Whether you are a prospective PDF looking for a position at UBC or a current UBC PDF seeking the next step in your career, this section provides valuable information to help you advance.
Becoming a PDF at UBC
Eligibility
Postdoctoral research fellowship eligibility can be found in UBC Policy AP10, Postdoctoral Fellows. In order to be eligible for a postdoctoral fellowship, a postdoctoral fellow generally must be within 5 years of being awarded a PhD or within 10 years of being awarded a M.D. or D.D.S. degree.
First Steps
The first step in finding a PDF position at UBC is to search the research interests of individual faculty members to locate a potential supervisor. Faculty members can be contacted directly to discuss potential PDF appointment opportunities, and applications can be made directly to faculty members.
Postdoctoral appointments at UBC are managed through individual faculties and departments. The Postdoctoral Fellows Office does not accept applications nor are we involved in the hiring process.
Post a Position
If you are a UBC faculty, department/unit, or laboratory and are interested in posting a position, please refer to the Job Ads page on the G+PS Faculty & Staff portal. Positions can be cross-posted to a number of job search websites, including EurAxess and LinkedIn. For additional information, contact the PDFO.
UBC Postdoc Opportunities
UBC PDF Postings
While most PDF positions at UBC can by found by contacting a faculty member directly, some positions may be posted on individual faculty websites. Please visit Faculty Career Opportunities for a comprehensive list of links to UBC's faculties. Postdoctoral Fellowship positions may also be posted on UBC's Faculty Careers Workday portal.
The following faculty members have indicated to us that they are actively looking to attract Postdocs.
Show Faculty Interested in Postdocs
Research Interests: German literature, Comparative literature, Cultural studies, Media theory, Media history, Critical theory, Film studies
Potential project areas:
German studies; comparative literature; cultural studies; media theory; media history; critical theory; film studies
Research Interests: Oceans, currents, tides, fjords, islands, Physical Oceanography
Research Interests: Black Feminist Theory, African American language, literacies, and rhetorics, Rhetorical theory and composition pedagogy, Rhetorical History, Composition History, Sociolinguistics, Sound (voice)
Research Interests: Meta-Analysis, Parametric and Non-Parametric Inference, Theoretical Statistics, Pharmacoepidemiology, Bayesian statistical methods, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Causal inference, Evidence synthesis, Partial Identification
Research Interests: Multiple Sclerosis , Neuroepidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, prodrome,, drug safety and effectiveness , pharmacogenomics, comorbidities, health administrative data, gut microbiome , prodromes
Research Interests: Chinese literature, Cinema, Print culture, Translation, Humor
Potential project areas:
Modern Chinese literature, cinema, cultural history, print culture, translation
Research Interests: Supramolecular Chemistry, Nanomaterials, Biomaterials, Cellulose nanocrystals, Chitin, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
Research Interests: Land plants, Mycoheterotrophs, Organelles, Phylogenomics, Plant evolution, Plant phylogenetics, Plant systematics
Potential project areas:
Plant phylogenetics and molecular evolution
Research Interests: Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Combustion, Reacting Flows, Energy Conversion Systems, Clean Energy
Research Interests: Skin Cancer, Optics and Photonics, Skin Disorders, Epidemiology, optics, photobiology, dermatoepidemiology, cancer
Potential project areas:
Dermatoepidemiology; Examining the epidemiology of skin cancer in the general population and identifying high risk population groups Skin cancer prevention; Using national surveys conducted by Statistics Canada, I have examined skin cancer prevention behaviours practiced by Canadians; Spectoscopy; Using imaging to differentiate skin cancer from benign lesions. Photobiology to study properties of the skin.
Online Career Resources
After your first position at UBC, you may move to a PDF or faculty position at another university. Postings external to UBC may be found at the following websites:
- Euraxess
- FindAPostdoc.com
- jobRxiv
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- National Institutes of Health
- Nature Careers Canada
- New Scientist Jobs
- Pathways to Science
- ResearchGate
- Science Careers
- TipTop Jobs On-Line - Postdoc Openings
The UBC Postdoctoral Association also maintains a Jobs page on their website.
UBC Faculty Careers
For current PDFs looking to embark on the next phase of their academic career, please visit Faculty Career Opportunities for a list of current UBC faculty opportunities. Please also visit UBC faculty websites for available positions within each specific faculty.