Faculty Appointments

In order to be considered for a BME appointment, all applicants must demonstrate supervisory competence by providing evidence of a quality training environment for students (e.g. possessing appropriate laboratory space, research equipment, and adequate funding, being able to provide mentorship/training, etc). Furthermore, the type of training provided must be meaningful within the scope of the biomedical engineering discipline (i.e. training should advance the biomedical engineering skills of the trainee). Please note that while BME fosters cross-functional collaboration and research, collaboration itself does not provide a sufficient rationale for Faculty appointment, nor does it warrant appointment consideration.

Applicants must also meet the following additional requirements:

• Hold a tenured (or tenure-track) position within an academic unit at the University of Toronto or hold a Scientist, Senior Scientist, or Clinician-Scientist position within a clinical unit at a University of Toronto affiliate hospital.
• Have access to independent or shared lab space that is up and running for appropriate graduate training.
• Have funding support from at least one Tri-Agency (NSERC/CIHR/SSHRC) for a researcher that has been at the University for at least five years or start-up/operational funding from a hospital division/home department for a new researcher with a Scientist position.
• Demonstrated experience supervising students in the engineering discipline.
• Meet the requirements of an independent investigator as defined by CIHR.