University of Ottawa
Location: Ontario
Date posted: 2024-10-11
Advertised until: 2024-12-10
Seeking candidates from any field, with a preference for candidates with a focus on econometrics. The ideal candidate would work on applied questions/issues using strong quantitative frameworks. The candidate must have a world-class research program and an ambitious research agenda. The holder of the Chair will implement a creative and independent research program that is based on external research funding and will be actively involved with graduate student training and education. The Chair will be appointed to the , and will be expected to teach and supervise graduate students in this unit.
Located on the unceded territory of Anishinaabe Algonquin people, in the heart of the nation's capital, the University of Ottawa is one of Canada's top ten research-intensive universities and is recognized as the first and largest bilingual university in North America. It offers its 47,000 students and 5,500 employees a dynamic and stimulating environment where research and knowledge are fundamental to all aspects of university life. The University is situated in close proximity to the Parliament of Canada, multiple national agencies including Statistics Canada, as well various provincial and municipal agencies
Tier鈥2 Chairs, tenable for five years and renewable once, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field. For each Tier 2 Chair, the Canada Research Chairs Program allocates to institutions $100,000 annually for five years with an additional $20,000 annual research stipend for first-term Tier 2 Chairs. In addition to the government鈥檚 contribution, the University also provides a generous funding package and partial teaching release.鈥疦ew CRC nominees are also eligible for infrastructure support from the (CFI) to help acquire state-of-the-art equipment essential to their work.
Candidates should, at a minimum, be Assistant or Associate Professors, or possess the necessary qualifications to be appointed to these levels. Candidates who are more than 10 years from their highest degree must contact the University of Ottawa directly for questions related to their potential eligibility for a Tier 2 Chair. The institution may nominate a professor or a researcher who is more than 10 years from their highest degree at the time of nomination and has experienced legitimate career interruptions (see ). In such cases, the institution must submit to the Secretariat a formal justification (using the ), explaining why the nominee is still considered to be an emerging scholar. The University recognizes the legitimate impact that leaves (e.g., parental leave, leave due to illness) can have on a candidate鈥檚 record of research achievement and that these leaves will be taken into careful consideration during the assessment process.