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.
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Quantum Information Science
University of California Berkeley
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Quantum Materials
University of California Berkeley
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Gravity & the Extreme Universe
New York University
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Bio-inspired Solar Energy
University of Chicago
United States
Fellow
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2016-2018
Humans & the Microbiome
Northwestern University
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2019-2021
Gravity & the Extreme Universe
Tel Aviv University
Israel
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2016-2018
Quantum Information Science
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2016-2018
Institutions, Organizations & Growth
University of California Los Angeles
Canada
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2020-2022
Learning in Machines & Brains
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2020-2022
Quantum Materials
University of California Berkeley
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
Brain, Mind & Consciousness
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Child & Brain Development
New York University
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
Molecular Architecture of Life
McGill University
Canada
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2018-2020
Gravity & the Extreme Universe
West Virginia University
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
Genetic Networks
University of California San Diego
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
Quantum Materials
Yale University
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2016-2018
Brain, Mind & Consciousness
University of Alberta
Canada
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2016-2018
Quantum Information Science
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Fellow
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
Learning in Machines & Brains
New York University
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2019-2021
Humans & the Microbiome
University of California San Diego
United States
Fellow
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2016-2018
Child & Brain Development
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
Innovation, Equity, & The Future of Prosperity
University of California Berkeley
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
Brain, Mind & Consciousness
Amherst College
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
Boundaries Membership & Belonging
Princeton University
United States
Fellow
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
Child & Brain Development
University of Southern California
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2018-2020
Gravity & the Extreme Universe
University of Toronto
Canada
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Learning in Machines & Brains
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities
Institut Pasteur
France
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
Genetic Networks
University of Washington
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Quantum Materials
University of California San Diego
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2022-2024
Bio-inspired Solar Energy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
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
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
Bio-inspired Solar Energy
University of California Riverside
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities
University of Manitoba
Canada
Fellow
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2018-2020
Humans & the Microbiome
Technion
Israel
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2020-2022
Learning in Machines & Brains
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Canada
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
Earth 4D: Subsurface Science & Exploration
University of Guelph
Canada
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
Earth 4D: Subsurface Science & Exploration
University of Texas at Austin
United States
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
Gravity & the Extreme Universe
McGill University
Canada
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2020-2022
Quantum Materials
University of British Columbia
Canada
This program is generously supported by the Azrieli Foundation.
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