The Canadian Neuroanalytics Scholars (CNS) Program

The Canadian Neuroanalytics Scholars (CNS) Program is now accepting Notices of Intent for the 2025 recruitment cycle. Up to 10 scholars will be awarded $70,0000 per year for up to two years, plus access to training and mentorship from CNS Program partners.


Who is eligible?

The applicant must:

  • Be affiliated with a Canadian post-secondary institution
  • Have less than 5 years of full-time training after completion of a doctoral degree
  • Current PhD students can apply if their degree will be completed before the program start date

The proposed supervisor must:
  • Hold a full-time faculty position at a degree-granting research institution in Canada, such as the Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) at the University of Calgary which is one of the Partner Institutes of the CNS Program (potential supervisors in Computational Neuroscience at the HBI can be found here)
  • Conduct research primarily in the field of neuroscience
  • Only supervise one scholar awarded from this competition; i.e., a supervisor can only be associated with a single applicant

NOI Deadline: June 6, 2025 12 pm (noon) MT


Interested in learning more? Visit https://www.albertaneuro.ca/funding-programs/canadian-neuroanalytics-scholars-program/

This program is made possible by generous funding from the Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation, and from support by our partners at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, The Ontario Brain Institute and The Neuro. We are pleased to collaborate with Canada's centres for excellence in AI/ML as training partners: Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii), Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute (Mila).

If you have any questions about the program, we would love to hear from you at abneuro@ucalgary.ca.

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Dr. Jörn Davidsen
Professor of Physics & Humboldt Research Fellow
University of Calgary
www.ucalgary.ca/davidsen