Eligibility for Junior Fellowships

All CIFAR Junior Fellowships require candidates to have completed their PhD within the last three years.  Applicants who are in the process of finishing their PhD must provide a letter from their department chair or faculty dean confirming that all degree requirements will be fully completed before the anticipated Junior Fellowship start date.  Start dates will be advertised by individual CIFAR programs.

Each CIFAR research program will have specific eligibility requirements for the Junior Fellowship positions they are seeking to fill, including whether the Junior Fellowships are offered as postdoctoral fellowships or whether they may be held by a junior faculty member.

In all instances, successful Junior Fellow candidates will have shown exceptional intellectual leadership and imagination in their work.  Like all CIFAR researchers, they will be interested and able to think broadly and to collaborate on a deep level with their colleagues. 

Junior Fellowships are open to citizens of any country.  Successful applicants typically are responsible for acquiring all necessary visas and work permits to legally work in the country in which the offered position is based.  Candidates should seek guidance from citizenship and immigration officials and the university at which they will be based.

CIFAR is strongly committed to diversity within its community, and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups and others who may contribute to further diversification of ideas.