Applications Open: CIFAR Global Scholars Program
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CIFAR is now accepting applications for the 2026-2028 cohort of the CIFAR Global Scholars Program.
This program offers early-career researchers the opportunity to develop and lead high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary research, expand their professional networks and receive focused leadership training in their pivotal first years as independent investigators.
These experiences accelerate the rise of research leaders who are positioned to drive new discoveries and open new fields of inquiry.
CIFAR welcomes applications from candidates across the natural, biomedical, and social sciences, as well as the humanities. Successful applicants join one of CIFAR’s interdisciplinary research programs, collaborating with global research leaders to advance transformative knowledge and address some of the most important questions facing science and humanity.
Programs currently accepting applications are:
- Learning in Machines & Brains
- Child & Brain Development
- CIFAR MacMillan Multiscale Human
- Future Flourishing
- Humanity’s Urban Future
- Quantum Materials
For details, please visit cifar.ca/global-scholars.
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CIFAR Global Scholars receive:
- A two-year opportunity to collaborate and receive mentorship within a close-knit, interdisciplinary network of leading global researchers in a CIFAR research program.
- $100,000 CAD in unrestricted research support.
- Opportunities to apply for CIFAR seed funds.
- Membership in the extended community of CIFAR Global Scholars, a network of creative and like-minded peers across cohorts.
- Targeted training in essential areas of research leadership.
Who is eligible:
- CIFAR welcomes applicants from all countries and is committed to building a diverse, international community of scholars. For full eligibility details, visit cifar.ca/global-scholars.