This postdoctoral fellowship offers benefits to industry and postdoctoral fellows.

Benefits to industry

• Highly leverage funding to pay competitive wages
• A pipeline to highly qualified people
• Innovation and technical excellence
• Access to university assets

Benefits to postdoctoral fellows

• Well-paid employment opportunities
• Professional development experience
• Networks that support diverse exploration
• Strengthened academic career paths

• Postdoctoral fellowship projects must be based at Dalhousie University
• PhDs must have been granted no more than five years prior to the project’s start date
• Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and international students/postdoctoral fellows over the age of 18
• For-profit corporations and eligible not-for-profit corporations in Canada
• For-profit businesses operating outside of Canada

• One- and two-year contracts will be considered
• The postdoctoral fellow is expected to spend approximately 75 per cent of their time at the industry partner’s facilities and 25 per cent with the academic supervisor
• The postdoctoral fellowships provide competitive compensation and are co-funded between OFI and the industry partner, with additional funding partners possible. A separate budget is allocated for co-curricular activities, including relocation expenses, travel to partner institution(s), conferences, workshops, summer schools, and the non-travel exception for the purchase of a laptop/computer.
• Expenses such as long-term accommodation and visa application fees are not eligible expenses

Expressions of interest will be evaluated and matched with collaborators as appropriate.

Applications and projects will be considered on an on-going basis.

The IndPDF program currently in the pilot phase.

OFI is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness.

We encourage applications from Indigenous persons, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of a minority sexual orientation and/or gender identity, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community.

Maximum effort will be made to promote opportunities to traditionally underrepresented groups.

For further information please contact:

Tracey Woodhouse
Program Manager, Ocean Graduate Excellence Network
Email: tracey.woodhouse@ofi.ca