The IHPST provides a number of postdoctoral fellowship opportunities for qualified junior scholars.
Description: The Arts & Science Postdoctoral Fellowships provides outstanding recent doctoral students advanced training in their field of study. These fellowships are not discipline specific, but rather can be held in any department or research unit across the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto. Applicants must secure sponsorship of a full-time supervisor, or supervisors, from the professoriate within the Faculty of Arts & Science (St. George Campus).
Deadline: Fall (see the Arts and Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowhips page for details)
Value: CDN $63,000/year for a maximum of two years.
Description: The University of Toronto Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowship program provides funding to increase opportunities for hiring postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups, specifically Indigenous and Black researchers. These fellowships will enable postdoctoral researchers to grow their scholarly profiles, undertake academic work at the University of Toronto, and strengthen the research environment at the University with diverse perspectives.
To start the process, interested applicants should be directly in touch with potential supervisors. Applicants must secure sponsorship of a full-time supervisor, or supervisors, from the professoriate within the Faculty of Arts & Science (St. George Campus).
Arts & Science Deadline: March (see the Provost's Postodoctoral Fellowships page for details and materials).
Value: CDN $70,000/year for a maximum of two years (plus $5,000/year in start-up funding)
Description: The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program is intended to attract and retain top-tier postdoctoral talent both nationally and internationally; develop their leadership potential; and position them for success as research leaders of tomorrow, positively contributing to Canada’s economic, social and research-based growth through a research-intensive career.
Value: CDN $70,000/year for a maximum of two years.
Internal Application Deadline: August (see the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships page for details).
To start the process, interested applicants should be directly in touch with potential supervisors. Applicants must secure sponsorship of a full-time supervisor(s) from the professoriate within the Faculty of Arts & Science (St. George Campus). Please consult the following documents for details about how to prepare the application.
Posting Date: November 8, 2024
JOB POSTING – POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Area of Research: History of Mathematics
Description of duties:
The Kenneth O. May Postdoctoral Fellowship is intended to attract top-tier postdoctoral researchers in the history of mathematics, broadly defined. Researchers whose interests complement and strengthen our existing and emerging departmental strengths are especially encouraged to apply. Areas of particular interest to the Institute include (i) histories of race, gender, and identity; ii) non-Western histories of science and technology; and iii) histories of computing, information, artificial intelligence, and/or data science.
In addition to pursuing their research program in the history of mathematics, quantification, and/or mathematical sciences, the successful candidate is expected to contribute to the intellectual life of the Institute through participation in seminars, the presentation of colloquia and the mentorship of graduate students. The candidate will also teach two half-courses at the undergraduate level in each year of the Postdoctoral Fellowship. Teaching will be covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.
Salary: The salary will be $75,000 CAD (including teaching pay at the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 rate and benefits) per year and may include teaching duties for two half-courses each year in the history of mathematics.
Please note that should the minimum rates stipulated in the collective agreement fall below the rates stated in this posting, the minimum rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Required qualifications:
PhD in history of mathematics or related discipline, conferred within the last 5 years (or by the time of taking up the award). Successful candidates must have demonstrated evidence of excellence in research and teaching. Applications from scholars in all areas of the history of mathematics and with diverse career paths are welcome.
Application instructions:
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, C.V., two letters of reference, and a two-page research proposal before the closing date to Professor Edward Jones-Imhotep at director.ihpst@utoronto.ca.
Closing date: January 15, 2025
Supervisor: Professor Ellen Abrams
Expected start date: July 1, 2025
Term: Two years from the date of appointment (to June 30, 2027)
FTE: 100%
The normal hours of work are 40 hours per week for a full-time postdoctoral fellow (pro-rated for those holding a partial appointment) recognizing that the needs of the employee’s research and training and the needs of the supervisor’s research program may require flexibility in the performance of the employee’s duties and hours of work.
Employment as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto is covered by the terms of the CUPE 3902 Unit 5 Collective Agreement.
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 5 Collective Agreement.
The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.