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MITACS ELEVATE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

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LOCATION: Canada

Mitacs Elevate is a postdoctoral fellowship with an exclusive professional development curriculum component. Fellows address complex challenges through: A one or two-year research project with a partner organization in need of high-level expertise, and A professional development curriculum that prepares Elevate fellows for success as leaders in research and industry.

ELIGIBILITY:

They are Canadian citizens, permanent residents or international applicants. 

They are based at an academic institution (including colleges or polytechnics) located in Canada for the duration of the fellowship. 

Their date of graduation from a PhD program is less than five years to proposed start date of the Elevate project, unless: 

Fellows who have had a break in their career due to military service, illness, or family leave may be considered exceptions and must be approved in advance of application 

If this situation applies to you or you have any questions, please contact Mitacs at elevate@mitacs.ca. 

They have fulfilled all PhD degree requirements (e.g., successful defence, final deposit, and sign-off of the dissertation), meet the postdoctoral fellow eligibility criteria at their home academic institution, hold a postdoctoral fellow status for the entire duration of their Mitacs Elevate fellowship. 

They can commit to the two-year Mitacs Elevate fellowship, including the exclusive professional development curriculum. Replacement or substitute fellows are not allowed 

Elevate alumni that have completed a 1- or 2-year Elevate project will be able to apply for another Elevate project. Postdocs can only be funded for a maximum of 3 years 

Postdocs can complete nine internship units (typically 3 years) of Mitacs funding, including any combination of Elevate & Accelerate in any order (e.g. Accelerate after an Elevate; hold more than one Elevate). One year of Elevate counts as 3 internship units. 

Fellows cannot apply to multiple Mitacs programs for the same period of time. 

BENEFIT:

Successful applicants receive a Mitacs Elevate award of $60,000 per year, for a total award of $120,000 for two-year projects, as well as the mandatory research management training curriculum. A minimum stipend/salary of $55,000 per year is allocated to the fellow, and up to $5,000 is allocated to research costs. Mitacs follows tri-council guidelines with respect to the use of funds towards eligible research costs.

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TWAS-TÜBİTAK POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME

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Application Deadline: 25 December 2023

LOCATION: Turkey

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) and TWAS have established a fellowship programme for foreign scholars from developing countries in the South who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in a field of the natural and related applied sciences in the departments and laboratories of public and private universities of Türkiye and TÜBİTAK Research Centers and Institutes.

ELIGIBILITY:

Be permanent residents and nationals of a developing country in the South (https://twas.org/developing-countries-south).

Candidates from Science and Technology Lagging countries (STLC) and women are especially encouraged to apply. For the list of STLC, please see https://twas.org/66-countries.
NB. Developing countries that are not in the list are also eligible to apply.

Must not hold any visa for temporary or permanent residency in Turkey or any developed country;

Be employed in a developing country (other than the host country) and hold a research assignment there. Applicants must provide a Supporting Statement from the head/director of the applicant’s current employer according to the format of TÜBİTAK (see sample that can be downloaded below or from TÜBİTAK’s online application website). The supporting statement is to support the candidate’s application and prove that s/he will be given leave if awarded.

Hold a PhD degree in natural and related applied sciences (in one of the fields specified above);

Be a maximum age of 45 years on 31 December of the application year;

Provide an official Acceptance Letter (see sample that can be downloaded below or from TÜBİTAK’s online application website) from an eligible department, institution or laboratory of a public or private university in Turkey, or TÜBİTAK Research Centers and Institutes.

NB. Requests for acceptance must be directed to the chosen host institution(s) in Turkey, and NOT to TÜBİTAK. Without preliminary acceptance, the application will not be considered for selection. The acceptance letter must be signed by the highest authority of the chosen host institute. The maximum number of academic advisors in Turkey can be 2 (two).

Candidates who received their PhD from a university in Turkey are required to receive an acceptance letter from a university other than the one where they received their doctorate degree, and carry out their research with an academic advisor(s) other than their doctoral thesis advisor.

Provide the Research proposal form  prepared in the format determined by TÜBİTAK (see sample that can be downloaded below or from TÜBİTAK’s online application website);

2216b-tubitak-twas_2023-call-for-applications_0.pdf

BENEFIT:

Fully funded

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