Date Posted: 10/30/2026Closing Date: 01/08/2027, 11:59PM ETReq ID: 50843Job Category: Faculty - Tenure Stream continuingFaculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of MedicineDepartment: Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular ResearchCampus: St. George Downtown TorontoExisting Vacancy: Yes POSITION DESCRIPTION The Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders program is a one-time initiative designed to support institutions in attracting internationally based Early Career Researchers to Canada. Emerging Leaders will receive research funding and institutional supports to advance transformative research in Canada’s strategic priority areas, build partnerships across sectors and borders, and translate their research into applications and impacts that benefit Canadians and the world. The Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research Donnelly Centre and the Department of Biochemistry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, St. George Campus invite applications for a full-time tenure stream position to advance transformational research projects that support the growth of the Canadian economy in the strategic priority area of Health, including biotechnology. The nominee’s research area must demonstrably align with the study of genotype-to-phenotype relationships. Awards are valued at $100K per year over six years, with the possibility of extension for another six years. This will be a joint appointment between the Donnelly Centre 51% and the Department of Biochemistry 49% at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an anticipated start date of September 1st, 2027.Emerging Leaders Awards are intended for exceptional emerging scholars. Candidates must be within five years minus eligible delays of the start date of their first research-related appointment, defined as an appointment where the individual has the autonomy to conduct research independently. All eligible delays in research e.g., maternity, parental, medical, bereavement are credited as twice the amount of time taken. Professional leaves e.g., training, sabbatical, administrative are not credited as eligible leaves.REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS The University of Toronto requires that candidates must have a Ph.D in a relevant field an institutional requirement, not a requirement of the program, with a demonstrated record of excellence in research and teaching. The successful candidate will have established an independent program of research, with potential for impact through collaborations with, but not limited to, the Eddie Goldenberg Research Chair of Canada in Epigenetic Inheritance and Cellular Adaptation and to generate translation and impacts.Candidates must provide evidence of research excellence of an internationally competitive caliber, commensurate with their career stage, as demonstrated by a record of contributions or publications in leading journals in the field or a research pipeline that is at high international levels, presentati
