Awarded to a qualified student from China, including Hong Kong, who is an entering postdoctoral scholar, Ph.D. or M.Sc. student conducting agricultural production/food related research in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Awarded by the Dean of the Faculty in consultation with the departments. The recipients are expected to return to their home country after the completion of their studies.
Minimum $20,000; renewable once at the Master’s level and twice at the Doctoral or Postdoctoral levels.
Established in 2007 by Dr. Alan C. Frosst and Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. To support research and scholarship in the area of aging and neuro-degeneration under the supervision of the Charles E. Frosst-Merck Chair in Pharmacology.
Awarded by the Faculty of Medicine upon recommendation of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics to an outstanding postdoctoral student in the Department.
$46,000; renewable up to two times based upon evaluation by the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. This fellowship is accompanied by a research allowance of up to $14,000 per year.
Established by The Cole Foundation in 2006 to fund fellowships for postdoctoral research in pre-leukaemia, leukaemia and other cancer-related diseases within the McGill University Faculty of Medicine or its affiliated hospitals.
Eligible areas include fundamental, translational, clinical and population-based research, with an emphasis on children and young adults. Two-year Fellowships will be awarded by the Faculty of Medicine on the recommendation of the Cole Foundation, the second year of funding being contingent on a favourable mid-term evaluation.
Tenable at the Bellairs Research Institute of McGill University, St. James, Barbados, for research in marine related fields including: biology, ecology, behavioural and avian ecology, geography and geology. Candidates should have recently attained their Ph.D. and must clearly demonstrate a definite need to carry out their research at the Institute.
Established in 1999 in honour of Conrad F. Harrington in recognition of his leadership in developing in McGill University Health Centre.
The postdoctoral fellowship in the area of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) will support researchers who have received their M.D. or Ph.D. degrees and who wish to advance their research careers in the Faculty of Medicine in the McGill University Health Centre. In the event that there are no candidates investigating ALS, the fellowship will be awarded to support a postdoctoral candidate working in a related area of neurological disease. Awarded by the Postgraduate Award Committee of the Faculty of Medicine.
Established in 1998 by a generous gift from a McGill graduate of Chemical Engineering (Class of 1959), from Hong Kong, in recognition of Dr. David T.W. Lin, B.Sc. 1937, M.D.,C.M. 1940, a surgeon emeritus at the Royal Victoria Hospital, to support medical research.
Awarded by the Postgraduate Awards Committee of the Faculty of Medicine to a student at the Postdoctoral, Ph.D. or M.Sc. level.
Established in 1998 by a generous gift from a McGill graduate of Chemical Engineering (Class of 1959), from Hong Kong, in honour of Dr. Robert G.H. Lee, B.Eng. 1947 (Metallurgical Engineering).
Awarded by GPS on the recommendation of the Faculty of Engineering to an entering Postdoctoral, Doctoral or Master’s student in either Chemical Engineering or Mining and Materials Engineering.
$10,000; renewable once at the Master’s level and twice at the Postdoctoral or Doctoral levels.
Established in 1998 by a generous gift from a McGill graduate of Chemical Engineering (Class of 1959), from Hong Kong, in honour of Dr. Wah Leung, the first Dean of Dentistry at the University of British Columbia.
Awarded by the Faculty of Dentistry to an entering Postdoctoral, Doctoral or Master’s student in the Faculty of Dentistry who is working in pain, oral cancer or bone tissue research.
Established in 2011 by the Courthill Foundation for residents in the Faculty of Dentistry's General Practice Residency (G.P.R.) Program.
Awarded by the Faculty of Dentistry to the resident who demonstrated exceptional clinical care to patients with a preference to female residents.
Established by the R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation for post-M.D. fellows undertaking research within McGill University and affiliated hospitals.
The Fellowship will be awarded by the Postgraduate Awards Committee of the Faculty of Medicine for one year, but the recipient is eligible to re-enter the competition for a second year of support. Applicants must be eligible to practice in Quebec.
The Peter Quinlan Fellowship will support young researchers (M.D. or Ph.D.) who wish to undertake postdoctoral training in Oncology at McGill University and its affiliated hospitals under the direction of a member of the Faculty of Medicine. The Fellowship will be awarded by the Postgraduate Awards Committee of the Faculty of Medicine for one year, but the recipient is eligible to re-enter the competition for a second year of support.
Established in 2009 by the Richard and Edith Strauss Canada Foundation to fund fellowships for postdoctoral research in the areas of stem cells, regenerative medicine, chronic disease, and/or aging.
Awarded by the Faculty of Medicine upon recommendation of the Faculty of Medicine’s Postgraduate Awards Committee to outstanding Postdoctoral Fellows or Postdoctoral Trainees, as defined by McGill University.
Established in 2010 by the Richard and Edith Strauss Canada Foundation to fund fellowships for postdoctoral research in the areas of respiratory medicine with a preference for asthma.
Awarded by the Postgraduate Awards Committee of the Faculty of Medicine to outstanding Postdoctoral Fellows or Postdoctoral Trainees, as defined by McGill University.
Established in 2000 through a very generous gift from Dr. Richard H. Tomlinson, Ph.D. 1948. Awarded annually by GPS to recruit outstanding individuals into postdoctoral positions in any department at McGill University. Tomlinson Fellows who accept a fellowship from an agency external to McGill will be entitled to one-half the full value of the Tomlinson Fellowship.
The Tomlinson Postdoctoral Fellowships are for new postdoctoral scholars accepted into a postdoctoral research position at any department at McGill University.
$30,000; renewable annually based on satisfactory progress, to a maximum tenure of two years for Postdoctoral level.
Applications for a Tomlinson Postdoctoral Fellowship must reach the intended department by November 1 and must be accompanied by a letter from a McGill faculty member indicating their willingness to supervise the applicant’s postdoctoral research in the event a fellowship is awarded. Current doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars at McGill are not eligible to apply. See
www.mcgill.ca/gps/postdocs/fellowships.
Established in 1995 through an endowment by a graduate of the Macdonald Farm Management and Technology Program, to foster innovative research in sustainable development that might not otherwise find support through traditional funding sources.
The proposed research would address themes such as food systems, agriculture, conservation, and the environment; sustainable systems and the community; issues in Canada's North; and food, nutrition and community development. Awarded by the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Scholarship Committee on the basis of academic merit and suitability of the proposed research to the fellowship theme. Priority will be given to postdoctoral fellows.
Additional information is available from the Macdonald Campus Student Affairs Office, 21,111 Lakeshore, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9. Doctoral candidates will be considered in the second round if no suitable postdoctoral candidate is found.
