2024 Alberta Innovates Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Eligibility

Recruitment Fellowship

2 years, $70,000 CAD/year
The AI PDF Recruitment Fellowship is intended for postdocs who will be new to UCalgary at the time of receiving the Fellowship. It is designed to increase institutional research capacity, and attract and develop new talent in areas of strategic importance.

• PhD at implementation
• Applicant must be an incoming postdoctoral appointee to the University of Calgary:
  • Those with an existing postdoctoral appointment at the University of Calgary  are not eligible to apply.
  • Applicants must not currently hold, or have held in the past, a postdoctoral position at the University of Calgary at the time of application.
  • Have received their PhD no more than 5 years prior to the date of application. Be less than five years into a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Calgary. 
    • Special circumstances including maternity/parental leave, child-rearing, illness, disability, cultural or community responsibilities, socio-economic context, health-related family responsibilities, trauma and loss will be considered. Please include any interruptions as a separate section in the career goals document included in the pdf attachment.
• Not have applied more than once before for a postdoctoral fellowship from Alberta Innovates

AI Postdoctoral Fellowships in Health Innovation & Enhancement

2 years, $55,000 CAD/year

• Have completed a PhD at the time of award implementation;
• Have accepted or started a postdoctoral appointment at University of Calgary
• Have received their PhD no more than 5 years prior to the date of application. Be less than five years into a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Calgary. 
  • Special circumstances including maternity/parental leave, child-rearing, illness, disability, cultural or community responsibilities, socio-economic context, health-related family responsibilities, trauma and loss will be considered. Please include any interruptions as a separate section in the career goals document included in the pdf attachment.
• Have applied no more than once before for a Fellowship from Alberta Innovates (i.e. can apply two times in total to the University of Calgary’s competitions);
• The Adjudication Committee will determine if candidates will receive a PFHI or Enhancement Fellowship.
• Applications received from the Recruitment Fellowships competition will also be considered for the PFHI and EF streams within the same competition round

Alberta Innovates Enhancement Fellowship

1 year, $55,000 CAD/year
These Fellowships function as bridge funding to help increase the competitiveness of Trainees in other future fellowship/salary award competitions. If Trainees are successful in other future competitions, they are encouraged to accept the new salary award.

• Have completed a PhD at the time of award implementation;
• Have accepted or started a postdoctoral appointment at University of Calgary
• Have received their PhD no more than 4 years prior to the date of application
  • Special circumstances including maternity/parental leave, child-rearing, illness, disability, cultural or community responsibilities, socio-economic context, health-related family responsibilities, trauma and loss will be considered. Please include any interruptions as a separate section in the career goals document included in the pdf attachment.
• Have applied no more than once before for a Fellowship from Alberta Innovates (i.e. can apply two times in total to the University of Calgary’s competitions);
• The Adjudication Committee will determine if candidates will receive a PFHI or Enhancement Fellowship.
• Applications received from the Recruitment Fellowships competition will also be considered for the PFHI and EF streams within the same competition round.
   

Summary

Alberta is taking the lead in transforming postdoctoral supports and opportunities to reflect a changing research and innovation landscape.

Through the Alberta Innovates Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, UCalgary is pleased to offer applications for the Alberta Innovates Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.

UCalgary is pleased to offer 3 types of postdoctoral fellowships in this program: 1. Recruitment Fellowships; 2. Alberta Innovates Postdoctoral Fellowships in Health Innovation (PFHI); 3. Alberta Innovates Enhancement Fellowships. There are no citizenship restrictions on this program. Applications to all 3 fellowships must demonstrate strong alignment with at least 1 of the below priority areas.

Applicants must be pursuing research in alignment with one of the following four priority areas:

• Digital & Data-Enabled (D&DE) Health Research
• Advancing D&DE Tools and Methods
• Health Technology Acceleration
• Technology & Data-Enabled Health System Transformation

The minimum Stipend Incentive offered is $15,000 CAD per year for Recruitment Fellowship. The Stipend Incentive may be increased as necessary to ensure the combined value of the awards does not fall below $70,000 CAD per year for Recruitment, or $55,000 for PFHI and Enhancement streams

Application deadlines

Program application deadline

• Alberta Innovates Postdoctoral Fellowship online submission application. Apply now!
• Project Proposal including a statement of relevancy with at least 1 strategic priority area (2 pages max with 1 additional page for references)
• Summary of Career Goals (1-page max if applicable, include a section outlining any career interruptions for which you are requesting an extension to the eligibility window. 
  • Special circumstances including maternity/parental leave, child-rearing, illness, disability, cultural or community responsibilities, socio-economic context, health-related family responsibilities, trauma, and loss will be considered. Please include any interruptions as a separate section in the career goals document included in the pdf attachment.
• Applicant CV (Common CV or free form)
• Supervisor Statement of Support (1 page max)
• If applicable, copies of results letters from relevant competitions you have applied to in the past 2 years with the same project (e.g. CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, Banting, etc.)
• 2 letters of reference (from referees external to UCalgary for Recruitment Fellowship), on institutional letterhead, sent directly to fellowships@ucalgary.ca *NOTE: The Faculty Supervisor named in the application cannot serve as referee.

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Annual progress reporting to UCalgary is required for successful applicants

Up to 3 intakes per year