Global Joint Post-Doctoral Fellowship at York University 2026

The Stream 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.

Please note, unlike some of the other Post-Doctoral Fellowships offered by some internal units at York, this is an investigator-driven initiative, i.e. graduate students/recent graduates are not eligible to be the applicant (see Eligibility Guidelines).

Summary:

1. Application Deadline: April 2026 (Rolling basis)
2. Value: Up to $20,000 CAD (matching funds required for requests above $6,500 CAD)
3. Study Level: Research Fellowship / Faculty Collaboration
4. Sponsor: York University
5. Eligible Country: All countries

Eligibility Criteria for Global Joint Post-Doctoral Fellowship at York University 2026

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 a faculty appointment at York, be full-time active faculty members at York, be York FGS (Full/Associate) members, and 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

1. Open for submissions to YI: September 2025 - January 2026. Please submit to GRE@yorku.ca
2. Deadline: 5 January 2026
3. Selection & award letters: Within 4-6 weeks of the deadline.

Benefits of Global Joint Post-Doctoral Fellowship at York University 2026

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/deepenrelations between York faculty research and leading researchers overseas.

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

Application Deadline

January 5, 2026

Application Link(s)

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