Postdoctoral Training for Foreign Applicants

Lyse Bourbonnais
(514) 873-2114
Ext. 224

Eligible applicants

-Applicants with a doctoral degree (Ph.D.)

-Citizens of other countries wishing to do postdoctoral training in Québec

Not eligible: incumbents of a university position

Terms and conditions

-Must pursue full-time postdoctoral training in health sciences research

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

-Choose a host university different from the one which awarded the Doctorate

-Choose a supervisor and a co-supervisor different from that of the Doctorate

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.

Postdoctoral Training for Foreign Applicants

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-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 doctoral transcripts or a certified copy of the original (except for applications for renewal).

-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

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.

Postdoctoral Training for Foreign Applicants

Choice of training location

Must be a Quebec-recognized research environment

Postdoctoral Training for Foreign Applicants

Effective starting date

Between April 1 and September 30, 2011

Duration

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

Postdoctoral Training for Foreign Applicants

Amount

$30,000/year

Administration

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

Postdoctoral Training for Foreign Applicants

Authorized paid work

Maximum of 250 hours per 6-month period

Requires the research supervisor's permission and the work must not interfere with the awardee’s research activities.

Institution or supervisor

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

Postdoctoral Training for Foreign Applicants

Process

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

Criteria

First application

Academic record

-Awards

-Honours

-Distinctions

Aptitudes and experience

-Lectures and presentations

-Publications

-Internship abroad

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 postdoctoral training

-Advancement with respect to methodology and discipline

-Justification for renewal and potential for successful outcome

-Research supervisor's evaluation

Achievements since the start of postdoctoral training

-Lectures and presentations

-Publications

Postdoctoral Training for Foreign Applicants

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 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.

Postdoctoral Training for Foreign Applicants

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

Postdoctoral Training for Foreign Applicants

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.

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

Société québécoise d’hypertension artérielle (SQHA)

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.