Killam Prizes
Aboriginal Peoples
Arctic and Northern Regions
Community, Regional & Enterprise Development
Creative Arts, Culture and Heritage
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
Governance and Public Policy
Information and Communication Technology
Oceans, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Social Justice
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline: Wednesday 15th, February 2023
External Deadline: Friday 2nd, June 2023
Description
Applicants are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Awards and Honours, for information on this program.
Applicants are advised to read these instructions carefully and to get in touch with the Killam Program if they have any questions which cannot be answered with support from Ellen Steinhauer or Research Grant and Contract Services.
Killam Prizes
The Canada Council Killam Prizes were inaugurated in 1981 with a donation by Mrs. Dorothy J. Killam in memory of her husband, Izaak Walton Killam. The Prizes were created to honour eminent Canadian scholars and scientists actively engaged in research, whether in industry, government agencies or universities.
The Canada Council Killam Program is part of a larger set of Killam Trusts, which fund scholarship and research at four Canadian universities, a neurological research and clinical institute and the Canada Council. In total, the Killam Trusts are valued at approximately $425 million, of which the Canada Council portion is $55 million. For more information about the Killam Trusts, please visit www.killamlaureates.ca.
The Killam Trusts, the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) signed a memorandum of understanding for the transfer of the administration of the Killam Program to the NRC starting in spring 2022 for the 2023 program cycle.
Prizes:
Five prizes of $100,000 are awarded each year in recognition of outstanding career achievements (1 prize in each of the 5 fields).
Nomination deadline for 2023 prizes: June 2, 2023
If the competition deadline falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.
Guidelines and Nomination Form