Sponsor
National Research Council Canada
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Award Details
The Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowship creates opportunities for mid- to late-career scholars to collaborate with NRC researchers. The Fellowships provide release time from employment for national and international scholars who have demonstrated outstanding research ability and are proposing collaborative research with an NRC researcher, leveraging NRC facilities.
Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellows are leading researchers whose superior, groundbreaking, best-in-class research stands to have significant impact on a national or global scale. A Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellow embodies one or more of the Killam attributes:
- Inclusive collaborator
- Barrier breaker
- Research leader
The Fellowships use a co-Principal Investigator (co-PI) model. Submissions to the program must propose one co-PI (the Fellow) employed outside of the NRC, and one co-PI (NRC co-PI) employed by the NRC. A Fellowship may support a specific collaborative project, a knowledge exchange initiative, a novel multidisciplinary collaboration, or other scholarly pursuits that advances knowledge. The program will award up to three (3) fellowships each year, and each fellowship project must align with one or more NRC Challenge Program.
Fellowships are valued at $100,000 per year in the form of a grant that is paid to the institution of each Fellow to cover release time. An additional grant of up to $50,000 is available to accommodate travel and knowledge dissemination costs of the Fellow, based on budget estimates provided in the proposal.
Application procedure: Fellowship candidates who need help connecting with an NRC investigator can complete an Expression of Interest form. The National Killam Program Office will consult internally and respond to enquiries within 10 business days. Interested applicants who already have a potential NRC co-PI identified can begin working on a submission.
For nomination support including institutional sign-off: contact Meaghan Miller (meaghan.miller@ubc.ca)