Competition

* Unless explicitly noted, all times indicated for deadlines are for the appropriate NL timezone (NST or NDT)

The Fellowship is a central tool in the Foundation's 2025–2028 mission to support academic excellence, societal engagement, and increased intellectual outreach. The award is a public recognition of the Fellows' outstanding academic achievements and a promise of future transformative contributions.

The Foundation nominates up to four (4) Fellows per year, chosen among full professors (or near the rank of full professor) at Canadian universities, for a mandate of three (3) years. Candidates must be nominated by their home universities. Direct applications are not accepted.The Fellowship is of a total value of $300,000 per Fellow:• $70,000 as prize;• $50,000 as research grant;• Up to $100,000 as possible additional research grant;• Up to one (1) year of teaching buy-out, with $80,000 in compensation paid to the university.

Fellows of the Foundations:• are senior academics in Canada who are leaders in their field. They are academics holding a full-time tenured appointment in a Canadian university at or near the rank of Full Professor with a national or international reputation;• tackle important current issues in social sciences and humanities intersecting with one or more of the four themes of the Foundation;• propose a research project that is innovative and socially significant, pushing research and thinking in new directions;• have a demonstrated commitment to supporting graduate students;• have a proven record of academic excellence, as established by their prior success in obtaining research grants;• are effective communicators willing to engage with a range of actors in society.

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Awards and Honours, for information on this program.

The internal selection of candidates to be nominated by the University for prestigious external awards entails the Awards Advisory Committee (AAC) reviewing several times annually, submissions of preliminary nomination materials for certain external awards. Those faculty members whose files have been selected for the preparation of the University nomination for the above award will be contacted by the Office of the Vice-President (Research) for assistance in developing the final nomination package to be submitted to external bodies.

Preliminary nomination materials must be reviewed first by the Office of the Dean of HSS prior to the deadline set by the AAC (see deadline below). Heads or individual faculty members should submit the AAC nomination template document electronically to HSS’s Secretary to the Associate Deans, Savanna Muscat (smuscat@mun.ca). The template can also be obtained from the Grants Facilitators Heather C. O'Brien or Matthew Milner.

See https://www.mun.ca/honours/institutional-awards-committees/ for more information about the internal nomination process.

If you plan to apply to this competition please notify an HSS Grants Facilitator, Heather C. O’Brien (HSSResearchAdmin@mun.ca or 864-8603) or Matthew Milner (HSSResearchGrants@mun.ca or 864-8050), of your intent. While the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences does not provide approval, HSS GFOs may be able to assist with proposal and application development.