Institutional Awards and Prizes
Supporting research and innovation
The Arthur B. McDonald Research Chairs
The Arthur B. McDonald Chairs were established in 2016 as a way to honour Dr. McDonald, a Dalhousie Alumnus and Nobel Laureate, and to recognize and retain professors of high-calibre at the university.
Terms of Reference [PDF - 96KB]
The President’s Research Excellence Awards
The Dalhousie University President’s Research Excellence Awards recognize the research achievements of Dalhousie University faculty at all stages of their career.
University Research Professorships
The title of University Research Professor is granted to a limited number of individual Dalhousie faculty members who have achieved distinction in scholarship.
Terms of Reference [PDF]
Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Chairs
The Killam Chairs are awarded to academics of the highest distinction at Dalhousie, with appointments of up to five years.
Belong Research Fellowship Awards
In keeping with Dalhousie's strategic plan and commitment to increasing diversity and gender equity, and to support and enhance research excellence across the institution, the Offices of the Provost & Vice-President Academic and the Vice-President, Research & Innovation launched the Dalhousie Belong Research Fellowship Awards on November 2, 2018. The goal of the fellowship awards is to provide pre-tenure faculty members from equity-seeking groups with support to further research in their respective fields.
Additional information can be found here.
If there are awards or recipients missing from this page, please contact maureen.keough@dal.ca