Award Overview
- Award Category
- Other Award Opportunities, Postdoctoral Awards
- Required Legal Status
- Domestic / International
Purpose
There are many opportunities internal and external to the University that have programs to fund postdoctoral research. Consult each sources website for specific information on the programs that they offer. International postdocs are strongly encouraged to check first with agencies and foundations in their home country.
Contacts & Resources
University of Toronto Opportunities
The following Faculties and Institutes have programs that fund postdoctoral research at the University of Toronto.
- U of T Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Fields Institute
- U of T Faculty of Arts & Science Fellowships
- U of T Mississauga Fellowships
- UTSC Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- UTSC Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- U of T Institute for Municipal Governance and Finance
- Data Sciences Institute (DSI)
- Acceleration Consortium (AC) Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI)
- PRiME Fellowship Program
Government / NGO Funding Websites
The following agencies and foundations have programs that fund postdoctoral research. Consult each agency and foundation website for specific information on the programs that they offer to provide funding to postdocs. International postdocs are strongly encouraged to check first with agencies and foundations in their home country.
Please note the following links will take you to external sites:
- Canadian Institute for Health Research
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
- Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships
- National Research Council
- Health Canada
- National Institutes of Health
- Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute
- Canada Council for the Arts
- Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
- Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy
- The Branco Weiss Fellowship
- Network Centres of Excellence
- Ontario Centres of Excellence
- The Arthritis Society
- Canadian Foundation for Innovation
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
- Royal Society
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
- Canadian Diabetes Association
- Canadian Association of Physicists
- MITACS Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- Government of Ontario’s Ministry of Research and Innovation
Other University Awards
The following list includes awards offered by other universities across Canada, the United States, and Europe. Please contact these institutions directly for further information.
- Memorial University, Institute of Social and Economic Research
- University of British Columbia, Killam Fellowships
- Dalhousie University, Killam Fellowships
- University of Calgary, Killam Fellowships
- University of Alberta, Killam Fellowships
- University of Michigan Society of Fellows
- Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study
- Harvard University Society of Fellows
- Harvard University, William Lyon Mackenzie King Fellowships
- Princeton University Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
- Columbia University Society of Fellows
- Cornell University
- University of North Carolina
- University of Pennsylvania, Mellon Fellowships
- City University of New York
- Dartmouth Department of Geography
- Marie Sktodowska-Curie Fellowships
- AXA Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Newton International Fellowships
- Endeavour Research Fellowships, Australia
- University of Sydney Fellowships
- Azrieli Fellows Program