Canada Research Chairs
The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program is a key component of a national strategy to position Canada as a global leader in research and development. With an annual investment of approximately $311 million ($5 million per year at the University of Guelph), the program attracts and retains world-class researchers, enhancing academic research and training at Canadian postsecondary institutions.
Chairholders aim to achieve research excellence in engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities and social sciences. Their work deepens knowledge, improves quality of life, bolsters Canada’s international competitiveness and contributes to the training of the next generation of highly skilled professionals through student mentorship, teaching and research coordination.
Tier 1
Tier 1 Chairs, tenable for seven years and renewable once, are for outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields. For each Tier 1 Chair, the institution receives $200,000 annually for seven years.
Kim Anderson
Indigenous Relationality and Storied Practice
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Emma Allen-Vercoe
Human Gut Microbiome Function and Host Interactions
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Asim Biswas
Digital Agriculture
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Susan Brown
Collaborative Digital Scholarship
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Aicheng Chen
Electrochemistry and Nanoscience
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Lawrence Goodridge
Foodborne Pathogen Dynamics
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Nina Jones
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Manjusri Misra
Sustainable Biocomposites
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Jim Petrik
Translational Health and Clinical Research
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Carla Rice
Feminist Studies and Social Practice
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Anand Yethiraj
Experimental Physics
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Xin Zhou
Eukaryote Biodiversity Genomics
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Tier 2
Tier 2 Chairs, tenable for five years and renewable once, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field. For each Tier 2 Chair, the institution receives $100,000 annually for five years with an additional $20,000 annual research stipend for first-term Tier 2 Chairs.
Elif Acar
One Health Approaches to Statistical Modelling
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Christine Baes
Livestock Genomics
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Korryn Bodner
Advanced Epidemiology and Disease Modelling
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Clara Cho
Precision Nutrition
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Georgina Cox
Antimicrobial Resistance
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Ali Dehghantanha
Cyber Security and Threat Intelligence
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Giannina Descalzi
Neuroscience of Pain
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Jennifer Geddes-McAlister
Proteomics of Fungal Disease in One Health
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Leah Levac
Critical Community Engagement and Public Policy
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Diana Lewis
Indigenous Environmental Health Governance
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Jesse Popp
Indigenous Environmental Science
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Nicole Ricker
Systems Approaches to Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Mike Rogers
Food Nanotechnology
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Rebecca Shapiro
Microbial Functional Genomics and Synthetic Biology
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Graham Taylor
Machine Learning
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
