CCIHR, NSERC and SSHRC (Government of Canada)
Partially funded
Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA)
CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC (Government of Canada), Canada
Scholarship overview
The Canada Postdoctoral Research Award is a federal research talent program in the Canada Research Training Awards Suite, jointly administered by CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC. It covers health, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences and humanities.
Up to 20% of postdoctoral awards are available to international applicants who have a Canadian academic link.
Award Information
- International applicants must be registered in, or have completed, a doctoral or health professional degree at a Canadian institution, or be currently conducting postdoctoral research at a Canadian institution.
- Degree requirements completed no more than three years before September 1 of the application year, subject to extensions for documented career interruptions.
- Up to 30% of awards can be held abroad, only by Canadian citizens or permanent residents who completed their doctorate at a Canadian institution.
- $70,000 per year for 24 months.
- Indigenous Scholars Supplement: $10,000 for one year through NSERC or SSHRC, subject to funding.
- Up to six additional awards per agency are reserved for Black postdoctoral researchers.
- CIHR: September 16
- NSERC: October 17
- SSHRC: September 10 (CIHR and SSHRC may have earlier institutional deadlines)
- Notification by March 31.
- Apply to the agency that best fits the subject matter.
- Submit electronically through CIHR ResearchNET, the NSERC online system or SSHRC registration.
- Submit referee letters and institutional nominations through the online system before the deadline.
- Provide certified translations of supporting documents not in English or French.
Official links
How selection works
- Research potential and experience: 50%
- Quality of the proposed research program: 50%
