Canada Impact+ Research Chairs
Deadlines
Registration deadline
Intake one: March 10, 2026, 8:00 p.m. (eastern)
Intake two: June 15, 2026, 8:00 p.m. (eastern)
Application deadline
Intake one: March 24, 2026, 8:00 p.m. (eastern)
Intake two: June 29, 2026, 8:00 p.m. (eastern)
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| Nathalie Delaunay Coordonnatrice principale Projets structurants | Brian Moore Directeur Projets structurants | Francis Gingras Deputy Vice-rector, Research |
About the competition
The Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (Impact+) program is a one-time initiative designed to support institutions in attracting world-leading researchers whose work addresses critical national and global challenges. The program emphasizes both research excellence and tangible impact. Impact+ Chairs will receive long-term funding and institutional support to advance ambitious and transformative projects in strategic priority areas as defined by the Government of Canada.
The Impact+ program is a tri-agency initiative of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program
The University of Montreal is seeking exceptional candidates interested in leading Impact+ Canada Research Chairs (Impact+) in a variety of fields. The Impact+ program aims to attract researchers of the highest caliber in the world. Through this unique opportunity, Chairholders may be awarded a grant worth up to $1 million per year for a period of eight years, with the possibility of an additional four-year extension (see details on the Program web page).
As required by the Impact+ Program, the University of Montreal has begun its process of recruiting international candidates.
Here is the list of different positions available in the proposed themes – these postings are in progress.
Posting job in progress
- Physics, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Physics
- RNA Biology and Cancer, Faculty of Medecine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
- Computational Brain, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Addictology
- Mutagenesis and Cancer, Faculty of Medecine, Department of Medecine
- Molecular Engineering, Faculty of Medecine, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology
- One Health in Immunity and Ecology, Faculty of Veterinary Medecine, Department of Pathology and Microbiology
Posting jobs closed
- Aquatic Ecoimmunology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biological Sciences
- Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
- Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Physics
- Democracy, Peace and Community Resilience, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Political Science
- Environmental Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
- Global Health, School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
- Music and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Music
- Occupational Therapy in the Field of Rehabilitation Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, School of Rehabilitation
- Chemistry of Energy Storage, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Chemistry
- Advanced Digital Technologies, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Computer Science and Operations Research
- Linguistic Anthropology of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Anthropology
- Ocean and Climage Science, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Geography