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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
About the opportunity
About the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs opportunity
Dalhousie University invites applications from exceptional, internationally based researchers for the . This national initiative is designed to recruit world-leading scholars whose work addresses critical global and national challenges and who are poised to build transformational research programs in Canada. Dalhousie can nominate up to 14 Impact+ Research Chairs across the Government of Canada’s strategic priority areas, as part of one of the most significant research recruitment opportunities in the university’s history.
Impact+ Research Chairs receive long-term funding of either $8 million or $4 million, over eight years, with the possibility of a four-year extension at 50 percent of the original value based on demonstrated research impact and sustained partnerships. Globally pre-eminent researchers may be identified as Distinguished Chairs and receive up to annually, in exceptional cases. Institutions may also request up to $6 million per chair in research infrastructure funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
The Impact+ Research Chairs submission process requires application to Dalhousie University (see details below) by January 23, 2026
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Impact+ Strategic Priorities
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs are awarded in areas identified by the Government of Canada as critical to global and national challenges. These priorities closely parallel Dalhousie’s own research priorities and strengths and are reflected in the university’s . Applications must demonstrate how the proposed program will advance one or more of the following strategic priority areas:
Chairholders are expected to build meaningful partnerships across sectors and Indigenous communities, and to ensure that research outcomes translate into practice, policy or commercialization pathways with measurable societal and economic benefit.
Qualifications and Eligibility
The Canada Impact+ Research Chairs opportunity is designed for internationally renowned researchers who are ready to establish a major research program in Canada. To be eligible, candidates must:
Successful applicants will be appointed to an appropriate academic at Dalhousie University.
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Associated positions for consideration
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs candidates are encouraged to identify promising early career collaborators who could be strong nominees for the associated Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders program, which provides $100,000 per year for six years.
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Canada Research Chairs
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs candidates residing in Canada will also be considered for Canada Research Chairs, offering $200,000 per year for seven years at Tier 1 and $120,000 per year for five years at Tier 2, supporting ambitious, globally competitive research programs.
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Why Dalhousie
Dalhousie is the only East Coast member of Canada’s U15, the country’s leading group of research-intensive universities. With more than 250 million dollars in annual research funding, we are Atlantic Canada’s engine of discovery and innovation. Anchored in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with additional agricultural and medical campuses and academic and clinical programs…
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