Postdoctoral Awards

Our department has the following awards available for Postdocs.

Please visit the links below to view more details and previous award winners.

Congratulations to Dr. Bhupesh Kumar Thakur on being named the 2025 BD Sciences Immunology Postdoctoral Research Award recipient!
The BD Biosciences sponsorship for Immunology Postdoctoral Research Award will take place on 10 APRIL 2025, call for 2025 nominations is now closed.
Faculty members of the Department of Immunology can nominate a postdoctoral researcher (includes PDFs and research associates up to 7 years post PhD, see eligibility criteria).
Required documents: a Nominating letter, a CV of the nominated postdoctoral fellow.

PDF REARSCH DAY - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - SHORT & LONG TALKS

Call for ABSTRACTS for PDF Research Day is now OPEN - Deadline: 20 March 2025 (5PM)
- Send a 1 page abstract to Dr. Watts (tania.watts@utoronto.ca) with the title, authors, lab affiliation and abstract of around 250 - 300 words and whether you would like a long (25 minutes & 5 minutes for discussion) or short talk (7 minutes & 3 minutes for discussion).

IMM/COPRA Awards (View previous winners)

This collaboration award call is on hold.
Postdoctoral trainees pursuing their research in laboratories of principal investigators with a faculty appointment in the Department of Immunology can apply. Previous award winners are not eligible to re-apply for the same project; new projects will be considered.
Required documents - a research proposal (2 pages max), a CV, budget plan.
COPRA winners will give a presentation at the end of the award, to be presented at the next Departmental retreat