Postdoctoral Fellowships

• General Information on the Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships
• Application Deadline
• Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships—Forms & Documents
• Departmental KPDF Documents

General Information on the Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships   

Izaak Walton Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded annually at Dalhousie University to recently graduated scholars of superior academic research ability in any discipline. Awards are tenable for two years and include travel costs, a research grant, and a conference travel allowance.

Parental Leave - You may interrupt your active Killam award for a parental leave. Parental Leave can be approved for up to 12 months with 4 months of financial support and the remainder of the award will be held in abeyance for 8 months. You must obtain approval from your university prior to your leave and interruption of your award.

Application Deadline   

The deadline for receipt of completed applications and all supporting documents in the Department is December 15th. (Please allow sufficient time for delivery.) In years where the 15th falls during the weekend, the deadline will be the following Monday.

All application documents must be forwarded to:

Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee
c/o the Chair of the Department to which the candidate is applying
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada, B3H 4H6

Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships — Forms & Documents   

Application Documents:
Guidelines—2013 Competition

• Brochure & Guidelines (PDF Document)

Application—2013 Competition

• Application (Word Document)
• Application (PDF Document)

The following forms are for the use of KPDF Recipients:
Orientation Guide

• Orientation Guide (Word Document)
• Orientation Guide (PDF Document)

Research Grant

• Research Grant Guidelines & Application (Word Document)
• Research Grant Guidelines & Application (PDF Document)

Please Note: If ethics approval is required for your research, it is not necessary to obtain it prior to submitting your research grant application. The FGS will review the research grant application and, upon receipt of ethics approval, will complete the approval process.

• How to Claim Against Your KPDF Research Grant (Word Document)
• How to Claim Against Your KPDF Research Grant (PDF Document)

Conference Travel Grant

• Travel Grant Guidelines & Application (Word Document)
• Travel Grant Guidelines & Application (PDF Document)

Departmental KPDF Documents   

KPDF Competition: Faculty/Department/School Responsibilities

• Faculty/Department/School Responsibilities (PDF Document)

KPDF Competition: Faculty/Department/School Tracking Sheet

• Tracking Sheet (Word Document)
• Tracking Sheet (PDF Document)

KPDF Competition: Report of Dean/Chair/Director/Head (or Designate)

• Report of Dean/Chair/Director/Head (or Designate) (Word Document)
• Report of Dean/Chair/Director/Head (or Designate) (PDF Document)

KPDF Competition: Complete Application Checklist

• Complete Application Checklist (Word Document)
• Complete Application Checklist (PDF Document)