Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program (Discontinued)

As of spring 2025, the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program has concluded and is no longer accepting applications.

As the most prestigious postdoctoral award in Canada, the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program provides the opportunity to bring top talent to join the research community at UBC.

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded to the very best postdoctoral researchers, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to Canada's economic, social and research-based growth.

Updated Thursday, July 3, 2025

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Monday, 15 July 2024

$70,000 CAD/year for 2 years

Department of Mathematics

Dr. Rahmani's research looks at how various complex fluids move through porous materials using artificial intelligence and network modeling.

Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering

Dr. Xu specializes in the field of phase change heat transfer. By applying his research to engineering applications in cold climates, he hopes to provide viable innovative alternatives to fossil fuels for heating and cooling.

Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies (CENES)

Dr. Garde's work explores transgender history in early twentieth-century Germany, looking at archives, collective memory and their role in the construction of present trans identity and politics.

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

Dr. Zenone's research looks at predatory cancer clinics which offer alternative or last-effort treatments to exploit families with a terminal diagnosis.

Chemistry

Dr. Hamzehpoor's work explores materials chemistry and how we can create materials capable of self-assembling into complex functional structures.

Physical Therapy (Medicine)

Dr. Primeau's research focuses on chronic pain within the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and the challenges they face - from accessing healthcare to experiencing negative reactions with healthcare providers.

Kinesiology

Sociology

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships recipient, Dr. Nicolas Graham's research examines the construction and evolution of a 'clean growth' approach to climate change action in Canada.

Microbiology & Immunology

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient, Dr. Melissa Chen is working to identify ecological and evolutionary patterns of pathogenicity and protection in wild rhizosphere communities.

UBC-O School of Nursing

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient Alex Kent's research works to advance anti-colonial implementation science and knowledge translation with the xaȼqanaǂ ʔitkiniǂ (Many ways of working on the same thing) research team.

Zoology

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient Dan Peach's research works to develop the necessary fundamental biological knowledge needed to make predictions about invasive mosquito species.

Zoology

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient Karin van der Berg researches the evolution of diapause; a complex phenotype that allows insects to survive in harsh winters.

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

2020-2021 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Litao Zhu is researching machine learning assisted multiscale computational modeling of particle-laden flows for application to blood flow and targeted drug delivery.

Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences

2020-2021 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Kyle Artelle is researching the food potential of ecologically intact landscapes.

Medical Genetics

2020-2021 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Ania Bogoslowski is researching how neurons in tumours can suppress immune responses.

Zoology

2020-2021 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Tess Grainger is researching the effect of temperature on the speed of evolution.

Psychiatry

2020-2021 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Emma Morton is researching digital health interventions for people living with bipolar disorder.

Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

2020-2021 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Kyra St. Pierre is researching the biogeochemical cycling at the land-ocean interface.

Medical Genetics

2019-2020 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Céline Marie Laumont is researching B cell-mediated immunity in high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

Department of Forest and Conservation Science

2019-2020 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Viv Tulloch is researching new solutions to prevent decline of threatened and endangered resident killer whales in multiple-use areas.

Department of Theatre and Film

2018-2019 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Stefan Honisch is examining Helen Keller's musical legacy as a deafblind woman, grappling with the relationship between her musical activism and the frequent exclusion of disabled people from public life.