Research Scholarship Program for PhD's and equivalence, Canada

The CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program

Brief description: 

The CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program provides funding and support to help scholars build their research network and develop essential skills to become leaders. Global Scholars are researchers within five years of their first academic appointment from anywhere in the world.

CIFAR Azriel global scholars program

Benefits

As a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar, you will receive:

•  $100,000 CDN in undesignated research support

•  A two-year appointment to a CIFAR research program

•  Specialized leadership and communication skills training

Eligibility

To be eligible for The CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program, one is required to take proper note of the information detailed below;

Applicants can be from anywhere in the world, but must hold a PhD or equivalent degree and be within five years of their first full-time academic appointment. Scholars’ research must align with the themes of an eligible CIFAR research program. In 2017, the eligible programs are:

• Successful Societies

• Institutions, Organizations & Growth

• Cosmology & Gravity

• Learning in Machines & Brains

• Bio-inspired Solar Energy

• Quantum Materials

• Genetic Networks

• Child & Brain Development

• Humans & the Microbiome

• Molecular Architecture of Life

• Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Consciousness

Application method:

Applications are submitted online through CIFAR’s application system and must include three letters of recommendation from at least one faculty member or equivalent and preferably one non-academic leader.

The application will require you to answer questions about:

• Your research and how it complements the CIFAR program you would like to join

• Ideas for collaboration with fellows in the program

• Your leadership experience to date

• Your engagement with non-academic communities or interest in such engagement

Application deadline:

The 2017 Call for Applications is now closed. To be able to get new updates for the upcoming CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program, SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter to get it and see other new scholarship, grants and aid offers.

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