Renewed Fellowship Program - The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its renewed Fellowship program, supporting academic excellence, societal engagement, and increased intellectual outreach.

The Foundation supports leading-edge research in the humanities and social sciences, ensuring a concrete link with issues that affect everyday society. It supports doctoral students, awards research prizes to top-level researchers and establishes strong connections with leading figures in the professional field. Through collaborations between the three groups of scholarship, fellowship and mentorship recipients, the Foundation brings together exceptional leaders who work together to find concrete solutions to the key issues of our time. 

Each year, up four (4) Fellows will be selected from among full professors at Canadian universities, for a mandate of three (3) years.

The Fellowship is of a total value of $300,000 per Fellow:

• $70,000 as prize;
• $50,000 as research grant;
• Up to $100,000 as possible additional research grant;
• Up to one (1) year of teaching buy-out, with $80,000 in compensation paid to the university.

Fellows:

are senior academics in Canada who are leaders in their field. They are academics holding a full-time tenured appointment in a Canadian university at or near the rank of Full Professor with a national or international reputation;
• tackle important current issues in social sciences and humanities intersecting with one or more of the four themes of the Foundation;
• propose a research project that is innovative and socially significant, pushing research and thinking in new directions;
• have a demonstrated commitment to supporting graduate students;
• have a proven record of academic excellence, as established by their prior success in obtaining research grants;
• are effective communicators willing to engage with a range of actors in society.

The 2026 Fellowship nomination process opens on September 1, 2025, and closes on November 15, 2025. Candidates must be nominated by their home universities.

Lakehead University can submit up to three nominations.  If you are interested in being nominated for one of these fellowships, please contact Dr. Batia Stolar Associate VP, Research & Graduate Studies at bstolar@lakeheadu.ca.