Fellowship Award Description

The Fellowship Award provides financial support to academics who are recognized for their expertise and excellence in areas important to the Bank's mandate (macroeconomics, monetary economics, international finance, financial markets and institutions, financial stability and regulation, labour economics, and economic growth) and who are undertaking leading-edge research that contributes to the development of knowledge and research capabilities in those areas.

The award consists of:

• $50,000 per year per recipient;
• a maximum of $15,000 per year per recipient for related research expenses;
• a maximum of $25,000 per year per recipient for research assistants.

The award is for a five-year term subject to an annual confirmation process. Recipients of this award may apply for a second five-year term.

Eligibility

Fellowship Award recipients are required to:

• be Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada or be otherwise legally permitted to work in Canada;
• have obtained a PhD;
• be employed by a Canadian university during the tenure of the Fellowship.

Nominations and applications must be submitted by 15 November.

For more information consult Application Details.