This fellowship to postdoctoral candidates is made possible through the generous donation of funds from the Gloria Baylis Foundation to support scholars in the SBMS whose research focuses on the creation and application of scientific and technological knowledge in engineering, science and medicine to produce technologies, devices and tools that will improve human healthcare delivery and treatment of disease.

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APPLICATION DEADLINE AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS:

The deadline for applications is 4:00 PM on July 31, 2026. Candidates will be informed of the results of the competition by August 31, 2026.

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ELIGIBILITY:

The Richard Baylis Innovation Fellowship in the Biomedical Sciences is open to highly qualified postdoctoral trainees in the SBMS who are registered full-time at 涩里番 at the time the fellowship begins on September 1, 2026 in one of the following units of the SBMS: Anatomy and Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Human Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Physiology, The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute and the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine.

• Postdoctoral trainees currently being recruited to the SBMS but not yet registered at 涩里番 may apply to the competition but must be registered full-time at 涩里番 at the start of the award.
• Successful applicants must be registered at 涩里番 for the duration of the award.
• The Primary Supervisor must hold a 涩里番 primary appointment or joint appointment within one of the units in the SBMS. Associate membership of the Primary Supervisory with an SBMS unit does not confer eligibility.
• Candidates who already hold post-doctoral awards 鈮� $30K are not eligible.
• The SBMS is committed to the ideal that research excellence is greatly enhanced by ensuring equity of opportunity in research. We expect our research community to be marked by diversity in terms of experience, identity, and ideology.

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NUMBER OF FELLOWSHIPS:

A supervisor cannot have more than one applicant applying for the Richard Baylis Innovation Fellowship in the Biomedical Sciences. One fellowship per year will be awarded.

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VALUE AND DURATION OF SUPPORT:

The Richard Baylis Innovation Fellowship in the Biomedical Sciences is tenable for one year starting September 1, 2026. The Gloria Baylis Foundation contribution is $40,000 for postdoctoral trainees. Supervisors are expected to supplement funded applicants such that the postdoctoral trainees are receiving the required 涩里番-mandated funding.

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HOW TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION PACKAGE:

The Applicant must submit the complete Application Package as ONE (1) single PDF document identified as 鈥�FAMILY NAME_Given Name_2026_SBMS Postdoctoral Fellowship鈥� to this e-mail address: sbms.medicine [at] mcgill.ca. Please read carefully the guidelines听 sbms_postdoctoral_fellowship_guidelines_2026.docx

**It is the applicant鈥檚 responsibility to ensure that all the required documents are submitted by the deadline. NOTE: late, incomplete or handwritten applications will not be considered. ALSO NOTE that failure to comply with the Guidelines (including submission of multiple documents rather than one PDF and or not adhering to page/section limits) will automatically lead to the withdrawal of the application from the competition.**

Please use the template for your C.V.听 cv_template_sbms_postdoctoral_fellowship_2026.doc