A post-doctoral fellowship (PDF) provides an important stage in the transition from graduate student to independent scholar. Post-doctoral fellows are, in essence, trainees, who contract with the University to provide their services in exchange for developmental opportunities provided by the University. They are not employees. In light of the transitional nature of their status, post-doctoral fellowships are time-limited and are not ongoing.
A post-doctoral fellow must meet the following criteria:
- The post-doctoral fellow was recently (normally within 5 years) awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent degree.
- The engagement is temporary.
- The engagement involves providing research or scholarship services on a full-time basis.
- The engagement is preparatory for a full-time academic and/or research career.
- The services of the PDF must meet the standards set by a faculty member ("the faculty supervisor").
- The post-doctoral fellow is not registered in another training program (e.g. clinical post-graduate training).
The Faculty of Arts & Science is the perfect place for launching your academic career with a postdoctoral fellowship. Every day, researchers in the faculty push the boundaries of knowledge to understand and improve life, explore and examine the world around us and beyond, and work to uncover ancient clues that may hold important lessons for our future.
As a research powerhouse in each of the faculty’s three major sectors — humanities, sciences and social sciences — Arts & Science is home to several hundred postdoctoral fellows each year.
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The University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) is home to a vibrant and dynamic research community, and our postdoctoral scholars are integral members behind the success of our research programs. Each year, we employ and train over 50 postdoctoral scholars across a variety of disciplines including Chemical & Physical Sciences, Psychology, Biology, Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Anthropology, Political Science, and Language Studies, among many others. The Office of the Vice-Principal Academic and Dean serves as the primary contact for postdocs at UTM. Through various programs and services, we strive to meet the professional, academic and work-life needs of our postdoctoral fellows in order to ensure their success at UTM and beyond.
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These fellowships support the most promising Canadian new scholars in the social sciences and humanities, and assist them in establishing a research base at an important time in their research careers.
The purpose of these fellowships is to provide stipendiary support to recent PhD graduates who are:
- undertaking original research;
- publishing research findings;
- developing and expanding personal research networks;
- broadening their teaching experience;
- preparing for research-intensive careers within and beyond academia; and
- preparing to become competitive in national research grant competitions.
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The University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (UTSC PFP) is designed to provide outstanding recent doctoral students advanced training in their field of study. These scholarships are not discipline-specific but rather can be held in any department or research unit across U of T Scarborough. New recruits are encouraged to apply.
Postdoc scholars must secure sponsorship of a supervisor(s) from the professoriate at U of T Scarborough. UTSC supervisor(s) must nominate their prospective postdoc following the timeline and processes outlined below.
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