2025 MODR Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

MODR postdoctoral fellowships are prestigious awards open to postdoctoral fellows, where the primary supervisor is an active member of the McMaster Centre for Metabolism, Obesity, and Diabetes Research (MODR).

MODR postdoctoral fellowships provide salary and employment benefits support for a 1-year tenure. MODR postdoctoral fellowships provide top-up support allowing the fellow to hold a total of $60,000 per year (including costs of employment benefits). This top-up will supplement a contribution from the supervisor (at a minimum of $20,000 per year) or another postdoctoral award, such as CIHR, NSERC, or other internal or external fellowship.

MODR postdoctoral fellowships are competitive awards that are based on the applicant’s curriculum vitae, publications, research environment, and ability to contribute to the MODR research community.

The application consists of a curriculum vitae, a research proposal (200 word maximum), and statement on how the candidate proposes to enhance MODR research community activities (100 word maximum), and a supervisor guarantee of other support or evidence of another award (minimum $20,000 per year).

The curriculum vitae is free-form and should highlight published research and contributions to the metabolism research community. Track record relative to opportunity and career stage will be considered. Postdoctoral fellows with 0-5 years of postdoctoral training at the time of application are eligible.

The research proposal (200 word maximum) should not focus on methodological details but rather briefly highlight the potential for impact and excellence in metabolism and detail how the work is feasible relative to the timing of postdoctoral research and research environment. The proposal can highlight the current achievements and future goals during the postdoctoral period. The scope of the proposal can exceed the 1-year duration of the award and should capture the entire postdoctoral research period.

The MODR community engagement statement (100 word maximum) should highlight how the applicant plans to contribute to promoting excellence in research within the wider MODR research community based on your content and methodologic expertise and detail feasibility and a defined timeframe. Describe how you will share your time, skills and/or knowledge to help other MODR members, not how your research will contribute to the literature.

The MODR supervisor must send an email confirming the minimum $20,000 per year support.

Applications are due November 29, 2024, 8:00 pm.

The full application package (1 PDF file) can be sent to Nora Roberge: nroberge@mcmaster.ca

2025 MODR Postdoctoral Fellowship template evaluation