Richard M. Bird Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Please see the opportunity about a post-doctoral fellowship being offered by the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) at the University of Toronto (U of T) for 2025-2026.

IMFG focuses on the fiscal health and governance challenges facing large cities and city-regions. The Institute’s mandate is to conduct independent research, spark and inform public debate, and engage the academic and policy communities around important issues of municipal finance and governance.

IMFG offers a $65,000 Richard M. Bird Post-Doctoral Fellowship to support researchers who have recently completed their PhD or will have completed it by September 1, 2025. Fellowship recipients will prepare two original research papers for publication by IMFG and present their research through two seminars. Depending on the recipient’s interests and IMFG’s research agenda, the recipient may also develop and organize IMFG conferences, events or roundtables and engage in various other research projects at the Institute.

The recipient is expected to live in Toronto, Canada while pursuing their research, where they will have the opportunity to participate generally in the larger U of T community during the 2025-2026 academic year. IMFG is situated within U of T’s School of Cities, allowing the recipient to benefit from the broad network associated with the School and its affiliates.

The deadline for applications is Monday, April 28, 2025. For more details, please visit their website.