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
- Application Requirements
- Submission Deadlines
- Support and Resources
- Guidelinesfor Applicants
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:
Submission Deadlines (Closed)
Anticipated Award Announcement:Late April, 2025
IMPORTANT:
- All applications must be submitted through FRQnetby the deadlines below as set by , and not the agency deadlines listed on the FRQS website.
- 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 (FRQnet): Monday, August 19th, 2024
- Internal Peer Review(optional): August 5th, 2024(comments expected within 1 week)
- Full Application (FRQnet): Friday, September 27th, 2024 (4PM)
- Internal Peer Review (optional): September 6th, 2024(comments expected within 2weeks)
Chercheurs-boursiers cliniciens / Chercheuses-boursières cliniciennes:
- Pre-Request(FRQnet): Monday, August 19th, 2024
- Internal Peer Review (optional): August 5th, 2024 (comments expected within 1 week)
- Full Application (FRQnet): Monday, October 7th, 2024 (4PM)
- Internal Peer Review (optional): September 16th, 2024(comments expected within 2 weeks)
Support and Resources
The Research Office of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences administers all applications from across .
- Researchers from all 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 |
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Internal Peer Review (optional) | Deadlines |
Library of Successful Proposals | riac.med [at] mcgill.ca (subject: FRQS-CB%20Library%20of%20Successful%20Proposals) (Make a Request) |
Detailed Contributions | Download Template |
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Guidelines for Applicants:
The guidelines below follow the general timeline of the applicationprocess, from pre-award to post-award:
Eligibility
- All applicants must hold a faculty appointment at , 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
- Please use the templatedevelopped by the FMHS Research Office,and consult the FRQS "Instructions for the Detailed Contributions" PDF in the Toolboxon each FRQS program page.
- The Student Supervision section should include Co-supervision (particularly for Junior 1 applicants).
- The List of Publications section should have 'acceptance notices from editors' appended for any 'accepted and in press reviewed articles'.
- Uploading or updatingthe Detailed Contributions is possible directly inside FRQnet after navigatingback/away from the main application.
Internal Peer Review
- Internal Peer Review is optional and available for the Pre-Request (Research Summary only) and Full Application.
- Eligibility: applicants located at campus, the RI-MUHC, and St. Mary’s Hospital are eligible for internal review. 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.
Formatting of Uploaded Documents
- Please use the following format for all uploaded documents (except for the Detailed Contributions):
- Filename: "LastName_FRQPIN_DocumentTitle.pdf"
- Headers: "Last Name, First Name"
- Footers: "Document Title"and "Page Number"
- File size: maximum 2MB
Copies of Award Notices
- Copies of award notices for all scholarships and grants received, except for FRQS awards, must be uploaded in a single fileunder "Autres Documents" for the Full Application:
- From the past 4 years for CB and CHA
- From the past 5 years for CC
Resubmissions
- Please briefly address each past reviewer comment (2 pages max).
Directors of University Research Centres or Departments Form
- This form should be completed by the Department Chair, or the person who is best acquainted with the applicant's available facilities and research context (e.g. to a Research Centre Director).
- While the Department Chair may delegatethe writing of this letter, they must approve the application and itscontents due to University manpower and resource implications. Any delegation agreement must be communicated to riac.med [at] mcgill.ca.
- Please ensure that the percentage of time allocation provided in the Tasks and Responsibilities sectionaligns with the information presented in the Admissibility section of the Full Application.
Letters of Support 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.
How to Submit Letters of Support 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.
- 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).
Contribution santé durable
- 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.
- An optional form may also be uploaded under "Autres Documents" (the formulairesanté durable).
Research Funding Checklist
- A Research Funding Checklist is required by the Full Application deadline, fully signed by the applicant and Department Chair. Applicants will be contacted by riac.med [at] mcgill.ca with a pre-filled template following the FRQS response to the Pre-Request.
Research Ethics Meetings
- All awardees must attend a Research Ethics Committee meeting (per instructions in the FRQS Award Letter).
- Please contact the FMHS Institutional Review Board(FMHS REB representatives) to schedule your attendance at an upcoming meeting by the deadline indicated in the FRQS Award Letter.
- It is also possible to attend other Research Ethics meetings at or affiliated hospitals, or other private IRBs (for a fee). Please contact riac.med [at] mcgill.ca for further guidance or resources.
Accepting the Award
- For awards including a grant portion, awardees must first accept the Salary Award in FRQnet before the grant portion appears with options to make modifications.
- Notices of Awardfor the grantportion are available in FRQnet as of mid-June / early July.
Declaration Solonelle
- Some awardees are required to submit a solemn declaration co-signed by the awardee and the Dean's officeconfirming working knowledge of the French language. Please check for this requirement in FRQnet, under the section "The grant is accepted by the candidate but remains conditional upon receipt of certain documents"; if required, pleasecontact riac.med [at] mcgill.ca for an official letter immediately following acceptance of the award.