Global Joint Post-Doctoral Fellowship at York University 2026

This fellowship aims to help York faculty strengthen their ability to conduct globally impactful research by collaborating with leading peers around the world to jointly attract and train top talent at the PDF/PDV levels.  

This new GRE stream is also an institutional response to global developments that position Canada competitively to attract top international talent.  We believe that the global competition for talent, addressing grand challenges, and international partnerships are synergistic. This approach will better empower us to drive change that benefits Canada and the world. 

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Interview Process
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineJanuary 5, 2026
• Study LevelPostdoctoral Fellowships
• SponsorYork University
• City to studyToronto
• School to studyYork University
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

Up to $40,000 CAD (up to 4 awards available)

Please note, the amounts above are not annual year over year funding. The amounts are the total funding awarded for the entire duration of a funded project. GRE funding is not to build a research program but to seed connections/deepening of relations between York faculty research and leading researchers overseas.

 

Requirements

This stream is open to individual and team proposals from York faculty. However, there must be one designated primary supervisor (applicant) at York with the supervisory capacity and primary supervisory eligibility to co-supervise the jointly recruited “POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER” with an international partner co-supervisor.

All York applicants and York collaborators must have faculty appointment at York, be fulltime active faculty members at York, be York FGS (Full/Associate) members, be eligible to hold research funds at York. We will also be open to considering proposals from applicants who will officially start their full-time career as a research-stream faculty member at York during the 2025-26 fiscal year, but after the Stream B deadline

Visit York University eligiblity for full details.

Selection Process

• Open for submissions to YI: September 2025 - January 2026. Please submit to [email protected]
• Deadline: 5 January 2026
• Selection & award letters: Within 4-6 weeks of the deadline.

Check also:
Shopify Dev Degree Program 2026 (Fully Funded)
York University President's International Scholarship of Excellence 2026

Application Deadline

January 5, 2026

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to York University on www.yorku.ca to apply

For more details, visit University of York Scholarship webpage