Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowship

• Inclusive collaborator
• Barrier breaker
• Research leader

The Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowship may support a specific collaborative project, a knowledge exchange initiative, a novel multidisciplinary collaboration, or other scholarly pursuits that advances knowledge.

The program will award up to three (3) fellowships each year, and each fellowship project must align with an NRC challenge program.

1. enable new and potentially disruptive technologies to be developed with industry, academics and government;
2. strengthen collaborations with industry, academia, and various levels of government to attain critical mass for addressing national issues of importance to the Canadian economy and quality of life for Canadians;
3. find solutions to some of the most serious public policy challenges; and
4. create stronger innovation ecosystems in specific sectors by enabling industry, academics, and government labs to partner with NRC researchers, leveraging NRC facilities and resources, and share knowledge.

Fellowships are valued at $100,000 CAD per year in the form of a grant that is paid to the institution of each Fellow to cover release time. An additional grant of up to $50,000 CAD is available to accommodate travel and knowledge dissemination costs of the Fellow, based on budget estimates provided in the proposal.  Therefore, as part of your application package submitted to the Office of Research Services for review, a complete release time request form would be required (as well as the usual Research Proposal Approval Form).