Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program: The University of Toronto Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP) aims to increase opportunities for hiring postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups, specifically Indigenous and Black scholars. This program provides a gross salary of approximately $62,000, along with employer costs and a $5,000 annual start-up fund, for up to two years. The initiative seeks to enhance diversity, foster representation, and strengthen the educational environment with diverse perspectives.
- 💰 Value and Duration: $70,000 per year for up to two years + $5,000 annual start-up fund.
- 🌍 Legal Status: Open to domestic and international post-graduates.
- 📅 Timeline: Notice of intent by February 16, 2024; UTSC Nomination Deadline by March 1, 2024.
- 🎯 Purpose: Increase diversity by hiring postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups, fostering diverse perspectives at the University of Toronto.
- 🎓 Eligibility: Applicants must demonstrate academic excellence, identify as Indigenous or Black, hold a recent doctoral degree, and not have held a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship before.
- 📚 Selection Criteria: Emphasizes innovation in research plans, academic and research training, scholarly potential, and the feasibility of proposed research.
- 📋 Nomination Process: Nominees need to be supported by potential supervisors, with a complete nomination package submitted by March 1, 2024.
Designation: Postdoctoral Fellow
Location: University of Toronto (U of T)
Eligibility/Qualification:
- Open to domestic and international post-graduates.
- Must identify as Indigenous to Turtle Island and/or Black.
- Must have obtained a doctoral degree within the last five years.
- Must not have held a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship previously.
Job Description: The Postdoctoral Fellow will:
- Begin the fellowship by January 2025.
- Be a postdoctoral employee of the University of Toronto.
- Be associated with a supervisor appointed to a graduate unit.
- Register and remain registered with the Postdoctoral Office at SGS.
- Not hold concurrently another major fellowship.
- Not hold a faculty position or be on leave from such a position.
- Establish an Independent Development Plan (IDP) and submit it to SGS within the first three months of the fellowship.
- Submit proof of completion of the degree no later than three months after the fellowship commences if not fulfilled at the time of nomination.
How to Apply:
- Potential nominees should contact potential supervisors at UTSC.
- Supervisors submit a notice of intent by February 16, 2024, and the complete nomination package by March 1, 2024.
- Nomination package includes nominee information, nomination and supervisor letters, research proposal, training statement, CV, and a short biography.
Last Date for Apply: The deadline for the complete nomination package is 01 March 2024.
Selection Criteria:
- Innovative and/or original research plan.
- Academic and research training.
- Scholarly potential and contributions to the discipline.
- Feasibility of the proposed research.
- Evaluation based on a scoring rubric used by SGS.
Results:
- UTSC will nominate their top three candidates in each self-identification category.
- Results of the University-wide Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program competition at SGS will be available in May.
Contact & Resources:
- For UTSC nomination process: postdoc-awards@utsc.utoronto.ca
- For selection process: sgs.postdoc@utoronto.ca
- Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program on the School of Graduate Studies website.
