Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) – Postdoctoral Fellowships

Deadline: 09/20/2018

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships are expected to respond to the objectives of the Talent program.

These fellowships support the most promising Canadian new scholars in the social sciences and humanities, and assist them in establishing a research base at an important time in their research careers.

They provide stipendiary support to recent PhD graduates who are:

undertaking original research;
publishing research findings;
developing and expanding personal research networks;
broadening their teaching experience;
preparing for research-intensive careers within and beyond academia; and
preparing to become competitive in national research grant competitions.

Fellowships will normally be awarded to candidates affiliated with a university other than the one that awarded the PhD. SSHRCPostdoctoral Fellowship awards are tenable at Canadian or foreign universities and research institutions.

SSHRC welcomes applications involving Indigenous research, as well as those involving research-creation.

Duration

12-24 months

Funding

(Canadian) $40,500 per year.

Eligibility

Applicants must:

Be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada (by the application deadline);
Not hold a permanent faculty position or a faculty position leading to permanency;
Have finalized arrangements for affiliation with a recognized university or research institution;
Have applied not more than twice before to the SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships funding opportunity;
Not be applying in the 2018-19 academic year to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowships Program or the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Postdoctoral Fellowship funding opportunity; and
Not have already received a postdoctoral award (including a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship) fromSSHRC, NSERC or CIHR.
Applicants with a PhD from a foreign university are eligible to apply only if they wish to hold their award at a Canadian university.
Applicants are eligible to apply to hold their award at a foreign university only if their PhD was earned at a Canadian university.

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Contact

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships
Research Training Portfolio
Tel.: 613-943-7777
Email: [email protected]