Details
| Opportunity Name | Ontario Postdoctoral Fellowship in Genome Data Science |
| Agency | The Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute |
| Value | Up to $50,000/year |
| Indirect Costs | Ineligible |
| Duration | Up to 2 years |
Deadlines
| Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | 01-20-2024 |
| Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 01-27-2024 |
| Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | 01-30-2024 |
| Application due at agency | 02-03-2024 |
Objective
To support the work of early-career investigators pursuing research in the area of statistical genetics and data science with an emphasis on genome medicine, including, but not limited to, methodology, application, and translation of genomic prediction tools such as polygenic risk scores; human-computer interactions; or novel genomic computational approaches to therapeutic identification.
Proposed projects should be innovative, generalizable across applications, and not restricted to developing a predictive tool for a single application.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be undertaking full-time research during the term of the postdoctoral fellowship at a CANSSI Ontario member university or any of their affiliated research institutes.
- This Fellowship will support the methodological work of an early-career investigator pursuing research in the areas of genomics and data science with an emphasis on new genomic technologies or multi-omic integration.
- Applicants must fulfill or have fulfilled all degree requirements for a PhD in the fields of PhD in statistics, computational biology, biostatistics, bioinformatics, computer science, epidemiology, engineering, mathematics, or other related quantitative fields between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2024.
- The window of eligibility could be extended by a cumulative maximum of three years if the applicant had their career interrupted for extenuating circumstances, such as parental leave, illness, health-related family responsibilities, mandatory military service, disruptions due to war, civil conflicts and/or natural disasters in the country of residence, socio-economic reasons/lack of research opportunities, etc. It will only be extended by the duration of the eligible delay(s)/interruption(s).
How to Apply
If you are interested in applying to this competition, please contact Kim McIntyre, Post-doctoral Services Coordinator, at kimmcint@yorku.ca.
York University researchers are reminded that all applications for external research funding, including Letters of Intent, must be reviewed and approved by the Office of Research Services before they are submitted to the granting agency. For internal approval, the application must be accompanied by a completed ORS Checklist, which requires the Dean’s signature. Please send the complete application, with the finalized budget and a completed ORS checklist to sciapps@yorku.ca, five days prior to agency deadline.
ORS is accepting electronic applications – the process is outlined here.