Topic: leadership training

A two-year programme for early-career independent researchers to collaborate within a recruiting CIFAR research programme, develop international networks and receive leadership training. Global Scholars receive CAD100,000 in unrestricted research support and may seek additional collaborative seed funding. Applicants from all countries are welcome. The appointment runs from April 2027 through March 2029. Applications close on 4 November 2026 at noon Eastern Standard Time. Recruiting programmes include Brain, Mind & Consciousness, Fungal Kingdom, and Healthy Microbiomes in a Changing World,

EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships support internationally mobile postdoctoral researchers in Europe and around the world for up to two years. The fellowship provides a salary or stipend, relocation support, assistance for fellows with children and access to leadership training and the EMBO fellows network.

Research evidence indicates that psychosocial stressors such as work-life stress serves as a negative occupational exposure relating to poor health behaviors including smoking, poor food choices, low levels of exercise, and even decreased sleep time, as well as a number of chronic health outcomes. The association between work-life stress and adverse health behaviors and chronic health suggests that Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) interventions such as leadership support trainings may be helpful in mitigating effects of work-life stress and improving health, consistent with the Total Worke