The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto invites applications for four different Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2018-2019: Banting, Liber Ero, EEB, FAS.
Area of Research: Ecology and/or Evolution, broadly defined. Description of duties: The Fellow will collaborate with the advisor(s) on research that is mutually agreed upon by all parties and the Fellow will publish the results in scientific journals. The Fellow will be a fully participating member in the Department. Application Instructions: All individuals interested in any of these positions must first contact and obtain the agreement of a faculty advisor (or co-advisors). For some of these fellowships, only full-time faculty members at the St. George (downtown) campus of the University of Toronto are eligible to serve as advisors. For the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship competition, the first deadline is July 5, 2018. See this website for details on deadlines, criteria, etc. for each of the four different postdoctoral fellowship competitions (details will be added to the website when they become available): http://www.eeb.utoronto.ca/about-us/employment/postdocs/Overview_Postdoctoral_Positions.htm For Closing date, Salary, Expected start date, Term, Required qualifications: See details on the website listed above. FTE (full time equivalent): 100% The University of Toronto is a leading academic institution in Canada with over 60 faculty members specializing in ecology and evolution. Strong links exist between the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Royal Ontario Museum, the Centre for Global Change Science, and the School of the Environment. The University owns a nearby field station dedicated to ecological and evolutionary research (the Koffler Scientific Reserve, www.ksr.utoronto.ca). The department also has a partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources that helps provide access to infrastructure, including lab facilities in Algonquin Provincial Park (www.harkness.ca), funding, and long-term data sets. Genomic analyses are supported by a number of high-performance computing resources, multi-lab bioinformaticians, as well as staff at the Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function. 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, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
