Fully Funded Fellowship in Canada by the University of British Columbia is Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. The Killam Scholarship and Prize Programmes were established in memory of Izaak Walton Killam through the Will of his wife, Dorothy Johnston Killam, and through gifts made during her lifetime. Their primary purpose is to support advanced education and research at five Canadian universities and the Canada Council for the Arts.

The UBC Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are provided annually from the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies and are available for most fields of research. It was Mrs. Killam’s desire that those selected to receive fellowships: “be likely to contribute to the advancement of learning or to win distinction in a profession. A Killam scholar should not be a one-sided person. Special distinction of intellect should be founded upon sound character.”

The number of new awards offered each year presently varies between three and five.

Benefits

$50,000 annual stipend for a maximum of two years, plus a travel research allowance of $4,000 over two years

Eligibility

• Candidates applying for Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship must have completed their PhD and all of its requirements no longer than 2 years prior to the start date of the fellowship.
• PhD requirements generally include thesis defence corrections and thesis deposition although they vary with each institution/ degree type.
• For applicants who had interruptions/delays in their career due to illness or health-related family responsibilities, child rearing, eligibility period may be extended to a maximum of one year.
• The interruptions/delays must have occurred post completion of all the PhD requirements.
• Applicants for Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship must not have studied PhD at any campus of the University of British Columbia.
• Applicants must not be continuing faculty or holding a tenure-track at a university/college while those holding a temporary term or non-tenure track appointments can apply.
• Candidates of any nationality can apply but successful ones must meet all the Canadian immigration requirements.