Interesting scholarships

Here is a list of scholarships that could interest you. You can also check the University’s scholarship répertoire.

Scholarship awards

• FRQNT:

  Scholarships page. You will find the master, PhD and post-doc pages, and more.

  FRQNT login page.
• CRSNG/NSERC:

  Description page PhD (ES-D). It also automatically subscribes you to the BESC-D scholarship, which is better. Finally, the BESC-Vanier is the best of all 3 scholarships and application must be filled in separately.

  Decription page master (BESC-M).

  Login page NSERC.
• Borealis:

  A fellowship for students in Canada studying machine learning.
• UNIQUE:

  Many choices. See their funding page.
• QBIN (Quebec Bio-Imaging Network):

  Support scholarships for Msc ($5k), PhD ($7k), and Postdocs ($7k). These scholarships cannot be held concurrently with a scholarship from a granting agency (e.g., FRQNT, NSERC). Students and their supervisor need to be members of QBIN. These scholarships are intended for applicants who have been enrolled in a MSc or PhD research program for one year or less. Find information. See also their conference allowance.

• See also the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP).

Travelling awards

• See the UNIQUE funding page mentionned above.

• The RBIQ offers travelling awards. See their competitions page.

Paper awards

• Releve Etoile Award from the FRQ: $1000 for best recently published paper by a trainee (need to be first or co-first author). Usually 2 deadlines per year (September 1st and March 1st). See FQR’s page.

• Brain Star Award: $1500 for best recently published scientific paper by a trainee (1 deadline per year, usually January). See CAN-ACN’s page.