National Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships

This program provides a comprehensive training experience to prepare postdoctoral fellows for success in a variety of careers.

Support Amount: up to $70,000 per year plus benefits
Region: National
Deadlines:

  • Faculty Proposals due Oct 14, 2022
  • Postdoctoral Fellow Recruitment takes place mid-November, 2022 – Jan 15, 2023

Program Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Faculty & Doctoral Graduates

CANSSI also partners with CRM StatLab to offer a one-year CRM StatLab–CANSSI Postdoctoral Fellowship in statistics with a minimum salary of $53,000. This program has separate eligibility and application requirements (see below).

Have questions about the program?

Overview

Overview

The overarching goal of the CANSSI National Postdoctoral Program is to provide a comprehensive training experience that prepares postdoctoral fellows for success in a variety of careers. All aspects of applications to the program are judged through this lens.

This program includes:

  • research project in statistical sciences (actuarial science, biostatistics, data science, statistics)
  • an interdisciplinary or applied collaboration or interaction.
  • teaching experience; broadly-defined, that is equivalent to 1-2 courses over two years
  • opportunities for professional development.
  • a competitive salary.

Project List for 2023

When you apply as a candidate to the CDPF program, you will be given the chance to indicate your preferred research projects.

See the list of available projects.

What’s Involved

What’s Involved

Research Project

The research project will be in the statistical sciences, and fundable by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

Substantial research progress should be feasible within the timeline of the postdoctoral fellowship. The roles of the supervisor and co-supervisor must be clearly defined, along with how they will interact with each other and the postdoctoral fellow.

A description of how the postdoctoral project relates to any research support of the supervisors should be included in the application.

Interdisciplinary or Applied Experience

The postdoctoral fellowship will include a significant interdisciplinary or applied component.

The postdoctoral fellowship will include a significant interaction with a researcher, organization or group directly related to the research project (experiments, data and application).

The proposed experience should contribute to the overall training of the postdoctoral fellow and fit well with the statistical research.

The Co-supervisor may come from another discipline.

Teaching Experience

Educational and communication activities should provide the postdoctoral fellow with the opportunity to gain important teaching and mentoring skills. The amount of activity is the equivalent of teaching one to two courses over two years, but there is considerable flexibility in the specifics.

Examples include:

  • Teaching a three-credit, one-semester course
  • Participating as a mentor in a CANSSI-sponsored summer training program.
  • Mentoring teams of undergraduate or graduate students in project-based studies.
  • Co-teaching with experience faculty

Professional Development & Mentorship

A mentoring plan should describe activities that support the professional development of the postdoctoral fellow.

The plan can address activities related to:
  • Development of skills and intellectual pursuits fitting a long-term career plan.
  • Professional development and career preparation.
  • Development of networking, collaboration, and partnership skills.
  • Development of language and communication skills.
  • The learning environment and opportunities for enriching the experience of the postdoctoral fellow at the host institutions.
Who’s Eligible

Who’s Eligible

Supervisor & Co-supervisor

The Supervisor will be an Associate Professor or Professor in statistics or biostatistics at a Canadian university, with experience supervising Ph.D students and postdoctoral fellows.

The Co-supervisor will be employed at a Canadian institution. In the case that the Co-supervisor is not in a university, a description justifying the proposed arrangement and describing the Co-Supervisor’s capacity to supervise research of a postdoctoral fellow is required.

Supervisors and co-supervisors may be listed on only one project. Current supervisors or co-supervisors of CANSSI distinguished postdoctoral fellows are not eligible.

Note: The supervisor and co-supervisor may both be Assistant Professors, provided that a more senior colleague (i.e. someone in statistics or biostatistics at a Canadian university at the Associate professor or full-professor level) is included as a mentor on the project. The mentoring plan for the postdoctoral fellow should include plans for how the more-senior colleague will be integrated into the project.

Applicant

  • Applicants must have a PhD degree in statistics, biostatistics, actuarial sciences, or data science.
  • Your thesis must be successfully defended before September 30, 2023.
  • Additional requirements:
    • Applicants must not have already received a postdoctoral grant (including a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship) from SSHRC, NSERC or CIHR.
    • Applicants must have completed all requirements for a doctoral degree no more than two years before the deadline date of the year of application. Completion is considered as the date that all the requirements for the degree were met, including the successful defense and submission of the corrected copy of the thesis. This is not the conferred or convocation date indicated on your transcript. For applicants with more than one doctoral degree, the completion date of the most recent doctoral degree is used to determine eligibility.
  • Applicants must submit proof of eligibility by October 15, 2023. Please contact canssi_sc@sfu.ca regarding questions about eligibility.

Extensions:

  • CANSSI extends the eligibility period to three years for applicants
    • that have acquired at least six months of full-time, relevant employment in industry or government after receiving a doctorate. Experience in an academic institution or its affiliated hospitals, research institutions and other laboratories will not be considered.
    • that have completed a non-research based clinical residency program after receiving a doctorate.
    • ​​that have had their careers significantly interrupted due to parental, medical and/or family-related responsibilities.
  • CANSSI extends the eligibility period to six years for applicants that have, within two years before or after the date of completion of a doctorate, become the primary caregiver following the birth or adoption of a child.

Requests for an extended eligibility period, may require additional information and/or supporting documentation. Such information is only used to assess eligibility.

If you wish to inform the review committee of delays and/or circumstances that may have affected your performance and/or productivity, please add a (“Special Circumstances”) section to your application (maximum ½ page).

CANSSI Ontario Postdoctoral Fellowship in Statistics

As part of the CDPF program, CANSSI Ontario and CANSSI have partnered to offer the CANSSI Ontario Postdoctoral Fellowship in Statistics. This fellowship supports research projects that deepen our understanding of theoretical statistical sciences, but projects in other areas of statistics may also be considered. If you are a faculty member at a CANSSI Ontario partner university or at an affiliated research institute, you are eligible to apply. See here for more details.

If you would like to apply for either the CANSSI national program or the CANSSI Ontario Postdoctoral Fellowship in Statistics or both, please refer to the “How to Apply” section below.

CRM StatLab–CANSSI Postdoctoral Fellowship 2023–2024

Looking for a postdoctoral position? We invite you to apply for the CRM StatLab–CANSSI Postdoctoral Fellowship in statistics. Applications are due on January 31, 2023, for a single position beginning April 1, 2023.

Postdoctoral fellowships are available to candidates working under the supervision of at least one member of the CRM StatLab (list). Candidates should have received their PhD no more than three years prior to the start of their term and must have fulfilled all PhD requirements by the time of taking up the award. We especially encourage candidates graduating from institutions outside of Quebec.

CRM StatLab, CANSSI, and the supervisor(s) will ensure a minimum salary of $53,000. The successful candidate will be designated a “CRM StatLab–CANSSI Postdoctoral Fellow” for a period of one year, starting anytime between April 1 and October 31 of the designated year; the funds must be paid by the end of March of the following year.

Your application should include:

  1. A presentation letter including a description of your research interests and research program
  2. Your CV
  3. Electronic copies of articles, theses, research reports, etc.

Get additional details from the position posting document.

Please send the completed application to Erica.Moodie@McGill.ca by January 31, 2023. You should arrange to have letters of recommendation sent independently.

The CRM and CANSSI are committed to the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) at every stage of the recruitment, assessment, and tenure of the fellowship. Supervisors commit to following these principles in mentoring fellows. Both supervisors and the Fellow are expected to attend a CANSSI or CRM EDI event over the course of the fellowship.

Results will be announced by mid-March 2023.

How to Apply

How to Apply

For full information about the application process, see the Supporting Documents.

To apply for a CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship or a CANSSI Ontario Postdoctoral Fellowship in Statistics, click on this button:

To submit a faculty proposal for consideration by postdoctoral applicants, click on this button:

To apply for a CRM StatLab–CANSSI Postdoctoral Fellowship in statistics:

See the instructions in the preceding section.

Budget

Budget

The Postdoctoral Fellow salary will be up to $70,000 per year plus benefits (worth approx. $14,875). The CANSSI grant will provide the majority of the salary and benefits, but will be supplemented by the following contributions:

  • The host institutions (departments, colleges, and/or universities) will contribute up to $16,000 total salary over the two years for the teaching component.
  • Supervisors, co-supervisors, and interdisciplinary partners will contribute 1-4 months salary total (over the two years).
  • Research support of up to $3,000 per year (for computer, travel, supplies, etc.) will be provided by the supervisor, co-supervisor or their institutions.
Timeline

Timeline

First Stage – Call for Faculty Proposals Deadline: October 14, 2022
First Adjudication Process – Selection of Successful Proposals Expected: October 19, 2022 – November 10, 2022
Second Stage – Recruitment of Postdoctoral Fellows Expected: Mid-November, 2022 – January 15, 2023
Second Adjudication Process – Selection of Postdoctoral Fellows Expected: March 31, 2023
Offer Evaluation Period – Two Week Allowance Expected: April 2023
Program Commences – Start of Two Year Period Expected: Late August – Early September 2023
Contact

Questions? Contact Us

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Andrea Benedetti

Deputy Director

andrea.benedetti@mcgill.ca

General Inquiries

info@canssi.ca