Polar Knowledge Canada Fellowship Program
The call for applications for 2026–2027 is now closed.
POLAR will be offering fellowship award opportunities of $50,000 (from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027).
The POLAR Fellowship is for post-doctoral researchers and visiting researchers. Visiting researchers refers to university-based researchers, community-based researchers, and Indigenous knowledge-holders.
Applicants must be affiliated with a recognized university and with a Northern institute for the duration of their fellowship.
A POLAR Fellowship aims to support eligible individuals who wish to continue to develop their northern expertise and advance their research under one of the research pillars in POLAR's Science and Technology Framework. Eligibility criteria will be updated soon. You may consult the 2026-2027 POLAR Fellowship Guidelines for this year’s eligibility criteria.
The POLAR Fellowship Program aims to:
- connect post-doctoral candidates and visiting researchers with northern-based research institutions;
- support projects that work across disciplines and connect multiple knowledge holders and knowledge systems; and
- advance knowledge to contribute to northern scientific and community priorities.