Our post-doctoral fellows play a key role in our research programs, and are mentored towards their future career goals by our senior scientists. In Canada, scientists are considered “trainee post-docs” for the first five years after being awarded their doctorate; during this time, they are eligible for a variety of lucrative national and provincial salary awards. Applicants interested in applying to our post-doctoral training program should be within 5 years of obtaining their doctorate, should have at least one first author paper to their name and have supportive reference letters from the PhD supervisor(s) and mentor(s).

Post-docs have multiple opportunities in addition to their time protected for research. Further education is available in the form of free access to graduate level courses within the University of Calgary’s cancer institute. Opportunities for those interested in teaching are available, including lecturing to undergraduates, graduate students and/or clinical trainees and official co-supervision of undergraduates or graduate students. We have regular public venues for post-docs to present their ongoing research within the University of Calgary, and funding opportunities that may be applied to for international scientific travel. For more information on post-doctoral studies at the University of Calgary, please visit:

http://www.ucalgary.ca/research/postdoc

Our research group offers outstanding graduate training leading to PhD degrees. Applicants should have an MSc or at least a BSc / BHSc degree in Cell Biology, Health Sciences, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Chemistry, Life Sciences or similar disciplines and need a GPA equivalent of at least 3.5 / 4.0 and/or first class honours to be competitive. Our students are generally registered within the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine, either within the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology graduate program or the Medical Sciences (Cancer Biology) graduate program. The PhD program generally takes 5 years to complete.

All graduate students pay tuition fees to the University of Calgary, the benefits of which include tax-exempt salary status, health and dental insurance, yearly unlimited transit passes (rail and bus) and unlimited access to the University’s fitness facilities. For more information about graduate studies at the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, please visit:

https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/gse/

http://sacri.ucalgary.ca/education-training/graduate-students

Our research group offers outstanding graduate training leading to MSc degrees. Applicants should have a BSc / BHSc degree in Cell Biology, Health Sciences, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Chemistry, Life Sciences or similar disciplines and need a GPA equivalent of at least 3.5 / 4.0 and/or first class honours to be competitive. Our students are generally registered within the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine, either within the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology graduate program or the Medical Sciences (Cancer Biology) graduate program. The MSc program generally takes 2.5 years to complete, and comes with an option to transfer to the PhD program within the first 2 years, pending supervisory approval.

All graduate students pay tuition fees to the University of Calgary, the benefits of which include tax-exempt salary status, health and dental insurance, yearly unlimited transit passes (rail and bus) and unlimited access to the University’s fitness facilities. For more information about graduate studies at the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, please visit:

https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/gse/

http://sacri.ucalgary.ca/education-training/graduate-students

Undergraduate summer students also play an important part of our research group. Applicants must be registered in a BSc or BHSc program and need to be located in Calgary for the months of May, June, July and August of the summer they wish to work. Prospective students should contact our Principal Investigators for current opportunities in the Fall (Sept-Dec) semester BEFORE the summer they wish to work, as positions generally fill quickly.

To be competitive for positions (and independent funding awards), students should have a GPA equivalent of at least 3.5 / 4.0. Summer students are typically paid between $5,000 and $6,000 for the entire summer (divided into monthly stipends).

BSc or BHSc undergradute students at the University of Calgary who are in their final year of study may wish to join us for a Fall and Winter semester project. These projects commence at the start of the academic year in early September and conclude in the following April. Generally, such students are expected to work at least 10 hours per week in the laboratory.

Applicants should contact principal investigators in the Winter semester BEFORE the year they wish to start, to initiate an application process. This opportunity is available only to students registered either in the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine’s Bachelor of Health Sciences program or the Faculty of Science’s Department of Biological Sciences program. As this program contributes to degree requirements, there is no associated remuneration.

More details from individual programs may be found here:

http://cumming.ucalgary.ca/bhsc/research

http://www.bio.ucalgary.ca/undergraduate