FULLY FUNDED CIFAR AZRIELI GLOBAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHERS 2024/2026
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program 2024/2026 For International Researchers (Fully-Funded)
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.
The CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program is designed to accelerate the development of early career researchers in their pivotal first years as independent principal investigators in an academic or research institution, with responsibilities for research and teaching.
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars are emerging leaders in their field, with a high-impact record of innovative research, who are motivated to advance their influence through interdisciplinary collaboration with some of the world’s most renowned researchers, expand their networks, access mentorship and training in leadership and communication, and gain cross-sector exposure, to position themselves as influential leaders and agents of change in academia and beyond.
Application Deadline: 30th October 2023 11:59 PM Pacific Time Zone (UTC -8)
Eligible Countries: All
To be taken in (country): Canada
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Eligibility:
- Applicants can be from anywhere in the world, but must hold a PhD (or equivalent) and be within five years of their first full-time academic appointment.
- Scholars’ research interests must be aligned with the themes of an eligible CIFAR research program.
What you will receive as a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar:
Each CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar receives:
- A two-year term in a CIFAR research program, a global, interdisciplinary network of top-tier research leaders.
- $100,000 CAD in unrestricted research support
- Mentorship from a senior researcher within a CIFAR research program
- Opportunities to network, collaborate and form a community with peers from diverse disciplines across CIFAR’s research programs
- Specialized leadership and communication skills training, and support to put their skills into action, through participation in two cross-cohort annual meetings.
Duration of Program: 2 years
How to Apply
We invite applications from early-career research leaders who can engage with any of the following CIFAR research programs:
Future Flourishing
Gravity & the Extreme Universe
Humanity’s Urban Future
The Multiscale Human
Register here to attend a Virtual Open House on September 6, 2023 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time to hear more about this program and how to apply. CIFAR Staff and program alumni will be on hand to answer your questions and provide program highlights.
