A Partnership with CANSTAT
CANSTAT-CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship
A complement to the CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships program
This partnership between CANSSI and the Canadian Network for Statistical Training in Trials (CANSTAT) supports a two-year statistics-centred research and training experience with a focus on methodological developments relevant to the statistical design and analysis of clinical trials. It shares the same application process as the CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships (CDPF) program and offers the same benefits.
- Support Amount: Up to $70,000 per year plus benefits
- Region: National
- Deadlines:
- Faculty proposals due by October 1, 2025
- Recruitment of postdoctoral fellows takes place November 21, 2025–January 16, 2026
- Program Duration: 2 years
- Eligibility: CDPF applicants who choose projects with a focus on methodological developments relevant to the statistical design and analysis of clinical trials and co-supervised by at least one CANSTAT member are automatically considered
Have questions about the program?
Overview
The CANSTAT-CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship is offered in conjunction with CANSSI’s flagship CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships program. The CANSTAT-CANSSI fellowship is open to applicants with a recent PhD in actuarial sciences, biostatistics, data science, or statistics, uses the same application process as the CDPF program, and provides the same benefits.
The main differences between the two programs are the research focus—projects undertaken as part of the CANSTAT-CANSSI partnership focus on methodological developments relevant to the statistical design and analysis of clinical trials—and the fact that for the CANSTAT-CANSSI program, at least one supervisor must be a member of CANSTAT. In addition, CANSTAT-CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows have access to CANSTAT online workshops and annual meetings.
The CDPF program offers a salary of $70,000 per year over two years for a comprehensive statistics-centred training experience that includes a research project co-supervised by researchers at two different CANSSI member institutions.
CDPF applicants choose their preferred research projects from a list of project proposals submitted by researchers. Applicants who choose projects co-supervised by at least one member of CANSTAT are automatically considered for the CANSTAT-CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship.
How to Apply
Faculty members are invited to submit project proposals for the next funding period by October 1, 2025.
Recent PhD applicants are invited to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship between November 21, 2025, and January 16, 2026.
For full details on how to submit a project proposal and to access the shared CDPF/CANSTAT-CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship application form, visit the CDPF web page.