About the program
The Industry Postdoctoral Fellowship (IndPDF) Program matches outstanding postdoctoral researchers with leading ocean organizations to deliver the best talent to accelerate innovation and foster new partnerships. Postdoctoral fellows have the opportunity to increase the impact of their research through broad industry, government or non-governmental organization opportunities while gaining meaningful professional development experiences. Partners get access to top minds and university resources through an efficient matching and placement program.
- Carbon cycles
- North Atlantic sink
- Basin-scale connectivity
- Coastal resilience
- Coordination of ocean observing
- Climate governance and policy
- Sensor integration and verification
- Modelling and prediction
- Marine robotics operations and mission planning
- Protein and feed production
- Capture fisheries stock
- Climate stressors
- Fish welfare and vaccinology
- Precision and regenerative aquaculture
- Governance and policy
- Containment remediation
- Environmental assessment
- Green processing and production
- Quality assessment
- Fish welfare and vaccinology
- Feed development
- Future marine life
- Response to climate change
- Inclusion into fisheries management
- Impacts of deep-sea mining
- Marine spatial planning
- Invasive species
- Benthic mapping
- Genomics and population genetics
- eDNA
- Application of AI to improve ocean observations
- Intergration with models
- FAIR data management
- Informing policy
- Data and metadata quality standards
- Annotating data for AI/ML training
- Web information service development
- Advanced signal processing
Benefits of the program
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
Eligibility
- Postdoctoral fellowship projects must be based at one of the TCA institutional partners (Dalhousie University, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Université Laval, and Memorial University of Newfoundland)
- PhDs must have been granted no more than five years prior to the project’s start date; this may vary by employing university
- 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
Funding and duration
- One- and two-year contracts will be considered
- The postdoctoral fellow may spend about 50-75 per cent of their time at the industry partner’s facilities and about 25-50 per cent with the academic supervisor
- Expenses such as long-term accommodation and visa application fees are not eligible expenses
Submit an expression of interest
Selection process
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.
Embracing respectful engagement
Transforming Climate Action (TCA) partner institutions are committed to fostering a research and collegial culture grounded in respectful engagement and balanced representation. We encourage applications from Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, racialized individuals, Black individuals, women, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, including trans and non-binary individuals.
University-industry research partnership philosophy
Scientific integrity and transparency always serve as guiding principles for university-industry collaboration.
Our researchers and industry partners are dedicated to upholding the highest standards of honesty, objectivity, and academic freedom.
