IVADO Announces the Recipients of its 2025 Postdoctoral Research Funding Program

Now in its second year, the IVADO Postdoctoral Research Funding Program supports outstanding researchers whose work will play a key role in advancing and fostering the adoption of the R3AI initiative — New Paradigms for Robust, Reasoning, and Responsible Artificial Intelligence — funded by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

“With the arrival of this new cohort, our team now includes 21 postdoctoral fellows, whose diverse areas of expertise — ranging from international law and pediatric medicine to robotics, molecular chemistry, urban mobility, and genetics — greatly enrich our community. Combined with the launch of our Thematic Semesters Program and the momentum of our Research Regroupements’ ongoing projects, our research community is more vibrant and dynamic than ever.”

– Aaron Courville, Scientific Director, IVADO

Each recipient will receive annual funding consisting of an $80,000 salary and a $20,000 research allowance, over a two-year period.

The 2025 awardees are: