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National Research Council Canada

Canada Postdoctoral Research Award in Health, Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Social Sciences Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada in Canada

Degree Level

Postdoc

Field of study

Computer Science

Funding

Value is $70,000 per year for 24 months. Additional supplementary funding may be available for priority research areas, Indigenous postdoctoral researchers, and some other meritorious applicants. Up to 20% of awards are available to international applicants, and up to 30% may be held outside Canada.

Deadline

Oct 17, 2026

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National Research Council Canada

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Canada Postdoctoral Research Award

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The Canada Postdoctoral Research Award supports postdoctoral researchers to undertake advanced research in Canada. It is aimed at highly qualified scholars and typically provides competitive research funding and a stipend.

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About this position

The Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) is a federal postdoctoral funding program administered by CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC in Canada. It supports outstanding postdoctoral researchers across health, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences and humanities, including interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary projects.

Funding: $70,000 per year for 24 months. Additional supplementary funding may be available for priority research areas such as AI, quantum, cybersecurity, biotechnology, clean technology, climate resilience, food and water security, democratic resilience, advanced materials, and defence/dual-use technologies. Indigenous and Black postdoctoral researchers may also be eligible for designated support.

Eligibility highlights: Applicants must hold or expect to hold a doctoral or health professional degree before the award start date, must not hold a tenure-track or tenured faculty position, and must have completed degree requirements within the last three years before September 1 of the application year, unless eligible extensions apply. The proposed research must be predominantly research-oriented and significantly distinct from the doctoral thesis.

Location: Awards may be held at eligible institutions in Canada or, for eligible applicants, at approved international institutions. Canadian federal government research institutions are not eligible host sites.

Application: Apply through the agency that best matches your subject area: CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC. Submit electronically through the relevant online system and ensure referees and institutional nominators upload their materials before the deadline. The NSERC deadline shown on the page is October 17.

Funding details

Value is $70,000 per year for 24 months. Additional supplementary funding may be available for priority research areas, Indigenous postdoctoral researchers, and some other meritorious applicants. Up to 20% of awards are available to international applicants, and up to 30% may be held outside Canada.

What's required

Applicants must hold or expect to hold a doctoral or health professional degree before the award start date, must not hold or be on leave from a tenure-track or tenured faculty position, and must have completed all degree requirements no more than three years before September 1 of the application year, subject to listed extensions for career interruptions, qualifying industry/government employment, caregiving, or clinical training. The proposed postdoctoral research program must be predominantly research-oriented, significantly distinct from the doctoral thesis, and not primarily for adapting a thesis for publication, editing textbooks, or language acquisition. International applicants must meet additional Canadian citizenship/permanent residency/protected person or Canadian-institution conditions depending on location of tenure.

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