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FRQS Research Scholars

2025-2026 Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS) salary award competitions:

Chercheurs-boursiers / chercheuses-boursières (CB)

Chercheurs-boursiers cliniciens / chercheuses-boursières cliniciennes (CC)

Chercheurs-boursiers / chercheuses-boursières de mérite (CHA)


Program Objectives

The FRQS Chercheurs-boursiers (CB) and Chercheurs-boursiers cliniciens (CC) salary awards are designed to support early and mid-career PhD scientists and clinician-scientists as they develop and grow their health research programs.

The Chercheurs-boursiers de mérite award recognizes the excellence of a select few among those graduating from the CB or CC programs (i.e. at the end of the FRQS Senior level).


Application Requirements

Please consult the FRQS website for details:

  • External site
  • External site
  • External site

Submission Deadlines

IMPORTANT:

  • All applications must be submitted through FRQnetby the deadlines below as set by 㽶Ƶ, and not the agency deadlines listed on the FRQS website.
  • McGill reviews and approves all submissions to FRQnet. Please be available to make edits after submitting.

Chercheurs-boursiers / Chercheuses-boursières AND
Chercheurs-boursiers / Chercheuses-boursières de mérite:

  • Pre-Request (closed): Monday, August 19th, 2024
  • Full Application (FRQnet): Friday, September 27th, 2024 (4PM)

Chercheurs-boursiers cliniciens / Chercheuses-boursières cliniciennes:

  • Pre-Request (closed): Monday, August 19th, 2024
  • Full Application (FRQnet): Monday, October 7th, 2024 (4PM)

Support and Resources

The Research Office of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences administers all applications from across 㽶Ƶ.

  • Researchers from all McGill Faculties may contact riac.med [at] mcgill.ca for support.
  • Our office reviews and approves all submissions to FRQnet. Please be available to make edits after submitting.
Resource Details
Internal Peer Review (optional) UReview Deadlines
Library of Successful Proposals riac.med [at] mcgill.ca (subject: FRQS-CB%20Library%20of%20Successful%20Proposals) (Make a Request)
Detailed Contributions Download Template
external link Co-organized by the FMHS Research Office
and Department of Medicine

Guidelines for McGill Applicants:

Eligibility

  • All applicants must hold a faculty appointment at McGill, and all applications must be approved by the Department Head/School Director and the Faculty Dean.New employees must have a signed Letter of Offer by the Full Application deadline, with an employment start date no later than the FRQ award start date (i.e. July 1 of the following year).
  • Applicants may not hold a similar startup grant (e.g. CIHR New Investigator award) or external career award (e.g. CRC, CERC). Holding other operating grants or internal career awards (e.g. William Dawson Scholar) is allowed.

Classification

  • Classification as Junior 1, Junior 2, or Senior is based on years of experience conducting independent research. The Research Experience section of the FRQS program page describes when the "clock" starts ticking (i.e. when an applicant is classified as Junior 1 with 0 years of experience, on July 1st of the calendar year).
  • Classification is confirmed by FRQS in the Pre-Request response.

Institutional Approval

  • All submissions to FRQnet are checked by the FMHS Research Office before final approval. Please be available to make edits after submitting, and promptly respond to any emails from riac.med [at] mcgill.ca.
  • This award comes with University salary commitments, including,i) covering the cost of benefits not provided by the award, and ii) long-term employment for Senior award recipients. Within FMHS,Academic Affairs secures a Letter of Guarantee for all non-tenure track applicants. Other Faculties may have their own approval process. Applicants will be notified if there are any issues to resolve.

Language of Submission

  • For the Pre-Request,the application title must be submitted in French, while the rest of the application may be submitted in English or French.
  • For the Full Application,the application title and a brief public summary (Résumé destiné au grand public) must be submitted in French, while the rest of the application may be submitted in English or French.
  • An additional (optional) document may be uploaded under "Autres Documents" to translate the application title and public summary from French to English ("titre et resuméen anglais").

Detailed Contributions

  • The "Detailed Contributions" document has specific formatting guidelines that aredifferent from files uploaded under Autres Documents.Please use the Detailed Contributions templatedevelopped by the McGill FMHS Research Office,and consult the FRQS "Instructions for the Detailed Contributions" PDF in the Toolboxpop-up at the bottom of each FRQS program page.
  • The section for Student Supervision must include co-supervision (particularly for Junior 1 applicants).
  • Uploading or updatingthe Detailed Contributions is possible directly inside FRQnet after navigatingback/away from the main application.

Autres Documents

  • Format: Please use the following format to name all uploaded files: "LastName_FRQPIN_DocumentTitle.pdf"
    • Please add your "Last Name, First Name" to the header (top-right), and the document title the footer (bottom-left), for all uploaded files.
    • The file size of the collated document should be maximum 2MB. If a PDF file to be attached is too large, please reduce the file size as much as possible with free tools on the web, and ensure submitted files do not appear blurry.
  • Letters of Award:part of the required documents for the Full Application includes: “Copies of award notices for scholarships and grants received...” which should be uploaded to the Full Application as a single collated documented under the “Autres documents” section. It is important start collecting these letters early since copies can take time to collect, especially for award/grant co-applicants.
  • Re-submission:please briefly address each past reviewer comment (no page limit).

Directors of University Research Centres or Departments

  • This form should be completed by the person who is best acquainted with the applicant's available facilities and research context. However, applicants must always enter the PIN/NIP of their DEPARTMENT CHAIR in FRQnet (due to University manpower and resource implications).
    • If the Department Chair delegates the writing and submission of this letter in FRQnet (e.g. to a Research Centre Director), riac.med [at] mcgill.ca must be informed/consulted beforehand.
  • Please ensure that the percentage of time allocation provided in the Formulaire du Directeur (i.e. in the Tasks and Responsibilities section) aligns with the information presented in the Full Application (i.e. in the Admissibility section).

    Letters of Support

    How to Submit in FRQnet:

    • Authors must login/setup their FRQnet portal and enter the applicant's FRQ PIN/NIP to submit. As soon as possible, applicants should confirm their NIP/PIN and email address with authors, and have authors login/setup their FRQnet accounts, to avoid technical issues later on.
    • An FRQNet account may be created from the FRQNet login page by clicking “Créer un compte”. An EDI survey must then be i) completed, and ii) transmitted, to access the forms/competitions. (Tip: authors can find their own NIP/PIN on the top horizontal bar in their FRQnet portal).
    • Once the applicant enters the author’s email address into their Full Application in FRQNet, the author receives an email with instructions to submit a Letter of Support (the author's email address must be the same one used to create their FRQNet account).

    For Junior 1 applicants:

    • Mentors, Department Chairs, and Research Centre Directors should be identifiedand contactedearly in the application process.
    • The PDF versions of the the electronic forms are accessible on the FRQS program pages. Please consult and share the PDFs for early planning.
    • Authors should review applicants'respective Evaluation Grids to determine the most relevant information to include in their letters. Evaluation Grids may be accessed through theToolbox pop-up at the bottom of each FRQS program page.

    Contribution santé durable

    For Chercheurs-boursiers cliniciens (CC) AND Chercheurs-boursiers de mérite (CHA):

    • FRQS collects data from this section of the Full Application for reporting purposes only. This section is not shared with evaluation committees.
    • Please use the drop-down menus to select research objectives, areas of action, and preferred domains. Please also describe, in a few lines, how your research contributes to sustainable health.

    Research Funding Checklist

    • A Research Funding Checklist is required by the Full Application deadline, fully signed by the applicant and Department Chair. Applicants are contacted by riac.med with a pre-filled template following the FRQS response to the Pre-Request.

    Peer Review

    • Internal Peer Review is optional and available via UReview for the Pre-Request (Research Summary only) and Full Application.
    • Eligibility: applicants located at McGill campus, the RI-MUHC, and St. Mary’s Hospital are eligible for internal review through UReview. Applicants from other units have their own internal review programs.
    • Note: the Research Summary (Résumé du programme) is a 1-page section of the Pre-Request and Full Application which summarizes the objectives, methodological approach, and relevance of the proposed work.
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