From http://www.scholarships.gc.ca/PDRFNonCdn-BRPDEtr-Eng.aspx Application deadline November 15th, 2010 The Government of Canada Awards (GCA) are based on reciprocal agreements between Canada and Foreign governments and are designed to provide research opportunities to promising recent doctoral graduates in the form of Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships (PDRF) to non-Canadian researchers tenable at recognized public Canadian universities and affiliated research institutes. The Government of Canada’s objective in establishing the Canadian Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships (PDRF) is to attract recent Ph.D. graduates to do research in Canada. The Government wishes to support research that clearly advances the scholar's own career and that is useful to Canada or to the research team within which the scholar proposes to work. Applicants must: • be citizens of one of the following countries: Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russia and Switzerland. Applicants who have obtained Canadian citizenship or applied for permanent residency in Canada are ineligible; • have completed a Ph.D. degree within the last three (3) years or have completed the Ph.D. degree requirements before taking up the award (evidence of submission of dissertation for defence provided by the responsible department head); and • be accepted into a post-doctoral position at a recognized public Canadian university or affiliated research institute of their choice. Priority will be given to candidates who have not previously studied in Canada under a Canadian government scholarship.