Awards
RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
We shift research paradigms.
Every researcher who joins a CIFAR program demonstrates excellence, creativity, and openness to learning from different perspectives. Our community of fellows, chairs, scholars, and advisors are at the top of their fields. Many are decorated with national and international awards of excellence, recognized for their contributions to science, art, social science, and the humanities.
GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH
23 CIFAR fellows and advisors have earned a Nobel Prize.
From discoveries about the fundamental physics of our cosmos to the underlying rules that govern our economies, the advances made by researchers in our community are recognized at the highest levels.
HIGH-IMPACT SCHOLARSHIP
The groundbreaking ideas generated by CIFAR research programs change entire fields of inquiry.
At CIFAR, 235 of our Fellows, Advisors and CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars (65%) contributed to the top 1% of most-cited papers worldwide from 2018 to 2023.
In 2023-2024, researchers from our programs produced 2,505 publications.
Meanwhile, 88 major awards were received by Fellows, Advisors, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars and Canada CIFAR AI Chairs in 2023-2024.