Honours & Awards
UTM’s Office of the Vice-Principal, Research & Innovation is proud to support research, teaching, service across our Division. We encourage nominations for internal and external awards and are committed to recognizing and celebrating the scholarly achievements of our faculty. Learn how our team can help.
Current Opportunities
Candidates from the UTM research community are being sought for the following award opportunities:
A Dorothy Killam Fellow is a leading researcher whose superior, ground-breaking, best-in-class research stands to have significant impact on a national or global scale. They are mid-career researchers (typically have completed their PhD no more than 15 years prior). A Fellow is someone who also reflects some of the Killam attributes:
• Inclusive collaborator
• Barrier breaker
• Research leader
The Dorothy Killam Fellowships are valued at $80,000 CAD per year for a total of up to $160,000 for 2 years. A Dorothy Killam Fellow is relieved of teaching and administrative duties for the period of the fellowship. The funds are intended to assist the institution to cover the costs of replacement of the applicant while still paying regular salary and benefits during the 2-year fellowship period. Recipients must obtain support for research and laboratory costs from other sources.
Deadline: May 22nd, 2025
The Killam Prizes are intended to honour distinguished Canadian scholars who have been engaged in research in universities, hospitals, research or scientific institutes, or other similar institutions.
They are awarded annually, on a competitive basis, for research done in any of the following disciplines (Normally, 1 prize is awarded each year in each of the 5 disciplines):
• humanities
• social sciences
• natural sciences
• health sciences
• engineering
The Killam Prize is valued at $100,000.
Deadline: May 29th, 2025
The Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowship (offered by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and
the Killam Trusts) creates opportunities for mid- to late-career Canadian and international scholars to
collaborate with NRC researchers. The Fellowship provides teaching and administrative release time for 12
months for scholars who have demonstrated outstanding research ability, and who are proposing projects that
are aligned with one or more NRC Challenge Programs. In this co-Pl model, the Fellow and the NRC
researcher collaborate to deliver a specific project. This new program will provide opportunities for external
scholars to access the NRC's unique infrastructure and resources, and work with an NRC researcher to further
Dorothy Killam's vision of building Canada's future through advanced study. Fellowship candidates who
need help connecting with an NRC investigator can complete an Expression of Interest form
(download here).
Fellowships are valued at $100,000 CAD per year in the form of a grant that is paid to the institution of each
Fellow to cover release time. An additional grant of up to $50,000 CAD is available to accommodate travel
and knowledge dissemination costs of the Fellow, based on budget estimates provided in the proposal.
Deadline: June 5th, 2025
Please see Award Opportunities for a complete list of current and archived awards.
OVPRI Awards & Honours Support
Award Coordination
OVPRI is happy to support the coordination of award nominations for UTM faculty. This includes internal and external awards, tri-agency and discipline specific awards. We rely on departmental involvement to help identify qualified individuals and/or disciplinary level awards. If you are interested in awards, please speak to your Chair or reach out to us directly (Self-Nomination Form) for more information.
Award Information and Benchmarking
OVPRI award tip sheets and guidelines (available in Resources) will be circulated to department Chairs and available on our website approximately four months prior to an award deadline. OVPRI will, upon request, support nominations by benchmarking potential nominees to recent award winners and by providing career trajectory advice and logical award ladders.
Equitable and Transparent Selection Processes
OVPRI is committed to the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion and maintaining a supportive and inclusive culture surrounding award nominations. We will support all qualified individuals for award nominations and provide unbiased and high-quality support to all UTM candidates. If you are interested in a particular award, you can self-nominate on our website, and we will work with you to help find a suitable nominator, if required. In addition, if you have any feedback on how to make our process more equitable or inclusive, please contact us.
Divisional Review Process
The divisional review process is designed to support and provide feedback for individuals being nominated for selected major awards. The process is designed and managed by OVPRI and generally includes editorial review of the draft nomination material and help with identifying strong referees. We are also happy to offer support to any UTM candidates for disciplinary level or other awards on an ad hoc basis.
Recognition & Celebration
OVPRI strives to recognize and celebrate outstanding UTM faculty members who have obtained honours, awards and distinctions to encourage a positive award culture at UTM. Recent award winners will be featured on our UTM Awards Winners page and promoted through social media and UTM communications. If you would like to be featured on our page or in our communications, please use the Award Reporting Tool.
Reach out to get started:
Stefanie Bernaudo, PhD
Strategic Research Development Officer
stefanie.bernaudo@utoronto.ca