Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program 2010, Canada

The Government of Canada allocated $45 million over five years in Budget 2010 to establish a high-profile, prestigious postdoctoral fellowships program.

The fellowships will be known as the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships, in memory of Sir Frederick Banting, the Canadian physician, researcher, Nobel laureate and war hero who, together with his assistant Dr. Charles Best, is credited with the discovery of insulin. The program is jointly administered by Canada’s three federal granting agencies: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). CIHR has been designated as the operational lead for the implementation of the program.

The Banting scholarship is open to all Canadians and international applicants who have completed their Ph.D. between November 2007 and December 2010. The deadline for applications at CREUM is September 15, 2010. Those interested should contact us immediately.

For more information on the scholarship Banting, see the following website:
http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/fellowships/banting-eng.aspx?