutrition |
Mar. 30 |
| Davies Charitable Foundation Fellowship |
$10,000 |
Variable |
Apr. 15 |
| International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications Welch Scholarship |
$15,000 |
Vacuum Science Techniques or their Applications |
Apr. 15 |
| Strategic Training Program in Cancer Reseach and Technology Transfer (CaRTT) |
$36,750 |
Cancer |
May 30 |
| Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellowships |
$24,000 |
Variable |
Jun. |
| Translational Breast Cancer Research Traineeship Program |
$36,750 |
Breast Cancer |
Jun. 25 |
| William T. Grant Scholars Program |
$350,000 |
Interdisciplinary; Youth Development |
Jul. 1 |
| Open Society Foundations Human Rights Internship |
Variable |
Human Rights |
Jul. 1 |
| Canadian Blood Services Postdoctoral Fellowships |
Variable |
Transfusion Science in Canada |
Jul. 5 |
| German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Postdoctoral Scholarships and Study Programs |
Variable |
Variable |
Aug. 1 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Manfred Wörner Essay Award |
Variable |
NATO Issues |
Aug. 31 |
| CIFAR - Junior Fellow Academy |
$65,000 |
Variable |
Sep. 1 |
| Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) Fellowship in Animal Policy Development |
$40,000 |
Genetically Modified Animals in Canadian Science |
Sep. 30 |
| Mellon/ACLS Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowships |
$35,000 |
Variable |
Sep. 28 |
| Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships |
$38,000 - $47,500 |
Cystic Fibrosis |
Oct. 1 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellowships |
$38,000 |
Humanities and Social Science |
Oct. |
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowships |
$26,000 - $85,000 |
Humanities, Social Science, and Public Policy |
Oct. 1 |
| Health Canada Postdoctoral Fellowships |
$43,000 |
Science |
Oct. 11 |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Sloan Industry Center Fellowships |
$45,000 |
Industries |
Oct. 15 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowships |
$40,000 |
Science and Engineering |
Oct. 15 |
| The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellowship Program |
$75,000 |
Variable |
Oct. 15 |
| Alzheimer Society of Canada |
$40,500 |
Alzheimer's Disease |
Oct. 29 |
| Getty Grant Program Postdoctoral Fellowships |
$22,000 |
Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences |
Nov. 1 |
| Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program |
$70,000 |
Variable |
Nov. 3 |
| Canada-US Fulbright Program Fulbright Awards |
$25,000 |
Variable |
Nov. 15 |
| Canadian Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships (PDRF) |
$36,500 |
Variable |
Nov. 15 |
| Killam Trusts Postdoctoral Fellowships |
$10,000 |
Variable |
Nov. 17 |
| E.A. Baker Foundation for the Prevention of Blindness - CNIB Research Fund |
$40,000 |
Vision Loss |
Dec. 1 |
| Osyp and Josaphat Neporany Educational Fund New Investigator Award |
$15,000 - $30,000 |
Science, Architecture, Engineering |
Dec. 1 |
| MITACS Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship Program |
$55,000 |
Variable |
Dec. 15 |
| International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS) Postdoctoral Fellowships |
$10,000 |
Canadian Studies |
Dec. 31 |
| Lady Davis Fellowship Trust |
Variable |
Variable |
Dec. 31 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
Variable |
Health Research |
Variable |
| Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) Organization of American States (OAS) Fellowship Programs |
Variable |
Variable |
Variable |
| Indigenous Health Research Development Program Postdoctoral Awards |
$20,000 |
Aboriginal Health |
Variable |
| International Union Against Cancer Fellowships |
Variable |
Cancer |
Variable |
| National Research Council of Canada Research Associate Program |
$57,000 |
Science and Engineering |
Variable |
| Social Science Research Council (US) Postdoctoral Fellowships |
Variable |
Variable |
Variable |
| FAPESP Sao Paulo Foundation |
Variable |
Variable |
Variable |
| DFG: Emmy Noether Programme |
Variable |
Variable |
Variable |
| NIH-DFG Research Career Transition Awards Program |
Variable |
Variable |
Variable |
| DFG: Clinical Trials |
Variable |
Variable |
Variable |
| International Max Planck Research School on Moduli Spaces |
Variable |
Variable |
Variable |
| DFG: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Funding Programs |
Variable |
Science |
Variable |
| IDRC The Bentley Cropping Systems Fellowship |
$30,000 |
Variable |
Variable |
| IDRC Doctoral Research Award |
$20,000 |
Variable |
Variable |
| Doctoral Student Research Award (DSRA) |
Variable |
Variable |
Variable |
| Asia Pacific Foundations of Canada: Post-Graduate Research Fellowships |
Variable |
Variable |
Variable |
| Marie Curie Fellowships |
Variable |
Variable |
Variable |
| Early Career Postdoctoral Fellowships in East European Studies |
$25,000 |
Eastern European Studies |
Variable |
