2024 AXA Research Fund Post-Doctoral Fellowships

Eligibility

Institutions can present only one candidate for the whole institution (and not one per department, faculty or laboratory).

There is an internal adjudication process for this opportunity.

Candidates should be maximum PhD+ 5 years with proven scientific excellence and high potential for innovation, transformation and dissemination. 

The research program should demonstrate its scientific originality and innovative nature. Projects selected for funding are expected to start less than one year after the result's announcement, click here to see the guidelines. 

Summary

The topic of this year's call is  “Navigating misinformation and trust erosion in the digital age”. 8 Postdoctoral researchers addressing issues geared toward assessing, identifying, quantifying, and understanding the socio-economic impact of misinformation and exploring solutions to mitigate it will be supported based on the AXA Research Fund’ Scientific Board’s decision.  

Internal Selection Process:

Eligible candidates who wish to hold the AXA Fellowship at the University of Calgary must submit a complete expression of interest to the Postdoctoral Office. The expression of interest includes three documents:

1. Applicant information: Full name; birth date; nationality; PhD defense date; current university affiliation; University of Calgary supervisor (name and Faculty); H-index and source (funder's requirement, not UCalgary requirement)
2. Short curriculum vitae (maximum of 3 pages); and
3. Project title and Project description (maximum of 3,000 characters, including spaces).

Email these documents as one PDF, copying your University of Calgary supervisor on the email, to postdoc@ucalgary.ca by 12:00 p.m., April 10, 2024.

Expressions of interest will be adjudicated by the Office of the Vice-President (Research). The selected applicant will be invited to complete the submission of their expression of interest to AXA via its online application portal.

Should AXA invite the applicant to complete a full application, the Postdoctoral Office will inform the applicant of the submission process and relevant institutional requirements.

Deadlines:

• Expressions of interest due to Research Services by 12:00 noon on April 10th, 2024
• Selected nominee submits expression of interest due in AXA portal by by 8:00 a.m., April 15, 2024

Contact:

Caitlin Janzen, Postdoctoral Program Specialist, Fellowships

More information available on the AXA website- Guidelines

Pre-application deadlines

RSO internal deadline

Pre-application program deadline

Application deadlines

RSO final internal review deadline

Program application deadline

NOTE: Consult your Faculty Associate Dean (Research) (ADR) regarding Faculty-specific deadlines and submission processes.

Principal Investigators: Complete a Research Management System (RMS) record, including a copy of your complete application, and submit this for approvals in RMS.

Postdocs, students, and trainees: For fellowships and externally-sponsored research training awards or opportunities, you must complete the Research Funding Application Approval (RFAA) Trainee PDF form, and submit it, along with a complete copy of the application, to Research Services at rsotrainee@ucalgary.ca. Trainees should not use RMS at this time.

Approvals: The University of Calgary requires that all funding applications be approved prior to submission. Approval requires signatures via either RMS or the RFAA Trainee form, in the following order:

• Principal Investigator
• Department Head
• Faculty ADR/Dean
• Research Services (on behalf of the Vice-President Research)

Read the Meaning of Grant Signatures policy to understand what your approval means. Please see the agency guidelines for details about which signatures are required on your application, as it may differ from internal requirements.

Late submissions: Late submissions will only be accepted in cases of medical or family emergencies, or other exceptional circumstances. If you submit your RMS record to Research Services after the internal deadline has passed, you must secure additional approvals. Please read: Late Applications Process.

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