IRPP Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2025 in Support of Indigenous, Black and Other Racialized Scholars ($70,000 stipend) – YOA

Deadline: June 30, 2025

Applications are open for the IRPP Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2025 in Support of Indigenous, Black and Other Racialized Scholars. Since 1972, the Institute for Research on Public Policy has partnered with researchers from the tutorial sector and elsewhere to mobilize their data and guarantee their work is seen by determination-makers.

Helping to foster a extra inclusive public coverage dialogue in Canada is a key strategic precedence for the IRPP. Unfortunately, Indigenous, Black and different racialized researchers are underrepresented amongst college college members who maintain tenure positions and obtain analysis funding. To assist advance this precedence, the IRPP has launched the IRPP Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for junior students who determine as Indigenous, Black or a member of one other racialized group and have an interest in advancing public coverage.

Their goal is to play a constructive and significant function in the profession development of junior researchers by serving to them attain influential positions in academia, authorities and the suppose tank world. They additionally search to complement and broaden their understanding of social and coverage points and packages by amplifying the voices of various students in the broader public and coverage sphere.

Program Details

The IRPP invites purposes for one full-time postdoctoral analysis place. The appointment will start in 2025 and final 24 months. During the appointment, the man shall be anticipated to undertake authentic analysis on the venture outlined in their application.

To guarantee the best profit for the analysis fellow and the IRPP, the analysis venture proposed by the man should concentrate on Canadian public coverage and match throughout the IRPP’s ongoing analysis packages:

• Empowering Canada’s workforce — geared toward informing coverage choices to assist Canada’s workforce navigate challenges such because the low-carbon transition, the autumn-out from the commerce conflict, the adoption of new applied sciences and altering demographics.
• Building new foundations for financial progress — supporting coverage choices that lay the groundwork for lengthy-time period prosperity in Canada in the context of shifting geopolitical forces and a altering relationship with the U.S., whereas incorporating concerns of technological change, demographic shifts, Indigenous Reconciliation, and coverage and market responses to local weather change.
• Toward a extra equitable Canada — geared toward creating insurance policies that enhance outcomes for everybody by addressing challenges comparable to accessibility and affordability of fundamental wants. Policy analysis in this space can enhance incomes, improve financial participation and tackle boundaries Canadians face in capturing alternatives.

Benefits

• The fellow will obtain a stipend of $70,000 per 12 months and an extra analysis allowance of as much as $5,000 per 12 months of the fellowship to cowl journey bills and the acquisition of gear, software program and information (every merchandise to be authorised by the IRPP).
• In addition, the man will profit from the IRPP’s assets, together with an IRPP co-supervisor, recommendation and mentorship, editorial and communications help, an in depth community of exterior specialists and authorities contacts, and publicity to a broader viewers.
• The analysis fellow will even have entry to the IRPP’s workplace in Montreal and an OPPORTUNITY to attend common workers and analysis workforce conferences (nearly or in particular person).

Eligibility

• Identify as Indigenous, Black or a member of one other racialized group;
• Be a Canadian citizen or a everlasting resident of Canada;
• Reside in Canada for the length of the fellowship;
• Have accomplished a PhD program in a self-discipline related to social science and public coverage, together with however not restricted to economics, sociology, political science, geography or public coverage (PhD candidates are additionally eligible to apply; nonetheless, they are going to be anticipated to acquire their doctoral diploma in the 12 months the fellowship begins);
• Apply inside 5 years of finishing a PhD program;
• Have a monitor file of delivering convention displays and/or having analysis publications demonstrating ongoing curiosity in Canadian public coverage and experience on the proposed analysis subject;
• Have an educational or coverage-centered profession plan aligned with the fellowship’s aims;
• Not maintain a everlasting college place nor a school place resulting in a everlasting place;
• Have preparations for affiliation with a acknowledged college in Canada and an educational co-supervisor; distinctive candidates with out such an association can nonetheless apply and, if chosen, their appointment shall be conditional on the IRPP’s capacity to match them to a Canadian college prepared to co-host them.

Application

To apply, candidates should present:

• An in depth proposal for a 24-month analysis venture that broadly corresponds with one of the IRPP’s analysis packages. The proposal ought to clearly define the next:
  • analysis query and motivation
  • contribution to the chosen analysis program
  • methodology
  • contribution to Canadian public coverage
  • relevance of the proposed venture to prior analysis carried out by the applicant
  • analysis plan with key milestones, timelines and publication plans
  • {hardware}, software program and information necessities to finish the venture
• A canopy letter that clearly explains how the applicant satisfies the fellowship’s necessities and how the fellowship will contribute to their skilled targets and the development of Canadian public coverage.
• A CV indicating related tutorial and skilled {qualifications}, together with publications and working papers, and proof of energetic participation in tutorial and public analysis dissemination actions (e.g., displays at conferences, workshops, seminars or webinars).
• Evidence that the applicant meets the eligibility standards of figuring out as Indigenous, Black or a member of one other racialized group as outlined in the Identity declaration directions.
• An in depth profession plan with clear linkages to Canadian public coverage analysis.
• A letter of help from a consultant from the host establishment or a school member explaining their curiosity in the analysis subject and in co-supervising the applicant; candidates who can not get hold of a letter of help should present an inventory of potential tutorial advisers and proof of their makes an attempt to acquire a letter of help from folks on this record.
• Copies of a PhD certificates and tutorial transcripts for doctoral research; candidates who don’t possess a doctoral diploma on the time of their application should submit a letter from their tutorial supervisor stating that they’re anticipated to acquire a doctoral diploma by December 31, 2025.
• Applicants should additionally request three advice letters, that are to be despatched individually by referees on to the IRPP.

Submission

All paperwork listed above, excluding the advice letters, should be submitted as a single PDF file. The file identify should comprise “Postdoctoral Fellowship Application” and the applicant’s full identify. Applications needs to be despatched to the choice committee at [email protected] with the topic line: “Postdoctoral Fellowship Application” and the applicant’s full identify.

Referees should ship advice letters in PDF format on to [email protected]. The identify of the PDF file and the topic line of the e-mail should state “Postdoctoral Fellowship Letter” and the applicant’s full identify.

For extra info, go to IRPP Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.