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2026-2027 Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec - Sant茅 (FRQ) salary award competitions:

Chercheurs-boursiers / chercheuses-boursi猫res (CB)

Chercheurs-boursiers cliniciens / chercheuses-boursi猫res cliniciennes (CC)

Chercheurs-boursiers / chercheuses-boursi猫res de m茅rite (CHA)

• Program Objectives
• Application Requirements
• Submission Deadlines
• Support and Resources
• Guidelines听for 海角精品黑料 Applicants

Program Objectives

The FRQ - Sant茅 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 m茅rite award recognizes the excellence of a select few among those graduating from the CB or CC programs (i.e. at the end of the FRQ Senior level).

Application Requirements

Please consult the FRQ website for details:

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Expression of Interest for the 2026-2027 Competiton:

Please submit an internal webform to receive communications and updates from the 海角精品黑料 FMHS Research Office.

Submission Deadlines for the 2026-2027 Competition

IMPORTANT:

• All applications must be submitted through FRQnet听by the deadlines below as set by 海角精品黑料, and not the agency deadlines listed on the FRQ听website.
• 海角精品黑料 reviews and approves all submissions to FRQnet. Please be available to make edits after submitting.

Support and Resources

The Research Office of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences administers all applications from across 海角精品黑料.

• Researchers from all 海角精品黑料 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)	Deadlines
Library of Successful Proposals	riac.med [at] mcgill.ca (subject: FRQS-CB%20Library%20of%20Successful%20Proposals) (Make a Request)
Detailed Contributions	Download Template
	Co-organized by the FMHS Research Office and Department of Medicine

Guidelines for 海角精品黑料 Applicants:

The guidelines below follow the general timeline of the application听process, from pre-award to post-award:听

Eligibility

• All applicants must hold a faculty appointment at 海角精品黑料, and all applications must be approved by the Department Head/School Director and the Faculty Dean.听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 FRQ听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 FRQ听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,听i) covering the cost of benefits not provided by the award, and ii) long-term employment for Senior award recipients. Within FMHS,听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,听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,听the application title and a brief public summary (R茅sum茅 destin茅 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 resum茅听en anglais").

Detailed Contributions

• Please use the template听developped by the 海角精品黑料 FMHS Research Office,听and consult the FRQ听"Instructions for the Detailed Contributions" PDF in the Toolbox听on each FRQ听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'.
• Please remove all hyperlinks, as these may break over time听and confuse reviewers.
• Uploading or updating听the Detailed Contributions is possible directly inside FRQnet after navigating听back/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 海角精品黑料 campus, the RI-MUHC, and St. Mary鈥檚 Hospital are eligible for internal review. Applicants from other units have their own internal review programs.
• Note: the Research Summary (R茅sum茅 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.

Applying via FRQnet

• "FRQnet 2.0" does not allow applications for the FRQ Chercheurs-boursiers competitions. Applicants must apply using the "Previous FRQnet portal" (instructions to apply in FRQnet).

• Your 16-digit ORCID digital identifier will appear in FRQnet 2.0 if you have used the ORCID login feature to access your FRQnet account (i.e. by clicking "Login with ORCID庐" at the bottom of the FRQnet login page). To use this feature, you must first have a valid account in the ORCID registry (orcid.org).

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"听and "Page Number"
  • File size: maximum 2MB

Copies of Award Notices

• Copies of award notices for all scholarships and grants received, except for FRQ听awards, must be uploaded in a single file听under "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 is required for all applicants, and 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).
• Authors听should be identified and contacted early in the application process.听The PDF versions of the electronic forms are accessible on the FRQ program pages. Please consult and share the PDFs for early planning.
• While the Department Chair may delegate听the writing of this letter, they must approve the application and its听contents 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 section听aligns with the information presented in the Admissibility section of the Full Application.

Letters of Support for Junior 1 Applicants

• 3 additional letters of support are required for Junior 1 applicants, i.e.听2 Respondents and 1 Mentor (in addition to the听Directors of University Research Centres or Departments Form).
• Authors should be identified听and contacted听early in the application process.听The PDF versions of the electronic forms are accessible on the FRQ听program pages. Please consult and share the PDFs for early planning.
• Authors should review applicants'听respective Evaluation Grids to determine the most relevant information to include in their letters. Evaluation Grids may be accessed through the听Toolbox pop-up at the bottom of each FRQ听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.
• "FRQnet 2.0" does not work for the FRQ Chercheurs-boursiers competitions. Authors must submit letters of support using the "Previous FRQnet portal" (instructions to access FRQnet).
• An FRQNet account may be created from the FRQNet login page by clicking 鈥淐r茅er un compte鈥�. 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鈥檚 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 sant茅 durable

• This is a mandatory section used by FRQ to collect data 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 upload听the "formulaire sant茅 durable" under "Autres Documents", which describes, in a few lines, how your research contributes to sustainable health.

Research Funding Checklist

• An online Research Funding Checklist is required following the Full Application deadline, to be submitted via eRAP. Applicants will be contacted by riac.med [at] mcgill.ca with instructions.

Research Ethics Meetings

• All awardees must attend a Research Ethics Committee meeting (per instructions in the FRQ听Award Letter).
• Please contact the FMHS Institutional Review Board听(FMHS REB representatives) to schedule your attendance at an upcoming meeting by the deadline indicated in the FRQ听Award Letter.
• It is also possible to attend other Research Ethics meetings at 海角精品黑料 or affiliated hospitals, or other private IRBs (for a fee).

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 Award听for the grant听portion 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 office听confirming 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, please听contact riac.med [at] mcgill.ca for an official letter immediately following acceptance of the award.