CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars
research leaders of tomorrow
Early-career researchers are essential to groundbreaking research.
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars are outstanding early-career researchers, recognized as rising stars in their field for their potential as future research leaders. Representing a wide range of disciplines and countries, they are selected to participate for two years in one of CIFAR’s research programs and receive $100,000 CAD in unrestricted research support.
Ashok Ajoy
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Quantum Information Science
University of California Berkeley
United States
Zakaria Al Balushi
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Quantum Materials
University of California Berkeley
United States
Yacine Ali-Haïmoud
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Gravity & the Extreme Universe
New York University
United States
Chibueze Amanchukwu
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Accelerated Decarbonization
University of Chicago
United States
Katherine R. Amato
Fellow
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2016-2018
Humans & the Microbiome
Northwestern University
United States
Iair Arcavi
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2019-2021
Gravity & the Extreme Universe
Tel Aviv University
Israel
Nir Bar-Gill
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2016-2018
Quantum Information Science
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
Natalie Bau
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2016-2018
Institutions, Organizations & Growth
University of California Los Angeles
Canada
Stefan Bauer
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2020-2022
Learning in Machines & Brains
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden
Kwabena Bediako
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2020-2022
Quantum Materials
University of California Berkeley
United States
Sahba Nomvula Besharati
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
Brain, Mind & Consciousness
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Christof Brandtner
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2023-2025
Innovation, Equity, & The Future of Prosperity
Emlyon Business School
France
Natalie Hiromi Brito
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Child & Brain Development
New York University
United States
Khanh Huy Bui
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
Molecular Architecture of Life
McGill University
Canada
Sarah Burke-Spolaor
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2018-2020
Gravity & the Extreme Universe
West Virginia University
United States
Hannah Carter
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
Genetic Networks
University of California San Diego
United States
Judy Cha
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
Quantum Materials
Cornell University
United States
Craig Chapman
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2016-2018
Brain, Mind & Consciousness
University of Alberta
Canada
Giulio Chiribella
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2016-2018
Quantum Information Science
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Kyunghyun Cho
Fellow
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
Learning in Machines & Brains
New York University
United States
Hiutung Chu
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2019-2021
Humans & the Microbiome
University of California San Diego
United States
Ami Citri
Fellow
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2016-2018
Child & Brain Development
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
Daniel Aldana Cohen
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
Innovation, Equity, & The Future of Prosperity
University of California Berkeley
United States
Michael Cohen
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
Brain, Mind & Consciousness
Amherst College
United States
Ellora Derenoncourt
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
Boundaries Membership & Belonging
Princeton University
United States
Élise Devoie
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2023-2025
Earth 4D: Subsurface Science & Exploration
Queen's University
Canada
Brian Dias
Fellow
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
Child & Brain Development
University of Southern California
United States
Maria R. Drout
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2018-2020
Gravity & the Extreme Universe
University of Toronto
Canada
Catherine Duclos
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2023-2025
Brain, Mind & Consciousness
CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal
Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
Canada
Guillaume Dumas
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2023-2025
Brain, Mind & Consciousness
Université de Montréal
Canada
Eva Dyer
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Learning in Machines & Brains
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States
Iuliana V. Ene
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities
Institut Pasteur
France
Douglas Fowler
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
Genetic Networks
University of Washington
United States
Alex Frañó
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Quantum Materials
University of California San Diego
United States
Ariel Furst
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Accelerated Decarbonization
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Alona Fyshe
Fellow
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2016-2018
Learning in Machines & Brains
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Amii
University of Alberta
University of Alberta
Canada
Nathaniel Gabor
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
Accelerated Decarbonization
University of California Riverside
United States
Aleeza Gerstein
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities
University of Manitoba
Canada
Naama Geva-Zatorsky
Fellow
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2018-2020
Humans & the Microbiome
Technion
Israel
Marzyeh Ghassemi
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2020-2022
Canada CIFAR AI Chair (on leave)
Learning in Machines & Brains
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
This program is generously supported by the Azrieli Foundation.
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