September 8, 2025

 

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto invites applications for nomination to a Canada Research Chair, Tier 2, in Chemistry. Applicants must be full-time tenure-stream Assistant or Associate Professors in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts & Science (primary budgetary appointment).

 

In order to address the underrepresentation of groups who experience systemic barriers in the CRC Program (as identified by the Tri-Agency Institutional Programs Secretariat), this special call is open only to individuals who self-identify as women and/or members of gender equity seeking groups, including persons who self-identify as trans, nonbinary, gender fluid, and Two-Spirit.

This initiative follows the provisions for special programs as described by the Ontario Human Rights Commission. The identification of outstanding candidates from this designated group supports the University and Faculty commitments to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and our public mission for the pursuit of excellence and equity, as well as the institutional capacity to fulfill the objectives of the University’s Canada Research Chairs Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan. 

 

Tier 2 Chairs are for emerging scholars, and the successful nominee should be within 10 years of receiving their PhD (minus legitimate career interruptions). To meet the criteria of the program, nominees must be excellent emerging world-class researchers who have demonstrated particular research creativity; have demonstrated the potential to achieve international recognition in their fields in the next five to 10 years; as Chairholders, have the potential to attract, develop and retain excellent trainees, students and future researchers; and be proposing an original, innovative research program of high quality.  Applicants who are more than 10 years from having earned their highest degree (and where career breaks exist, such as maternity, parental or extended sick leave, clinical training, etc.) may have their eligibility for a Tier 2 chair assessed through the program’s Tier 2 justification process. 

 

To be considered the nominee must hold an active CRC-relevant tri-agency grant (i.e., NSERC Discovery Grant) and/or be actively applying for tri-agency funding. The nominee’s research area must align with the subject matter eligibility of NSERC.  

 

Applications should include 1) a letter of interest describing your qualifications and research plans for the position; 2) a curriculum vitae; and 3) if you are more than 10 years from having earned your highest degree, an explanation of why you feel you qualify for a justification as described in the link above. All materials should be submitted to Lisa Ngo at chem.chairassist@utoronto.ca by October 8, 2025.

 

The research statement should be forward-looking and describe the significance of the proposed research including the projected transformative impact of the award on the chairholder’s broader research program. In addition, it should describe how the proposed research aligns with the department’s research priorities and how it will enhance the department’s leadership/profile in the chairholder’s area of research. This statement should be no more than 5 pages (12pt Times New Roman, single spacing, 1” margins). The page limit includes references and figures. Applicants are encouraged to include web-links to papers or other research contributions in their curriculum vitae.

 

For more information about this employment opportunity, please contact Lisa Ngo at chem.chairassist@utoronto.ca.

For further information on the federally endowed Canada Research Chairs Program, open to nationalities, including eligibility criteria, please consult the Canada Research Chairs website.  For more information about the CRC nomination process at the University of Toronto, contact Judith Chadwick, Assistant Vice-President, Research Services, at crc@utoronto.ca. 

 

The University recognizes that scholars have varying career paths and that career interruptions due to personal circumstances can be part of an excellent academic record. Nomination committee members have been instructed to give careful consideration to, and be sensitive to the impact of, career interruptions in their assessments.

 

The University of Toronto embraces diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community.   We welcome applications from members of the four designated groups and gender minorities who also identify with diverse sexual orientations.

 

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible, and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. Requests for workplace accommodations and related issues can be addressed to the office of Health & Wellbeing Programs and Services. 

 

The Canada Research Chairs Program requires institutions to collect self-identification data from all applicants, following the program’s best practices. All applicants to this opportunity are required to complete this self-identification form.  Thedata collected via this form will be held confidentially, separate from all other employment or personal data, and will be accessed only by the University’s Manager, Inclusive Excellence & Research Development. This information will be reported only in aggregate to the selection committee chair and equity officer, as well as a small number of designated individuals in the Division of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. No individual information will be shared with the committee members or others. Data collected via this form will be used solely for the purposes of this competition and may not be accessed or used for any other purpose.