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Emerging Leaders

Institutions submitting a nomination for a Research Chair may request an additional $100,000 per year over six years to recruit an ECR. The ECR must be recruited within the same strategic priority area as the Research Chairs nominee, but the ECR and Research Chair don’t necessarily need to be in the same discipline or research field or be aligned with the same federal research funding agency. 

Institutions will manage the recruitment and nomination of an ECR for a tenure-track position, in compliance with the Research Chairs requirements. Only candidates who are internationally based (both working and residing outside of Canada) when the Research Chair is accepted are eligible. Successful nominees will be expected to start their position at the host institution, on a full-time basis, within 12 months of the acceptance by the chairholder.

Intake 1

InstitutionNumber of Emerging LeadersTotal Funding (6-years)
McGill University6$3,600,000
McMaster University5$3,000,000
Polytechnique Montréal1$600,000
Queen’s University1$600,000
Simon Fraser University1$600,000
The University of British Columbia9$5,400,000
Toronto Metropolitan University1$600,000
Université de Montréal2$1,200,000
Université de Sherbrooke1$600,000
Université Laval4$2,400,000
University of Alberta2$1,200,000
University of Calgary3$1,800,000
University of Guelph1$600,000
University of Manitoba5$3,000,000
University of New Brunswick1$600,000
University of Ottawa7$4,200,000
University of Toronto7$4,200,000
University of Victoria2$1,200,000
University of Waterloo3$1,800,000
Western University 1$600,000

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2026-08-27