Professional Postgraduate Training in Research (Fellowship)

Lyse Bourbonnais
(514) 873-2114
Ext. 224

Eligible applicants

-Applicants with a professional university degree in healthcare and a valid licence to practise in Québec.

-Canadian citizens or permanent residents, domiciled in Québec (as defined in the Common Rules and Regulations, art. 1.1) as of the date the fellowship becomes effective, or by latest June 30, 2011

Not eligible: Those who hold an academic position, unless they take unpaid leave for the duration of the training award. An official letter confirming their employment status for the period and stating that they will resume their position once the training is completed should be provided by the employer.

Terms and conditions

-Must devote at least 75% of his/her time to the research project

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

Basic training in research ethics

Basic training in research ethics is compulsory for all FRSQ awardees when their research project involves human subjects.

The term "research project involving human subjects" applies when the research project involves:

-living human subjects

-cadavers, human remains, tissues, biological fluids, gametes, embryos or fetuses, cells or genetic materials

-personal information on file. Personal information is defined as information that enables a person to be identified.

This basic training consists of successful completion of Levels 1 and 3 of the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux On-line Tutorial in Research Ethics.

Awardees must complete this basic training within a year of receipt of a positive response concerning the FRSQ award.

FRSQ encourages awardees to obtain, when possible, one-credit research ethics training in addition to the compulsory basic training in research ethics.

Professional Postgraduate Training in Research (Fellowship)

e-documents

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

Applicant

-Canadian Common CV (full CV)

-Application form entitled Bourses de formation

Research supervisor (and co-supervisors, 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 (except for renewal applications)

-Copies of all award notices received, including the FRSQ awards, during the past four years

-Confirmations from publishers regarding manuscripts submitted and agreement to publish

-Proof of membership in a professional corporation and of licence to practise in Québec, submitted by June 30, 2011, and each subsequent year, for the duration of the award

-Copy of permanent resident card, if applicable, submitted by June 30, 2011

Application update

The post office stamp, fax or e-mail transmission date is proof of the document filing date.

Articles in journals with peer-review committees may be updated until November 30, 2010.

Confirmation

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

Professional Postgraduate Training in Research (Fellowship)

Choice of training location

Must be an internationally-recognized training environment (Canada or other countries)

Change of training location

Fellows wishing to change their training location must send the FRSQ a written request stating the reasons for the change and describing the new research project.

The new research supervisor must

-provide the FRSQ with written agreement to supervise the Fellow

-send the FRSQ a paper copy of his/her Common Canadian CV (full CV)

Professional Postgraduate Training in Research (Fellowship)

Effective starting date

Between April 1 and September 30, 2011.

Duration

2 years, with the possibility of renewal for a third year

Parental leave

Fellows are entitled to a maximun of 6 months of paid parental leave (maternity, paternity or adoption), in which case the duration of the fellowship will be extended by a maximum of 6 months. If both parents are Fellows, 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.

Professional Postgraduate Training in Research (Fellowship)

Amount

$25 024 - $39 323 $/year, depending on the year the professional degree was earned.

Awards granted for internships out of Québec are adjusted upwards of an amount of $15,000.

Administration

The awards are paid in instalments at the Fellow'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.

Parental leave

See Duration of fellowship

Professional Postgraduate Training in Research (Fellowship)

Authorized paid work

A Fellow may supplement his/her income through professional activities, provided that he/she devotes at least 75% of his/her time to research or research training and that the source of the income is not a FRSQ grant.

Institution or supervisor

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

Concurrent funding

See Common Rules and Regulations, art. 6.13

Travel expenses

The researcher may be entitled to reimbursement of travel costs – one return ticket in economy class – upon presentation of supporting documents.

Professional Postgraduate Training in Research (Fellowship)

Process

All applications are reviewed by committees of experts representing various health disciplines and methodologies.

Criteria

Fisrt application

Academic record

-Awards

-Honours

-Distinctions

Aptitudes and experience

-Lectures and presentations

-Publications

Research project

-Clear, concise background for research problem

-Clarity and agreement between hypotheses and objectives

-Relevant methods and analysis

-Feasibility

-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 related to student training record

Criteria

Renewal application

Research project’s state of advancement since the start of that Professional Postgraduate Training in Research (Fellowship)

-Advancement with respect to methodology and discipline

-Justification for renewal and potential for successful outcome

-Research supervisor's evaluation

Achievements since the start of professional postdoctoral training

-Lectures and presentations

-Publications

Professional Postgraduate Training in Research (Fellowship)

In accepting this award, the applicant agrees to observe the Common Rules and Regulations, the Policy regarding open access to published research outputs as well as the terms and conditions stipulated in this program description.

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

The Fellow 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 fellowship.

Professional Postgraduate Training in Research (Fellowship)

The research supervisor agrees to oversee the Fellow's work and to provide the material and financial resources required for the research project.

Professional Postgraduate Training in Research (Fellowship)

FRSQ offers a certain number of awards in collaboration with its partners. The portion of financing from the FRSQ and the partner respectively, as well as other funding features such as the duration of the award and renewal options, if any, may vary according to the agreement entered into with each partner.

There is a four-step process for selecting applicants eligible for partnership funding:

1) Applicants select a partner or partners from a list. The applicants must be involved in research in the fields targeted by the potential partner(s). See the Partenaires page of the form.

2) The FRSQ transmits an anonymous list of applicants to the partner(s) for evaluation of how the proposed research fits in with the field(s) of research and the research priorities of the partner(s)

3) The FRSQ receives a list of the applicants approved by the partner(s)

4) Further to review by a peer committee or expert committee, the applicants who obtained the rank of excellence for scientific merit may be selected by the FRSQ for an offer of partnership funding

As with all FRSQ awards, partnership awards are granted by merit and applications are subject to scientific review by an expert committee or a peer committee and to the FRSQ’s standards of excellence.

Child health

Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP)

Applicant must submit also an application to the CCHCSP.

Chiropractic

-Fondation de recherche chiropratique du Québec

-Ordre des chiropraticiens du Québec

Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC)

Hypertension
(Ph.D. only)

Société québécoise d’hypertension artérielle (SQHA)

Kidney health
(Ph.D. only)

-The Kidney Foundation of Canada - KRESCENT Research Program
(Kidney Research Scientist Core Education and National Training)

The applicant must also submit an application to the KRESCENT Program.

-Canadian Society of Nephrology

Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada

Applicant must also submit an application to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.

Optimal drug use

Conseil du médicament

Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson Society Canada (PSC)

Applicant must also submit an application to the Parkinson Society of Canada.

Perinatology

Integrated Research Network in Perinatology of Quebec and Eastern Ontario (IRNPQEO)

Applicant must also submit an application to the IRNPQEO.