Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA)
Funds postdoctoral health research development through independent awards and mentorship.
The Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) is a new Tri-Agency postdoctoral fellowship program created as part of the 2024–2026 restructuring of Canada's federal training award landscape. It replaces both the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships and the legacy CIHR Postdoctoral Research Awards, consolidating postdoctoral funding into a single harmonised scheme administered jointly by CIHR, NSERC, a…
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