The Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program is a one-time initiative designed to support institutions in attracting world-leading researchers to address critical national and global challenges. Only candidates who are internationally based (both working and residing outside of Canada) at the time of the first intake application deadline are eligible to apply.

The Impact+ program emphasizes both research excellence and tangible impact. Impact+ Chairs will receive long-term funding and institutional supports that advance ambitious and transformative projects in Canada’s strategic priority areas, build and maintain exceptional research teams, and collaborate with partners across sectors and borders. Impact+ chairholders will drive the translation of discoveries into applications, commercialization and social and economic perks for Canada and the world, and develop the next generation of highly qualified personnel.

Sinai Health Research and its Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (LTRI) invite applications for full-time, Senior Investigator positions to advance transformational research programs that support the growth of the Canadian economy in one or more of the following priority areas:

- Health, including biotechnology
- Advanced digital technologies (AI, quantum, cybersecurity)

The nominee’s research area must demonstrably align with one or more of the categories listed above and the research priorities of Sinai Health Research. Two maximum award values are available: $8 million over eight years ($1M per year) or $4 million over eight years ($500k per year). In addition to Impact+ funding,



Sinai Health and LTRI provide competitive institutional support, including research space, access to world-class core facilities, and support for team building and trainee recruitment.

Appointments will be at the rank of Senior Investigator, with an anticipated start date between September 2026 and July 2027. At Sinai Health, Investigator and Senior Investigator are equivalent to tenure-track and senior faculty appointments at major research-intensive universities. Appointments will be associated with an academic appointment (to Associate or Full Professor) to an appropriate University of Toronto department.

Successful candidates will have an established, excellent, innovative and internationally recognized research trajectory and an outstanding, independent, externally funded research program. The candidate’s record of excellence in research should be demonstrated by a record of significant, sustained contributions and publications in top-ranked and field-relevant academic journals and internationally ranked presses, participation in professional associations through conference presentations and service work, obtaining competitive funding sources, and robust endorsements by referees of high standing. In keeping with the program’s objectives of research excellence and impact, successful candidates will have a strong record of research impact, including research translation, mobilization, and application with concrete economic and/or social benefits for a range of end users and stakeholders.

The salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Expatriate Canadians wishing to relocate to Canada are encouraged to apply.

📌 Canada Impact+ Research Chairs – Sinai Health (Toronto)
🏢 Sinai Health System
📍 Toronto