CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar program 2578 views

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research offers CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program. The program is a two-year appointment dedicated to support young investigators at a pivotal time in their careers. The selected scholar will become part of a global network of leading researchers pursuing answers to some of the most difficult challenges facing the world today.

Note: The next call for 2019 will launch in December 2018.

Benefits:

• $100,000 CDN as research support
• 2 year appointment to a CIFAR research program
• Specialized leadership and communication skills training

Eligibility:

• Applicants can be from anywhere in the world
• Applicant must hold a PhD or equivalent degree and be within 5 years of their first full-time academic appointment.
• Scholars’ research must align with the themes of an eligible CIFAR research program.

Eligible programs:

1. Successful Societies
2. Institutions, Organizations & Growth
3. Cosmology & Gravity
4. Learning in Machines & Brains
5. Bio-inspired Solar Energy
6. Quantum Materials
7. Genetic Networks
8. Child & Brain Development
9. Humans & the Microbiome
10. Molecular Architecture of Life
11. Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Consciousness

How to Apply:

• Applications to be submitted online through the application system
• Application must include 3 letters of recommendation from at least one faculty member or equivalent and preferably one non-academic leader.
• The application will require applicant to answer questions about:
• the research and how it complements the CIFAR program you would like to join
• Ideas for collaboration with fellows in the program
• Applicant’s leadership experience to date
• Applicant’s engagement with non-academic communities or interest in such engagement