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Postdoctoral Fellowship for Canadian Veterans with Chronic Pain

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Applications are open until February 2, 2026 at 11:59 ET.

The Canadian Pain Society (CPS) and the Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans (CPCoE) are pleased to offer funding for a Postdoctoral Fellow focused on clinical or health policy research relevant to Veterans living with chronic pain.  This funding includes salary support of $70,000 for one year.

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Veterans, especially those with service-related injuries, can face a host of unique health challenges. A major challenge for Veterans is chronic pain. Recent Government of Canada research found that Veterans are twice as likely to suffer from chronic pain compared to others in the Canadian population. Additionally, female Veterans suffer from chronic pain as a higher rate compared to their male counterparts. CPCoE was founded as a research centre in 2020 to improve the understanding of Veteran-specific chronic pain and how best to manage it.  

HOW TO APPLY

All applications, submitted in English or in French, must include the following:

  1. Completion of our online form.

  2. One letter of references from the applicant’s current or proposed supervisor that addresses their research abilities and potential, and any financial or resource commitments that they (or their institution) are making in support of the proposed research. 

  3. A two-page Research Project Summary briefly outlining the research project. This summary should include the following headings (where applicable): Background, Aims, Methods, and Significance. Please use 12pt Times New Roman Font with 2cm margins 

  4. A 500-word statement on how the proposed research project is relevant to Veterans living with chronic pain. 

  5. The Applicant’s CCV (Biosketch Form).

  6. ​All documents must be combined and uploaded into one PDF file. Files cannot exceed 30MB.  

  7. The CPS and CPCoE will evaluate applications according to the Rating Scale.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

  1. Applicants must be a current member of the Canadian Pain Society.

  2. Applicants must have identified a postdoctoral position at a Canadian university and a supervisor willing to host them at the time of the award. This information should be stated in the supervisor’s letter of reference.

  3. Applicants must have fulfilled all degree requirements for a PhD, PhD equivalent, or health professional degree before the start of the award and within four years at the time of application.²

  4. The CPS and CPCoE will evaluate applications according to a) the applicant’s qualifications/research background, b) merit of the proposed research, and c) impact of the proposed research to Veterans with chronic pain.

  5. Previous year award winners are not eligible for future awards.

  6. The CPCoE will distribute the funding to the trainee’s institution once granted.³

  7. The recipient must acknowledge the CPS and CPCoE in publications and presentations associated with the research for which the funding is provided.

  8. The awardee must attend The Canadian Pain Society 2027 to receive the award (note: no additional funds will be provided for this) 

¹ This funding does not cover indirect costs. The institution is responsible for any additional employer costs (e.g. benefits). 
² The award will be distributed directly to the awardee’s institution from the CPCoE after receipt of details regarding to whom it should be sent and made payable, along with the address and any other information needed for this purpose.
³ This window of eligibility could be extended if the applicant had their career interrupted for extenuating circumstances, such as parental leave, illness, health-related family responsibilities, pandemic-related reason, etc.

Please upload a single PDF that does not exceed 25MB.

Conditions

Submit your Application for our Postdoctoral Fellowship

All documents must be combined and uploaded into one PDF file that does not exceed 25MB.

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