Master's or Doctoral Training for Medical Students
(MD-M.Sc., MD-Ph.D.)

Lyse Bourbonnais
(514) 873-2114
Ext. 224

Eligible applicants

-Applicants with a university undergraduate degree

-Canadian citizens or permanent residents (as defined in the Common Rules and Regulations, art. 1.1) domiciled in Québec for at least one year

Terms and conditions

-Must be enrolled

-Must submit a research project that can be completed within a maximum of 2 years (M.Sc.) or 3 years (Ph.D.).

-Must be supervised by an independent investigator (as defined in the Common Rules and Regulations, art. 1.2).

Master's or Doctoral Training for Medical Students
(MD-M.Sc., MD-Ph.D.)

e-documents

Please make sure to transmit your e-documents to the FRSQ.

Applicant

-Application form entitled Bourses de formation

Research supervisor (and co-supervisor, if applicable)

-Canadian Common CV (full CV)

-Form entitled Section du directeur ou codirecteur / Annexe aux bourses de formation

Paper documents

The post office stamp or fax transmission date is proof of the document filing date.

Mailing address

FRSQ
500, Sherbrooke St. West
Suite 800
Montreal (Québec)
H3A 3C6

Applicant

-Official academic transcripts from the registrar’s office for all university courses taken, whether completed or not

-Copies of award notices received, other than FRSQ awards, during the past four years

-Confirmations from publishers regarding manuscripts submitted and agreement to publish

-Certified copy of permanent resident card, if applicable

Application update

Articles in journals with peer-review committees may be updated until November 30, 2007.

Confirmation

Applicant will receive e-mail confirmation of receipt of application.

Master's or Doctoral Training for Medical Students
(MD-M.Sc., MD-Ph.D.)

Master's award

2 years, non-renewable

Doctoral award

6 years, at least 3 of which are devoted to full-time research

Parental leave

Awardees are entitled to a maximum of 6 months of paid parental leave (maternity, paternity or adoption), in which case the duration of the award will be extended by a maximum of 6 months. If both parents are awardees, only one of them is entitled to paid parental leave.

An applicant who wishes to take parental leave must have held the award for at least 4 months, unless he or she is already receiving an award from the FRSQ.

Awardees must give the FRSQ written notice of their intention to take parental leave, accompanied by a statement from their research director confirming that their training is being suspended for parental leave.

The paternity leave cannot begin before the first week of the child’s birth. The awardee must attach a copy of the birth certificate to his application.

Sick leave

The awardee may defer the award in case of serious illness (his or her own or the illness of a close family member) upon presentation of a medical certificate that includes the precise length of leave prescribed by the physician. Payments will be suspended during that period.

Master's or Doctoral Training for Medical Students
(MD-M.Sc., MD-Ph.D.)

Master's award

$15,000/year

Quota

-One new award per year, per university

Doctoral award

$20,000/year for 3 years of full-time enrolment in a research program

$10,000/year for 3 years during which the awardee completes the research project or pursues research activities (seminars, thesis writing) concurrently with medical studies

Quota

-One new award per year, per university

Administration

The awards are paid in instalments at the applicant's training location.

Income Tax

The awardee is responsible for paying the income tax due on amounts received from the FRSQ. No taxes are withheld at source by the FRSQ on amounts disbursed during the tax year in question.

The date the amount is granted determines the year in which the awardee must declare the amounts received as income for personal tax calculations.

Revenue Canada's T4A form and Revenue Québec's form 1 are sent to the awardee's mailing address (the one shown in the candidate’s module /module du candidat) in February of the following year of taxation.

The details provided in this form are for information purposes only. The FRSQ is not responsible for the validity of the information given about income tax.

Revenue Québec
These awards are not taxable.

Revenue Canada
These awards are taxable. However, when a study program entitles the individual to claim the education tax credit, the award is no longer taxable.

Parental leave

See Duration of award

Master's or Doctoral Training for Medical Students
(MD-M.Sc., MD-Ph.D.)

Institution or supervisor

The awardee may accept additional funding from the institution or his/her research supervisor.

Concurrent funding

See Common Rules and Regulations, art. 6.13

Training period abroad
(Ph.D.)

FRSQ Doctoral Training awardees interested in doing a research training term in a scientific environment outside Québec may apply for additional funding.

This training must

-take place during the years of full-time research training

-be approved by the research supervisor

-complement the applicant’s research program

Application deadlines

January 15, May 15 and September 15, 2008
for decisions to be announced in March, July and November, 2008

Required documents

-Application form

-Attestation from the host institution that it accepts the applicant, with a description of the his/her research activities and the supervision to be provided

-Attestation of the Québec research supervisor's acceptance of the training environment, describing how the training term abroad will complement the applicant’s research program

Review criteria

-Quality of project proposal and its relevance to the applicant’s training program

-Quality of training environment

-Feasibility of achieving the training objectives within the proposed time frame

Master's or Doctoral Training for Medical Students
(MD-M.Sc., MD-Ph.D.)

Process

Each university names a committee of experts to review applications and submit recommendations to the FRSQ.

Criteria

Academic record

-Excellence of academic record

-Awards

-Honours and distinctions

Aptitudes and experience

-Lectures and poster presentations

-Publications

-Research training programs

Research project

-Clear, concise background for research problem

-Clarity and agreement between hypotheses and objectives

-Relevant methods and analysis

-Originality of project and contribution to the advancement of knowledge

Training environment

-Justification of the choice of the candidate

-Quality of supervisor's publication record

-Quality of supervisor's student training record

Quality of training program

Master's or Doctoral Training for Medical Students
(MD-M.Sc., MD-Ph.D.)

In accepting this award, the awardee agrees to observe the Common Rules and Regulations, as well as the terms and conditions stipulated in this Program Description.

The award will be revoked if the awardee fails to observe these rules.

The awardee must notify the FRSQ of his/her acceptance of the award within 30 days of receiving the offer.

Failure to give notice of acceptance will be regarded as refusal of the award.

The awardee agrees to provide official proof of enrolment from the Registrar's Office at the start of each academic year.

Master's or Doctoral Training for Medical Students
(MD-M.Sc., MD-Ph.D.)

The research supervisor (MD-M.Sc. or MD-Ph.D.) agrees to oversee the awardee’s work and to provide the material and financial resources required for the research project.