Associate/Full Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair

Carleton University invites applications from outstanding researchers for up to two tenured appointments as a Canada Excellence Research Chair in the following research areas: Accessibility, Arctic Security and Diplomacy, Cybersecurity and/or Quantum Computing, and Experimental Particle Physics.

The Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) Program strengthens Canada’s ability to attract the world’s top researchers. Awarded Chairs are valued at either $500,000 or $1 million per year for a period of 8 years, including salaries and benefits for the Chairholder and their personnel. Appointment is conditional on the approval of the Tri-Agency Institutional Programs Secretariat through a separate application process, and results are expected in Spring 2027. The successful candidate will have up to 12 months to take up the award. For more information about the CERC program, see https://www.cerc.gc.ca/program-programme/competitions-concours/2026/index-eng.aspx.

Applicants should explain how their proposed research program will advance one or more of the government’s science, technology and innovation priority areas (https://www.cerc.gc.ca/program-programme/priority_areas-domaines_prioritaires-eng.aspx).

Nominees must be full professors or associate professors expected to be promoted to full professor within one or two years of nomination. Carleton University requires that selected candidates hold a PhD within their discipline, have a demonstrated record of excellence in research and training, be established leaders in their field with significant international impact and demonstrate a superior track record of external research funding. They should propose an innovative, high-quality program of research that includes supervision of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and demonstrate evidence of engagement and leadership in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives. We encourage applications from candidates from underrepresented, equity-seeking, right-seeking populations. Chairholders are expected to initiate and develop new directions of research that will complement and expand upon current research activity at Carleton, and actively contribute to knowledge mobilization within and beyond the academic community. CERCs at Carleton will teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels and will be involved in graduate supervision. As members of the University Faculty, they will provide service to the University. Applicants from outside the academic sector will be considered and must possess qualifications for a full-time academic appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level. All academic hiring is conducted in full compliance with the faculty collective agreement.

The appointments will be made to the most appropriate academic unit depending on the expertise and qualifications of the successful candidates.

Candidates may also be considered as a nominee for one of up to four Canada Research Chairs at the Tier 1 level in the above research areas. Tier 1 Chairs are intended for outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields.  All CRC appointments are conditional on the approval of the CRC Secretariat. For more details, please see the Canada Research Chairs Secretariat at https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/ and the Carleton Office for Research Initiatives and Services at https://carleton.ca/coris/.

For more information and any questions, please contact: cerc@carleton.ca