QBIN Scholarships Competition 2024-2025

Program objectives

The QBIN Scholarship programs are open to QBIN members and provide recruitment scholarships to Masters and PhD students and support scholarships to postdoctoral researchers. The scholarships can only be requested once per program and cannot be held concurrently with a scholarship from of a granting agency (e.g. IRSC, FRQS.)

Deadline: May 27th, 2024, 4:00 p.m.

Recruitment scholarships for Master's students

We are pleased to provide recruitment scholarships to Master’s students ($8000) in the field of bio-imaging. Applications will be evaluated based on the quality of the proposed project, training environment, and academic record.

Eligibility criteria:
- The applicant must be a QBIN member (become a member)
- The applicant's supervisor must be a QBIN regular or emerging member (refer to our membership directory or ask them to become a member)
- The project must be directly related to bio-imaging
- The applicant must be enrolled in a full-time research program in a Quebec university

Master’s degree awards are intended for applicants who have enrolled in a research program. For this competition, students who started their program in Fall 2023 or later are admissible, and students who are registered to start their program in Fall 2024 are admissible.

Doctoral students in psychology are also eligible for this award if they are enrolled in terms 1, 2 or 3 of their program as of June 30th, 2024, or if they intend to start their program in Fall 2024.

If you have any doubt about your eligibility, please contact rbiq@usherbrooke.ca

Required documents:
- Project description (1 page - Times New Roman font size 12 with 1-inch margins)
- Description of the applicant's career aspirations (academic or other) and how the training plan and environment will help them achieve their goals (1/2 page - Times New Roman font size 12 with 1-inch margins)
- Transcript (Bachelor record)
- CV (FRQS CCV including detailed contributions)

Evaluation criteria
- Quality of the project (10 points)
- Coherence between training plan and career aspirations (5 points)
- Quality of the academic record:
* Transcript (10 points)
* Training at Bachelor level and/or relevant experience (5 points)
* Publications & communications (5 points)

Recruitment scholarships for PhD students

We are pleased to provide recruitment scholarships to PhD students ($10,000) in the field of bio-imaging. Applications will be evaluated based on the quality of the proposed project, training environment, and academic record.

Eligibility criteria:
- The applicant must be a QBIN member (become a member)
- The applicant's supervisor must be a QBIN regular or emerging member (refer to our membership directory or ask them to become a member)
- The project must be directly related to bio-imaging
- The applicant must be enrolled in a full-time research program in a Quebec university

Doctoral awards are intended for applicants who have enrolled in a research program. For this competition, students who started their program in Fall 2023 or later are admissible, and students who are registered to start their program in Fall 2024 are admissible.

Doctoral students in psychology must be enrolled in term 4, 5 or 6 of their research program as of June 30th, 2024.

If you have any doubt about your eligibility, please contact rbiq@usherbrooke.ca

Required documents:
- Project description (1 page - Times New Roman font size 12 with 1-inch margins)
- Description of the applicant's career aspirations (academic or other) and how the training plan and environment will help them achieve their goals (1/2 page - Times New Roman font size 12 with 1-inch margins)
- Transcript (Master's record)
- CV (FRQS CCV including detailed contributions)

Evaluation criteria
- Quality of the project (10 points)
- Coherence between training plan and career aspirations (10 points)
- Quality of the academic record:
* Scholarships (5 points)
* Master's record (5 points)
* Publications & communications (5 points)
* Relevant experience (5 points)

Support scholarships for Postdocs

We are pleased to provide support scholarships ($15,000) to postdoctoral researchers who do not hold a nominal fellowship. These scholarships are intended to help boost the CV of postdoctoral researchers in order to increase their chances of obtaining larger grants and fellowships in the future. Applications will be evaluated based on the quality of the proposed project, training environment, and academic record of the applicant.

Eligibility criteria:
- The applicant must be a QBIN member (become a member)
- The applicant's supervisor must be a QBIN regular or emerging member (refer to our membership directory or ask them to become a member)
- The project must be directly related to bio-imaging
- The applicant must not hold a nominal fellowship

Required documents:
- Project description (2 pages - Times New Roman font size 12 with 1-inch margins)
- Description of the applicant's career aspirations (academic or other) and how the training plan and environment will help them achieve their goals (1/2 page - Times New Roman font size 12 with 1-inch margins)
- Transcripts (Master's and PhD)
- CV (FRQS CCV including detailed contributions)

Evaluation criteria
- Quality of the project (10 points)
- Coherence between training plan and career aspirations (10 points)
- Quality of academic record:
* Publications & communications (10 points)
* Scholarship and/or awards (5 points)
* Quality and relevance of prior training (5 points)

Submission Instructions

To apply for any of the scholarship programs, use the submission form. You will be asked to upload all required documents described above in a single PDF file.

Any document that is missing or does not comply with the rules of the program and the electronic forms, but deemed critical for eligibility or assessment, will render the file ineligible. No documents sent by email or mail will be accepted.