Publications and Research

Governor's Award Overview

The Governor's Award provides funding to exceptional assistant and associate professors working at Canadian universities who have demonstrated the potential to make exemplary research contributions in their fields.

Governor's Award recipients are required to:

• be Canadian citizens or eligible to work in Canada;


• have obtained a PhD within 10 years of application for the award;


• be employed by a Canadian university with a program in economics or business/finance as an assistant or associate professor during the tenure of the Fellowship.

The Governor's Award consists of a $25,000 stipend paid annually to the recipient.

The Governor's Award is for a two-year period subject to an annual confirmation process. Recipients cannot apply for a second term.

Nominations and Applications must be submitted by 15 November.

For more information consult Application Details.