Award 271439-CA
Research Chairs in Environmental, Food, and Health Studies
- COMPETITION OPEN
- Awards to be taken up in the 2027-2028 Academic Year
- Applications accepted until September 15, 2026
- The next competition, for awards to be taken up in the 2028-2029 Academic Year, will open in February 2026
- US$25,000 for 4 months
- Grants begin in either September 2027 or January 2028
- Fulbright Canada Program Officer, Recruitment
- Formal letters of invitation should not be sought; however, applicants are encouraged to contact the institution to discuss research interests.
Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Mental Health and Marginalized Communities, Adler University
Adler University
Vancouver Campus
Clinical Psychology
Counselling Psychology
Counselling Art Therapy
Industrial Organizational Psychology
Health and Wellness
Adler University (Vancouver, British Columbia) will host a visiting scholar who is working in the field of mental health with marginalized communities. The University’s namesake, Alfred Adler, was one of the first practitioners to write about the social determinants of health and of mental health. Grounded in his scholarship and the enduring principle of Gemeinshcaftsgefuhl – a deep sense of social interest and mutual responsibility – we prepare students to be global leaders who improve health outcomes through applied research, community cocreation and immersive education. With this in hand, the successful Fulbright candidate will engage with faculty and students from these various fields and, possibly, one or more of our various community partners who are critical to the scholar/practitioner model which guides our work. Some guest lecturing will be scheduled in addition to a Fulbright Public Lecture.
Specializations: Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Art Therapy, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Environmental Health, Health Policy, Child & Youth Mental Health.
Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Water, McGill University
The Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair in Water is focused on addressing the water issues important to Canada and the USA. The Chair will be located in the Brace Water Centre, providing a gateway to water-related research, training and outreach activities at McGill. Canada and the USA possess a unique water relationship, sharing many waterways and water governance. These include equitable and integrated water resource management to meet human, agricultural, industrial, and ecological demands; Indigenous rights and Traditional Knowledge; the regulation of contaminants including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and nanomaterials; adapting to changing hydrological cycles and ensuring resilience in water systems. The Brace Water Centre was established in 1959 and seeks to advance sustainable water resource management through resilience-enhancing research and innovation. While at McGill, the Chair is expected to conduct high quality research, develop collaborations and contribute to the Brace Water Centre through participation in meetings, seminars and events. The Chair will also deliver the annual Fulbright Water Lecture focused on their water research.
Specializations: Water Security; Water Sovereignty; Circular Water Economy; Flood Hazard and Risk Assessment; Water Governance and Management; Water Diplomacy; Arctic Water Issues; Water Innovation Systems; Indigenous Peoples.
Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Mental Health and Societal Wellbeing, McMaster University
The Faculty of Social Sciences will host a visiting scholar who will be able to work within a range of mental health areas from both an academic and community standpoint. They are seeking someone with research interests in the social experiences, social determinants and societal consequences of mental health and illness from a social science perspective. Successful candidates will engage with faculty members in a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary programs. As one of Canada’s leading universities, known for its innovation and research intensiveness, McMaster University offers visiting scholars exciting and unique opportunities for research, education and collaboration.
Specializations: Areas of central concern include critical perspectives on mental health and illness, navigating life transitions and mental health, mental health and resilience, and the implications of new technologies and mental wellbeing.
Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Health and Environmental Education, University of Calgary
The Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Health and Environmental Education will have the opportunity to explore connections between human health and the environment through a transdisciplinary educational lens. Potential areas of inquiry include the intersections of technology, health, and environmental education; energy development, health, and environmental education; health and environmental (in)justice; health and climate change education; experiential approaches to health and environmental education; pollution and health education; and collaborative community, public health, and environmental initiatives. Other related topics will be considered. The Visiting Research Chair in Health and Environmental Education will have the opportunity to explore a specific project of interest, share their current and projected research through public seminars and guest lectures, meet with a graduate research group composed of students with similar interests, and potentially collaborate on research if mutually agreeable. The scholar will work with specialists in environmental education and communication and science, technology, and society interested in identifying explicit connections between health and environmental concerns.
Specializations: Environmental education, public health, community health, health education and communication.
Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Food Security, University of Guelph
Global food security occurs when all people have access to sufficient, affordable, safe and healthy food to meet their needs, and this food is produced and distributed in a sustainable way. A growing world population, along with the rise in extreme weather events, and geopolitical instability, represent intersecting threats to this goal; moving towards global food security means we must produce more nutritious food while reducing the environmental impact of our food production systems. This will require collaboration between academia, government, industry and civil society; entrepreneurship across the agri-food system; innovation in research and teaching; and applied partnerships to create impact.
This Chair’s objective is advance this goal - to generate effective and innovative contributions in research and teaching, to mobilize knowledge, and to work collaboratively with policy-makers, industry and civil society to reduce hunger and achieve food security in Canada and across the Global North and Global South. Thematically, activities will deal with issues of sustainable food availability and supply, food access, food use and global food system efficiencies.
The University of Guelph is renowned in Canada and around the world as a research-intensive and learner-centered institution, committed to open learning, internationalism and collaboration. There is food related expertise embedded within all 7 colleges of the University but particularly in the Ontario Agricultural College which has a long history of teaching, research and service in food and agriculture topics. The Arrell Food Institute acts as a hub for initiatives related to food in all aspects.
Prospective candidates are encouraged to make informal enquiries once they have identified an area of activity, and potential collaborators from within the AFI network.
Specializations: Food Sustainability, environment smart food systems, food safety & authenticity, food sovereignty, hunger alleviation, health/food , food environment, agricultural systems, hospitality management, consumer trends, food trade & supply chains, food cultures/policies.
Fulbright Canada Research Chair in One Health, University of Guelph
The most serious issues facing humans, animals and the environment cannot be solved within current disciplinary silos. At the University of Guelph (UG), transdisciplinary One Health research and training brings disciplines together and leverages knowledge generation to benefit society.
This Research Chair will employ and extend the One Health framework in innovative ways, using approaches drawn from the spectrum of interdisciplinary areas under the One Health umbrella. These areas include research into diseases arising at the interface of human and animal populations and their shared environments, food safety and security, antimicrobial use and resistance, and sustainable agriculture, among others.
This Research Chair will contribute to the training of researchers and veterinarians, providing them with an understanding of the power of the One Health framework for addressing global health challenges. The Chair will have an opportunity to engage with a variety of One Health stakeholders including agri-food industries, federal and provincial human and animal health agencies, as well as drawing upon productive partnerships with research teams and centres at UG: the One Health Institute, Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, the Cooperative Wildlife Health Cooperative and the Bench to Bedside Institute for Translational Health Research and Innovation.
Specializations: Zoonosis, disease surveillance, predictive health analytics, food and water safety, antimicrobial resistance, human and animal well-being, comparative medicine, translational medicine, eco-health, wildlife conservation, ecosystem resilience.
Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Mental Health, University of Victoria
The theme of Mental Health reflects the University of Victoria’s (UVic) unique strengths in research which has real-world impact on mental wellbeing. UVic ranks #1 among comprehensive universities in medical/science grants per faculty (Maclean’s 2025). UVic hosts the Chief Mungo Martin Research Chair in Indigenous Mental Health, the only research chair to develop mental-wellness research and learning that is informed by engagement with Indigenous partners and communities. Over 30 UVic researchers are part of the Aspiration Research Cluster in Mental Health, a network of researchers and external partners committed to advancing mental health care through a holistic, interdisciplinary approach. UVic’s research centres, including the Canadian Institute of Substance Use Research and the Institute of Aging and Lifelong Health, include research intersecting with mental health with the goals of working closely with community to promote health and reduce harm.
The UVic Fulbright Chair holder should propose research that is focused on mental health, which will augment UVic’s research strengths in areas including neuroscience, clinical psychology and public health. The expectation is that the Chair will share their leading-edge knowledge through a variety of formats with UVic colleagues and relevant communities beyond the university.
Specializations: Mental health; neuroscience; clinical psychology; public health; neurocognition; social policy; addictions; substance use; brain injury; mood disorders; anxiety disorders; depression; stroke.
Fulbright Canada Chair in Sustainable Resources and Environmental Human Health, University of Windsor
Faculty of Science
School of the Environment
The Faculty of Science is committed to providing a comprehensive education and fostering cutting edge research and innovation within various scientific disciplines distributed across six Departments and two Schools: Integrative Biology, Biomedical Science, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Computer Science, Economics, Environment, Mathematics & Statistics, and Physics. Each of these Departments and Schools is actively engaged in scholarship related to environmental sustainability, and its implications for human health through several key initiatives. A few of these initiatives are emphasized by the Faculty of Science and further strengthen our distinct, broad, and multidisciplinary academic units: (i) the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER), a multidisciplinary institute which addresses and connects complex environmental issues from genes to ecosystems on large lakes and their watersheds, (ii) the WE-SPARK Health Institute, which offers opportunity for partnerships from across the Windsor-Essex region at the nexus of environment, human health, and sustainability, and (iii) the National Urban Park Hub (UW-NUPH), which is Canada’s first research, teaching, and community engagement project focused on a national urban park within the Great Lakes watershed, and supported by Parks Canada. In addition, the University of Windsor has established partnerships through the new United Nations Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) on education for sustainable development in the Detroit-Windsor region.
The selected Fulbright Chair will be integrated into an innovative and collegial academic environment that emphasizes applied research, experiential learning, and community engagement within the Faculty of Science. The Chair will be expected to engage in research aligned with ongoing scholarship, mentor students, and contribute to academic curriculum, teaching, and program development.
The Fulbright scholar will have access to state-of-the-art research facilities, support for field work, cross-disciplinary collaborative opportunities with environment and sustainability scientists, environmental policy experts, and engagement with local and regional environmental initiatives. Additional grant activities may include guest lectures, public outreach, and interdisciplinary seminars.
Specializations: Aspects of environmental science, sustainability studies, environmental change policy, ecological restoration, environmental health, One Health within the above-described Departments and Schools in the Faculty of Science.