Applications Open: CIFAR Global Scholars Program
CIFAR is now accepting applications for the 2027-2029 cohort of the CIFAR Global Scholars Program.
Application Deadline: November 4, 2026
This program offers early-career researchers the opportunity to develop and lead high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary research, expand their professional networks and receive focused leadership training in their pivotal first years as independent principal investigators.
These experiences accelerate the rise of research leaders who are positioned to drive new discoveries and open new fields of inquiry.
CIFAR welcomes applications from candidates across the natural, biomedical, and social sciences, as well as the humanities. Successful applicants join one of CIFAR’s interdisciplinary research programs, collaborating with global research leaders to advance transformative knowledge and address some of the most important questions facing science and humanity.
Programs accepting applications:
- Boundaries, Membership & Belonging
- Brain, Mind & Consciousness
- Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities
- Healthy Microbiomes in a Changing World
- Innovation, Equity & the Future of Prosperity