A competition has recently been announced for the Government of Canada Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships (PDRFs). The PDRFs provide opportunities for foreign researchers to study at Canadian universities for a one-year period.
The PDRFs are based on reciprocal agreements between Canada and foreign governments, and are designed to provide research opportunities to promising, recent, non-Canadian doctoral graduates. Awards are tenable at recognized public Canadian universities and affiliated research institutes. PDRFs are offered in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering. Fellowships are not offered to professional artists, nor to those wishing to do clinical research and training involving patient care.
The total value of the fellowship is CAN $32,000 and it is not taxable in Canada. It is valid for 12 months and is not renewable.
Applicants must:
Full information about the PDRFs, and application procedures, are available via the following website.
Note that the deadline for applications varies, depending on the nationality of the applicant. Any faculty member who is interested in bringing a foreign researcher to Dalhousie under this scheme is invited to contact Jennifer Morawiecki as soon as possible, for more information and support in preparing applications:
Jennifer Morawiecki
International Research Facilitator
International Research & Development Dalhousie Research Services
Email: jennifer.morawiecki@dal.ca
Phone: 494-1734