Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Digital Policy Hub Program 2025-2026 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: March 3, 2025

Applications are open for the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Digital Policy Hub Program 2025-2026. The new Digital Policy Hub on the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) hosts a various group of rising, revolutionary thinkers from the social, pure and utilized sciences, offering alternatives for them to additional develop their very own analysis, analytical and coverage abilities.

The Hub, in partnership with universities, governments and the non-public sector, presents a extremely collaborative house for undergraduate, masters, doctoral, submit-doctoral and visiting (skilled) fellows. Hub fellows will spend durations of as much as 12 months linking to CIGI’s current community of greater than 100 fellows and coverage specialists from all over the world. Participants be part of widespread seminars and different actions that lower throughout analysis, evaluation and coverage, whereas advancing their profession growth.

Benefits

Value of Participation for Hub Fellows

• Hub fellows can be part of a various group of rising, revolutionary thinkers from the social, pure and utilized sciences, and may have alternatives to develop their very own analysis, analytical and coverage abilities.
• In partnership with universities, governments and the non-public sector, the Hub presents a collaborative, coverage-related expertise.
• The Hub’s interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary setting will assist construct broader capability for a brand new technology of rising researchers, together with an alumni community.
• Hub fellows will profit from publicity to CIGI’s world analysis and coverage group (with greater than 100 specialists from all over the world).
• Participants take part in frequent seminars {and professional} growth periods tailor-made to foster coverage making, evaluation and analysis mobilization abilities.
• Fellowships are absolutely funded (except for visiting fellows) primarily based on 8–12 month commitments relying on fellowship tie.

Value of Participation for Supervisors

• Academic supervisors may have alternatives to construct connections between their home establishment and CIGI’s world community of fellows, in addition to to hook up with determination makers within the non-public and public sectors related to the Hub.
• Hub fellows will return to their home establishments with new capacities and views with which to pursue their levels and educational work.
• Supervisors can be invited to take part (unfunded) in Digital Policy occasions hosted by CIGI, similar to the top-of-time period analysis convention, both in individual or on-line.
• Supervisors have the OPPORTUNITY to counterpoint the Hub fellows’ skilled growth and analysis abilities via their participation within the Hub.
• University supervisors and directors are inspired to view the Hub expertise as complementary to current educational and analysis packages.

Eligibility

• Academic fellows — Enrollment at a Canadian submit-secondary establishment:
  • Academic fellows are these making use of on the undergraduate, masters, doctoral and/or submit-doctoral ranges.
  • Fellows should have the ability to display enrollment at a Canadian establishment on the time of application and keep their standing as a present pupil on the establishment for the total period of this system. (This means, for instance, that college students in a single-12 months grasp’s packages are typically not capable of display eligibility.)
  • They welcome submit-doctoral candidates, together with latest Ph.D. graduates. To be eligible, candidates should have accomplished their Ph.D. at a Canadian establishment throughout the previous 4 years and have present submit-doctoral standing at a Canadian educational establishment on the time of the application and for the period of this system. The candidate should have documentation verifying current and official submit-doctoral standing to entry funding by way of their college.
  • At the discretion of this system, Ph.D. college students who efficiently defend their dissertation throughout the fellowship might be able to switch to submit-doctoral fellowship standing if ample discover is given they usually proceed on to a submit-doctoral place with the identical educational supervisor and educational establishment.
  • Canadian residents, everlasting residents and worldwide college students with a legitimate visa permitting them to work in Canada are eligible to apply.
  • In addition to the necessities set by CIGI above, educational fellows should meet eligibility standards for the Mitacs Accelerate program.
• Supervisors: Students and submit-doctoral candidates should have a supervisor at their educational establishment who’s prepared to oversee them on their proposed challenge. They should additionally assist their participation within the Hub, act as an applicant and signatory on the funding application and maintain and administer the funding on the educational establishment. The supervisor have to be eligible to carry a analysis account at their establishment (for instance, Tri-Council funding similar to NSERC or SSHRC).
• Disciplines: All educational disciplines can be thought-about. The Hub cultivates disciplinary variety within the cohort.
• Visiting fellows — Government and personal sector professionals: Government practitioners and personal sector professionals from inside Canada are inspired to apply and can function unfunded visiting fellows.
• Location: The Hub fellow have to be primarily based inside Canada, and a mixture of in-individual, hybrid and distant participation is feasible to facilitate geographic variety within the cohort. As there are advantages to in-individual participation similar to shared workplace house and assembly the cohort nose to nose, we strongly urge fellows inside commuting distance to attend seminars and occasions onsite. All fellows can be required to journey to the CIGI Campus in Waterloo, Ontario, to take part in the long run-of-time period analysis conferences.
• Applicants primarily based at an instructional establishment overseas, please observe: At this time, funding solely permits for candidates primarily based in Canada and registered at a Canadian educational establishment. CIGI isn’t capable of sponsor contributors for authorized standing in Canada.

Application

• The SurveyMonkey application type will ask for primary data and would require that you just add the next:
  • A canopy letter (1 web page)
  • Resume or CV (not more than 3 pages)
  • A analysis proposal (2-3 pages, excluding citations)
    • While we shouldn’t have a proper template, please remember to embody the next objects in your proposal:
      • clear articulation of analysis query
      • alignment to Hub analysis areas
      • analysis matter background
      • originality of proposed analysis (significantly on the Ph.D. and submit-doctoral ranges)
      • analysis strategies
      • coverage relevance
    • Tips for a profitable analysis proposal might be discovered within the FAQ linked beneath.
  • Two letters of assist
    • For educational candidates, one letter should present, past their suggestion, the supporter’s intent to offer analysis supervision and administration of Mitacs funding throughout the period of your tenure on the Digital Policy Hub.
    • For visiting candidates, one letter have to be out of your present employer displaying assist for participation within the Hub program at the side of your present tasks. Independent consultants could also be thought-about on a case-by-case foundation.
    • Letters of assist needs to be uploaded within the on-line application — in case your references really feel extra snug sending of their letter instantly, please have them ship it to [email protected]. Please guarantee that you’ve got organized to have all submitted letters on the time of filling out your application. Applications should not thought-about full till the Hub workforce has acquired all letters.
  • Academic candidates may also be requested to offer documentation verifying energetic standing at their educational establishment within the application portal.

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For extra data, go to CIGI Digital Policy Hub Program.