The Banting scholarship is offered by Canadian institutions and is available to international students.The Anticipated 2015-2016 Competition Launch is April 2015.
The Scholarship:
The Yearly application opens in September of the current year for student in the subsequent year. Example the 2016 application opens in September 2015.
The purpose of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships is to build world class research capacity by recruiting top-tier Canadian and international postdoctoral researchers at an internationally competitive level of funding. These prestigious two year fellowships worth $70,000 per year, are open to both Canadian and international researchers who have recently completed a PhD, PhD-equivalent or health professional degree. Seventy fellowships will be awarded each year.
- Offered by: Industry Canada
- Fields: Social sciences and humanities, science and engineering, health and leadership skills.
- Eligibility: International and Canadian postdoctoral students. Candidates for a Banting Fellowship must demonstrate, beyond the excellence of their research, synergy between their research program and their host institution. However, candidates are not required to be nominated first by a Canadian institution. They can apply directly. Detailed descriptions of the eligibility requirements are available at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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