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The CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program is an opportunity for exceptional early-career researchers in the first five years of a full-time academic position. Selected for their research excellence, advanced communication skills and potential for leadership and impact, Scholars join CIFAR’s network to collaborate across disciplines with some of the world’s leading researchers on important questions facing science and humanity.

Each CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar receives:

• $100,000 CAD in unrestricted research support
• A two-year term in a CIFAR research program, a global, interdisciplinary network of leading researchers
• Mentorship from a senior researcher within a CIFAR research program
• Opportunities to network, collaborate, and form a community with peers from diverse disciplines

Specialized leadership and communication skills training, and support to put skills into action.

Who is eligible:

Applicants may be based anywhere in the world, must hold a PhD (or equivalent) and be within the first five years of starting a full-time research position at an institution of higher education or research.

CIFAR invites applications from early-career research leaders who can engage with any of the following CIFAR research programs:

• Boundaries, Membership & Belonging
• Brain, Mind & Consciousness
• Earth 4D: Subsurface Science & Exploration
• Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities
• Innovation, Equity & the Future of Prosperity

Click here to learn more.

Deadlines

Internal: October 11, 2022 at 4:30pm. Contact email is erin.murphy@dal.ca. For additional resources, click here for guidance on internal deadlines and submission processes.

Funder: October 25, 2022 at 11:59PM PDT.