Top-tier research in a close-knit community
Postdoctoral fellows who choose UTM as their home-base get the best of both worlds: all the resources and prestige of a world-leading university paired with the youthful energy and cutting-edge facilities of a newer institution.
Prospective postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to contact UTM faculty whose research interests align with theirs to explore opportunities to join their research team.
How to become a postdoc at U of T
While UTM offers strong support for researchers, the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) is the key resource for postdocs at U of T.
Upcoming Events
UTM Postdocs’ Summer Social Series
Jiali Song, Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Applied Perception and Psychophysics Laboratory at UTM is organizing a UTM post-doc summer social series with monthly board game meetups to strengthen the in-person postdoc community on campus.
The first session is happening next week:
Date: Thursday June 18th 3:30-4:30pm
Location: Outside Starbucks by the UTM library
Open to all post-docs, drop-in when you're able!
Please RSVP by filling out this brief survey: https://forms.office.com/r/Qzmi5q2xA3
For questions, contact Jiali Song - jiali.song@utoronto.ca
Awards and funding opportunities
- Postdoctoral Competitive Research Awards
- Novo Nordisk Network for Healthy Populations Trainee Award - UTM
- Canada Impact+ Research Training Award
- Centre for Urban Environments Research Award
- Research Excellence Postdoctoral Fellows Program
- Postdoctoral Leadership Award
- Graduate and Postdoctoral Funding Proposal
- SSHRC Impact Award - Talent Category
- Reimbursement for professional development
- Mitacs (External funding)
- Research funding alerts
UTM postdoc spotlight: Jay Olson, Psychological & Brain Sciences
Dr. Olson recently found that Large Learning Models (LLMs) outperformed people with average human creativity. But highly creative humans surpassed LLMs, with gaps widening in the top 25 per cent of participants and further widening in the top 10 per cent of humans.
Resources for postdocs at UTM
Campus life
Postdoctoral Affairs
Office of the Vice-Principal Academic & Dean
Under the leadership of Professor Ronald Buliung, Interim Vice-Dean, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, the postdoc team helps postdoctoral fellows orient to UTM.
Postdocs @ UTM is part of the Dean's Office
The Office of the Vice-Principal, Academic & Dean (OVPAD) provides strategic oversight of academic policy and champions the integrity and innovation of UTM's academic programs.