The Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards<https://sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/opportunities/canada-impact-plus-res...> have been announced to recruit international or returning Canadian graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to Canada. Applications are invited for this program to work at the Fields Lab for Network Computation<http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/fields-lab-network-computation> (Toronto, ON). Applicants can work with Lyle Muller (Department of Mathematics, Western University) or Roberto Budzinski (Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge). Research will involve collaborations analyzing neural recordings and developing theoretical approaches to computation in neural networks. In collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams, researchers will bring together tools and techniques from data science, machine learning, and applied mathematics. The project may include intermittent travel between labs to present results and facilitate collaborative work. Recent publications from the lab include: Davis Z*, Muller L*, Martinez-Trujillo J, Sejnowski TJ, Reynolds J (2020) Spontaneous traveling cortical waves gate perception. Nature 587: 432 – 436.<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2802-y> Benigno G, Budzinski RB, Davis Z, Reynolds J, Muller L (2023) Waves traveling over a map of visual space can ignite short-term predictions of sensory input. Nature Communications 14: 3409.<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39076-2> Busch A*, Roussy M*, … Mináč J, Sachs AJ, Palaniyappan L, Muller L*, Martinez-Trujillo JC* (2024) Neuronal activation sequences in lateral prefrontal cortex encode visuospatial working memory during virtual navigation. Nature Communications 15: 4471.<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48664-9> Budzinski RC*, Busch AN*, Mestern S, Martin E, Liboni LHB, Pasini FW, Mináč J, Coleman T, Inoue W, Muller L (2024) An exact mathematical description of computation with transient spatiotemporal dynamics in a complex-valued neural network. Communications Physics 7: 239.<https://www.nature.com/articles/s42005-024-01728-0> Liboni LHB*, Budzinski RC*, Busch AN*, Löwe S, Keller TA, Welling M, Muller L (2025) Image segmentation with traveling waves in an exactly solvable recurrent neural network. PNAS 122: e2321319121.<https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2321319121> Prior experience with scientific computing, signal analysis, or applied mathematics is preferred. The Universities offer an excellent research environment and support. Candidates can write to lmuller2@uwo.ca or roberto.budzinski@uleth.ca with a CV and short statement of interest. The deadline for applications to potential supervisors is 4 February 2026. -- Lyle Muller http://mullerlab.ca