Scholarship : The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program – Johns Hopkins University, USA

Scholarship Introduction:
Canada is building world-class research capacity by recruiting top-tier postdoctoral researchers at an internationally competitive level of funding and positioning them for success as the research leaders of tomorrow.These prestigious two-year fellowships, worth $70,000 per year, are open to both Canadian and international researchers who have recently completed a PhD, PhD-equivalent, or health professional degree. Seventy fellowships will be awarded each year.Applicants for a Banting postdoctoral fellowship must apply in close collaboration with the Canadian university or other eligible Canadian research institution at which they would hold the fellowship.The objective of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program is to attract and retain top-tier postdoctoral talent, both nationally and internationally, to develop their leadership potential and to position them for success as research leaders of tomorrow, positively contributing to Canada’s economic, social and research-based growth through a research-intensive career.

Eligibility for scholarship:
Successful applicants for the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program will be selected on the basis of three criteria:

• research excellence and leadership in their area of expertise or research
• quality of the applicant’s proposed research program; and
• institutional commitment and demonstrated synergy between applicant and
• institutional strategic priorities.

Application form: http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/apply-demande/proc-eng.html

How to apply: http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/apply-demande/info-eng.html

Last date to apply:
The last date to apply is November 3, 2010

Source: http://jhuresearch.jhu.edu/Banting_Postdoc_Fellowship.doc