Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada and foreign citizens are eligible to apply. Individuals who are Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents of Canada who self-identify as Black or Indigenous* are also strongly encouraged to apply.
*For the purposes of this fellowship, an Indigenous person is a person who self-identifies as First Nations (Status/Non-Status), Métis, or Inuit as defined in the Canadian Constitution Act 1982.
Applicants who self-identify must provide a written attestation that they identify as belonging to the respective community. For example, if belonging to an Indigenous community, applicants must provide heritage background through written documentation as applicable.
Applicants to the 2022 AMTD Fellowship must fulfil or have “fulfilled all degree requirements”** for a PhD:
For applicants who have completed more than one PhD, the eligibility window applies to the most recent of the degrees.
The window of eligibility can be extended by a cumulative maximum of two years if the applicant had their academic career interrupted for one or more of the following reasons:
Interruptions used to extend the eligibility window for degree completion must have occurred after the “fulfilment of the degree requirements” and before the application submission deadline.
**“Fulfilled all degree requirements” refers to the date that all degree requirements were met, including thesis defence corrections and submission of thesis. It does not refer to the convocation date.
Eligibility restrictions:
Fellowships will be awarded in the University of Waterloo's strategic areas of research strength. The program seeks to attract globally recognized, emergent scholars whose work has the possibility to disrupt their disciplines, and the global community. The University seeks candidates who have demonstrated:
Academic excellence
Research productivity
Evidence of leadership and external engagement, both academic and beyond the academy
The expectation is that the scholars will possess a subset of the following attributes:
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Office of Indigenous Relations.