The Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) program is funded by the three federal research funding agencies: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The program offers eligible Canadian, degree-granting institutions an opportunity to recruit the top tier of world-class researchers in the  Government of Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) priorities for the CERC program.

The objectives of the program remain to:

• strengthen Canada’s ability to attract the world’s top researchers, in order to be at the leading edge of breakthroughs in ST&I priority areas expected to generate social and economic benefits for Canadians;
• help Canada build a critical mass of expertise in ST&I priority areas identified by the Government of Canada;
• create a competitive environment to help Canadian institutions, in their pursuit of excellence in their research, attract a cadre of world-leading researchers; and
• contribute to branding Canada as a location of choice for world-leading research, science and technology development, alongside other federal programs with similar objectives.

Through the CERC program, Memorial University will have an opportunity to strengthen our research culture and reputation by recruiting new faculty members with exceptional research records.

Current Opportunities

CERC in Comparative Democratic Resilience in the Global South

Previous Postings

CERC Observational Physical Oceanography
CERC Next Generation Communication Technologies
CERC in Cultural Heritage Knowledege Integration in Ocean and Maritime Studies
CERC Exploration and Development of Critical Minerals