The goal of Western’s Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award program is to attract and retain talent within early career stages at Western, help early career researchers launch their scholarly careers and enable them to carry their research forward.

Amount: $16,000 over 1 year

Deadlines:
Faculty Research Office: 1 week prior to Western Research deadline. (If you wish to have feedback on your application allow at least two-three weeks – contact your ADR)
ROLA: June 19
Western Research: June 26, 3:00 pm ET

Description: The Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award program provides awards to new researchers at Western to recognize, promote and support work that is particularly innovative, impacts positively on the learning environment in their department and has the potential to be of significance to society at large.

Eligibility: full-time faculty members from any discipline. At the time of application, applicants must be within 8 years of their initial research-eligible appointment at a university (cumulative and not solely from the initial appointment date at Western), and currently hold an eligible research appointment at Western University.

More information and applications… Applications are to be submitted via an online submission portal.

Please contact your ADR if you intend to apply

Questions: Contact Internal Grants