Sponsor
Province of Ontario through the IBM Innovation Incubator project, Smart Computing for Innovation (SOSCIP) in Partnership with Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE)
Program
Expressions of interest (EOI's) for new industry-academic collaborative projects
Description
The program is designed to provide salary support to Ontario-based PhD graduates and post-doctoral fellows working on industry driven research and development projects in the areas of advanced manufacturing, cyber security, digital media, mining and other SOSCIP focus areas appropriate. The program is intended to provide PhD graduates with an experiential learning opportunity and hands on industry experience. This is the first of several calls for EOI's for projects looking for post-doc support that SOSCIP will issue over the next two years. Please see deadlines for the next call below.
Eligibility
Fellows must have received a doctoral degree (PhD) in any discipline completed within the last five years. May hold a maximum of two 12-month Talent Edge fellowships. Fellows must be eligible to work at the applicant organization and have post doctoral status at the academic institution for the duration of the fellowship. Academic investigators are eligible to submit proposals and must have an academic appointment within a SOSCIP member institution.
Funding Availability
$57,500 for up to two years to provide salary support for highly qualified post doctoral fellows. Funding for only one post-doctoral fellow per project will be approved.
Special Notes
Successful applications will be awarded salary support for one post doctoral fellow to help lead the project. Projects can be within any of the SOSCIP's focus areas. Please refer to the SOSCIP Talent Edge Post doctoral Fellowship Program Guidelines.
The application is a two step process. Draft EOI's are recommended to be submitted in draft to info@soscip.org by September 30th to receive feedback.
Deadlines
If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.
| Type | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Internal Deadline | EOI needs to be signed by the institution and will need a signed OR-5 form by March 10, 2017 | |
External Deadline | Results will be in by April 8, 2017 and must start within 60 days. |