External Funding Opportunity

The Foundation nominates up to four (4) Fellows per year, chosen among professors at Canadian universities, for a mandate of three (3) years. Candidates must be nominated by their home universities. Direct applications are not accepted.

Fellows of the Foundations:

• are senior academics in Canada who are leaders in their field. They are academics holding a full-time tenured appointment in a Canadian university at or near the rank of Full Professor with a national or international reputation;
• tackle important current issues in social sciences and humanities intersecting with one or more of the four themes of the Foundation;
• propose a research project that is innovative and socially significant, pushing research and thinking in new directions;
• have a demonstrated commitment to supporting graduate students;
• have a proven record of academic excellence, as established by their prior success in obtaining research grants;
• are effective communicators willing to engage with a range of actors in society.