<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-b6bb7ae5-7fff-bfaf-7dfe-3649629bc522"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Institute for Space Science, Exploration and Technology (ISSET) at the University of Alberta is seeking nominations for the </span><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/impact-plus-chairs.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Canada Global Impact+ Research Chairs Program</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, a CAD$1.7B fund from the Government of Canada dedicated to recruitment of international talent to Canadian research universities. The University of Alberta is soliciting nominations for Associate and Full Professors, or equivalent rank. Successful chair awardees would receive funding for eight years of 1 million dollar a year, plus an option for a 4-year renewal at $500k CAD per year. ISSET seeks to nominate candidates within priority research topics for the program including, but not limited to: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">advanced digital technology, dual-research and defense, and environmental science</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. Within these topics, relevant space and environmental science research areas include, but are not limited to: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">terrestrial and planetary environments including climate science, ionospheres and space weather, spacecraft or instrument hardware development, smart materials for space applications, and propulsion engineering</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. Future solicitations of assistant professor, post doctoral, and graduate student awards will be shared at a later date. An internal University assessment, resulting in the selection of candidates to be nominated into the national competition, is the process through which these Global Impact+ Chairs are to be awarded. Internal nomination is strongly suggested for the successful consideration of candidates. Please contact </span><a href="mailto:isset@ualberta.ca" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">isset@ualberta.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">for more details and</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> if interested by </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">January 26th, 2026</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>