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Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships

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The Faculty of Education鈥檚 Office for the Faculty of Education Research: Initiatives, Networking, and Grants (OFFERING) provides application review and support for the highly competitive Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships.

The Banting Fellowships aim to build world-class research capacity by recruiting top-tier Canadian and international postdoctoral researchers at an internationally competitive level of funding. The fellowships are valued at $70,000/year for two years and just 70 new fellowships are awarded annually.

Pre-Applications

Supervisors and promising postdoctoral applicants should discuss this opportunity and prepare a pre-application for submission and review to the Office of the Associate Dean of Research & Graduate Studies.

Deadline: May 23rd, 2024 at 10:00 AM

Pre-Application Procedures

Eligibility Criteria

  • Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada and foreign citizens
  • Must fulfill or have fulfilled all degree requirements for a PhD, PhD-equivalent or health professional degree:
  1. between September 15, 2021 and September 30, 2025 (inclusively), and
  2. before the start date of their award.
  3. Applicants who have not fulfilled all requirements for their degree at the time of application must submit proof no later than October 15, 2025.
  4. Has never held a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship.
  5. Does not hold a tenure-track or tenured faculty position, nor can they be on leave from such a position.

For more information regarding eligibility and process please consult .

Submission Documents

Applicants submit their pre-applications to offering.education [at] mcgill.ca (OFFERING) for review and screening. Please compile into one PDF file with the formatting specified as follows:

  • Filename format: Lastname_Firstname_Banting_2024.pdf
  • Filled application form
  • Applicant's standard CV (not CCV)
  • Supervisor's Letter of Support (maximum 1 page). Point form is acceptable. See the for the criteria
  • Abstract outlining their proposed postdoctoral research program (500-word maximum)

Deadline

Banting pre-application submissions must be emailed to offering.education [at] mcgill.ca (OFFERING) by May 23rd, 2024 at 10:00 AM (EDT)

Next Steps for Selected Applicants

If your application is selected by Education鈥檚 Office of the Associate Dean of Research & Graduate Studies for recommendation to 海角社区 Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, you will be contacted and will then need to prepare and submit a full application for review. The full application is prepared on ResearchNet. Application requirements and instructions can be found on the page.

Following the submission of completed applications to GPS in September, 海角社区 Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies will review and provide a letter of endorsement to successful nominees. Selected applicants will then submit their applications and referees will upload their assessments via ResearchNet by the submission deadline: 17 September 17, 2024 at 8:00 PM EDT.

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