Fellows & Advisors
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CIFAR fellows, scholars, and advisors advance knowledge across disciplines.
Researchers are invited to participate in CIFAR programs for their excellence in research and communication, as well as for how their expertise fits into the goals of a program.
Preeminent scholars in their field are selected for their professional reputation and their capacity to provide guidance and advice to CIFAR and their research programs. Each program has approximately 6-8 advisors working as a committee.
An outstanding researcher who is internationally recognized for conducting innovative studies that lead to high-impact advances in their fields. A fellow joins a program at the invitation of the program co-directors and advisors to provide research expertise to the program’s themes and goals. They receive annual unrestricted research support.
Outstanding, internationally recognized researchers who join a program at the invitation of the program co-directors and advisors to provide research expertise to the program’s themes and goals.
A fellow who has a strong vision for the program and the ability to motivate and lead a multidisciplinary group of scholars to make progress toward the program’s transformative knowledge creation may be invited to serve as a program co-director.
Co-directors have demonstrated intellectual leadership and a willingness and openness to extend dialogue across traditional disciplinary boundaries. In some instances, a program may choose to appoint an associate director as a leadership opportunity for emerging scholars.
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 unrestricted research support.
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Fellow
Advisor
Advisory Committee Chair
Fellow
Fellow
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2019-2021
Fellow
Advisor
Program Co-Director
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Lebovic Fellow
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Vector Institute
Associate Fellow
Program Co-Director
Fellow
Advisor
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2016-2018
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2020-2022
Fellow
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2020-2022
Associate Fellow
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
McGill University
Mila
Fellow
Program Co-Director
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Mila
Université de Montréal
Fellow
Advisor
Program Co-Director
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
Associate Fellow
Advisory Committee Chair
Fellow
Advisor
Fellow
U.S. Geological Survey
Program Co-Director
Fellow
Fellow
Genetic Networks
Fellow
New York University
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Advisor
Program Director
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2018-2020
Advisory Committee Chair
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
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