Dalhousie Originals: Izaak & Dorothy Killam established academic trusts that have been truly
transformative for university students across Canada.

Dalhousie is one of just five universities in Canada to receive support from the Killam Trusts for scholarships, fellowships, prizes, and other funding and is the largest recipient of Killam funding.

Since 1967, the Killam Trusts have provided more than $1 billion to support research and learning. No other private philanthropic effort has contributed this level of funding to higher education in Canada.

Dalhousie's Killam Prize Winners 

Five Killam Prizes are awarded annually to distinguished Canadian scholars in the categories of health sciences, natural sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities. The prizes are given in recognition of distinguished careers and awarded to recipients who will continue to make substantial contributions.

Dalhousie’s awardees, include:

Killam Memorial Chairs

The Killam Memorial Chairs are awarded to early career and established academics of the highest distinction at Dalhousie. 

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Dalhousie's current Killam Memorial Chairs are:

Killam Memorial Chair - Established Research Leaders

Killam Memorial Chair - Early Career Researchers

Dorothy Killam Fellowships

Dorothy Killam Fellowships grant $160,000 over two years to researchers pursuing projects of broad significance so they can focus on and accelerate the pace of their work. The Dorothy Killam Fellow is a leading researcher whose superior, ground-breaking, best-in-class research stands to have significant impact on a national or global scale.  

Previous Killam Fellowship winners:

Faculty of Science Killam Professorships 

The Faculty of Science Killam Professorships were established by the faculty in recognition of the financial support provided by the Killam endowment at Dalhousie. Up to ten professorships are awarded to faculty members in recognition of their outstanding careers for a term of five years. Each professorship is accompanied by an award of $2,000.

Current professorships are held by:

Faculty of Science Killam Prize 

The Faculty of Science Killam Professorships were established by the faculty in recognition of the financial support provided by the Killam endowment at Dalhousie. One prize is awarded annually to enhance the careers of the faculty’s most promising scientists who have obtained their doctorate within the preceding eleven years. The prize is accompanied by an award of $2,000. 

Recent winners include: