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: fractal geometry, harmonic analysis, geometric measure theory, number theory, ergodic theory
Research Interests: Aging Process, Social Aspects of Aging, Stress, Health Promotion, Social Determinants of Health, Health and well-being across the adult lifespan and into old age, Individual differences in goals
Research Interests: Community Health / Public Health, Dental Health, Social Determinants of Health, Health Policies, Quality of Life and Aging, Adult Education and Continuing Education, Epidemiology, Access to care, Dental Education, Dental Geriatrics, Dental Public Health, Epidemiological data, Health Policy, Qualitative research
Potential project areas:
Dental Public Health (Underserved-access to care, Marginalization, Community-based participatory research, Stigma and Discrimination); Health Policy; Dental Education (Community Service Learning, Reflective Journaling, Teaching Pedagogies, Social Responsibility); Dental Geriatrics (Undergraduate and Graduate Education, Frailty, Access to care), COVID-19 (vaccine hesitancy).
Research Interests: Chinese literature, Cinema, Print culture, Translation, Humor
Potential project areas:
Modern Chinese literature, cinema, cultural history, print culture, translation
Research Interests: Geoscience Education Research (Discipline-Based Education Research), self-regulated learning, field-based experiential learning, learning in informal settings (e.g., museums, parks, science centers), crowdsourced and citizen science, teacher beliefs, motivation, emotion, and beliefs in learning, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in STEM, learning engineering
Research Interests: Develop novel Point-of-Care tools for food safety monitoring, Design smart nanomaterials for sustainable farming and precision agriculture, Create sustainable and multifunctional packaging materials to improve food safety and quality
Research Interests: Perinatal Mental Health, Perinatal Anxiety, Pregnancy Outcomes, eHealth, mHealth
Potential project areas:
Perinatal mental health
eHealth
Pregnancy outcomes
Research Interests: International Political Economy, International Security, Foreign Policy Analysis
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: inflammatory bowel disease, inflammation, macrophages, innate immunity, cell signalling
Potential project areas:
Immunometabolism and gut health
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.