Queen's Postdoctoral Researcher Competition
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Queen's Postdoctoral Researcher Competition supports outstanding postdoctoral researchers with compensation, research funding, and professional development to strengthen the university's research ecosystem.
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Funder: Queen's University
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $75,000 per year for two years ($150,000 total per researcher); up to 10 awards
Summary: Supports outstanding external postdoctoral researchers at Queen’s through salary, research funding, and professional development.
Key Information: Applicants must be external to Queen’s and secure a Queen’s faculty supervisor who submits the application and funds benefits.
Description
Queen’s University’s Vice-Principal Research (VPR) runs this competition to recruit outstanding postdoctoral researchers and strengthen the university’s research ecosystem. The program provides two years of compensation and research support, alongside access to professional development opportunities. Research funding can support expenses such as conferences, reagents, and computational needs.
The competition emphasizes an outstanding research environment and faculty supervision. Early-career faculty are strongly encouraged to supervise, and co-supervision is encouraged where it can foster interdisciplinary research. Previous recipients have worked in engineering, computing, public health sciences, biomedical and molecular sciences, psychology, religion, gender studies, political studies, and global development studies.
