Brain@McGill: 7 Postdoctoral Fellowships 1832 views

Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) at McGill University announces new Postdoctoral Fellowships Competition which is an $84M seven-year cross-sectoral initiative supported by the Canadian Government’s Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF), with an additional $18M from the government of Quebec.

Research themes:

1. Neuroinformatics and computer modelling;
2. Mechanistic models of neurodegenerative diseases;
3. Applied cognitive neuroscience of brain plasticity;
4. Population neuroscience and brain health.

About the program:

• This program aims to attract, train and retain top post-doctoral researchers from across disciplines and around the world to participate in interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral research training opportunities related to brain and mental health research, knowledge translation/mobilization and innovation.

Starting date: between March 1, 2018 and September 1, 2018

Fellowship value: CD$60,000 (+benefits) per year (max. $70,800) for 1 or 2 years (nonrenewable)

Number of fellowships: 7

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be from outside McGill, or have commenced their postdoctoral studies at McGill no more than 12 months prior to the start date of the award.
• The applications are open to both Canadian and foreign applicants.
• Applicants may consult the Brain@McGill Researcher Database to identify potential supervisors and contact them directly.
• The proposed research must beas per HBHL’s goals and research priorities and tie in to at least one of HBHL’s four Research Themes
• Applicants must have received their PhD less than 2 years before the start date of the award.
• Applicants must be registered as postdocs at McGill University by the start date of the award.
• Applicant cannot concurrently hold a HBHL award and a fellowship from another Canadian federal or provincial funding agency, or a McGill internal fellowship.

Applications:

• Apply online