Application Deadline: November 20, 2024 (11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time).
Applications are now open for the 2025/2027 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program. Collaborate across disciplines with leading global researchers. Expand your network and pursue cutting-edge ideas with unrestricted research support. Join the international community of brilliant people advancing transformative knowledge and solving humanity’s biggest problems.
Requirements
- There are no geographical restrictions on who may apply.
- To be eligible, you must hold a PhD (or equivalent) and be employed in a full-time position at an institution of higher education or research, with responsibilities that include leading independent research as a principal investigator and supervising/teaching trainees toward the attainment of a degree. Typically, you are a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the North American system, or, in other academic systems around the world, an equivalent position that is designed to lead to a permanent (tenured-equivalent) faculty position.
- You must have started your first such position (post-PhD) no earlier than July 1, 2020 and no later than July 1, 2024. Special consideration may be given to those who have taken parental leave or have exceptional circumstances.
- Your position must be secure for the duration of the CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar active term from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2027.
NOTE: Postdoctoral fellows are not eligible to apply to this program.
Benefits
- A two-year term of interdisciplinary collaboration and mentorship in a CIFAR research program, among a global network of leading researchers
- $100,000 CAD in unrestricted research support
- Opportunities to apply for time-limited seed funding to support new interdisciplinary collaborations
- Membership in the extended community of CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars across research programs — creative and like-minded peers from diverse disciplines
- Training in focused areas of research leadership, and opportunities to put leadership into action
Timeline:
- October 8, 2024: Call for applications opens.
- November 20, 2024: Application deadline 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time (UTC -8)
- By January 24, 2025: Shortlisted finalists are notified and invited to attend a virtual interview. All other applicants will be notified after the finalists have confirmed their attendance.
- March 19-20, 2025: The Selection Committee interviews the shortlisted finalists via Zoom. Interviews are generally scheduled between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Eastern Time.
- By early April 2025: Finalists are notified of the competition results.
- May/June 2025: CIFAR publicly announces the 2025 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars.
- June 11-13, 2025 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars annual meeting.
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program