FRQS Career Awards Info Session
The Department of Medicine and the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences (FMHS) are pleased to announce their annual Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) Career Awards Information Session, to be held virtually via Teams (a recording will be made and shared widely).
The FRQS Chercheurs-boursiers cliniciens and Chercheurs boursiers salary awards are designed to support early and mid career clinician-scientists and PhD scientists as they develop and grow their health research programs.
Date: Monday, May 26th, 2025
Time: 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Teams link: https://tinyurl.com/3mj6a5dj
RSVP / Expression of Interest: https://forms.office.com/r/4H9tKV5aj9
Please RSVP to be added to the FMHS Research Office contact list for the 2026-2027 FRQS Career Awards competition.
This information session will cover the FRQS application process, along with strategies and tips for success. The presentation will focus on the application and review process for the Chercheurs-boursiers cliniciens and Chercheurs-boursiers awards – particularly at the Junior 1 and Junior 2 levels. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions to our panel of experts:
Leader and Moderator:
- Dr. Kevin Schwartzman, MD MPH
Professor and Associate Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University
Former Conseiller Scientifique, FRQS
Panelists:
- Dr. Nathalie Lamarche-Vane
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Conseillère Scientifique, FRQS - Dr. Stéphane Laporte
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine
Former Conseiller Scientifique, FRQS - Dr. Suzanne Morin
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
Former Chair, Junior 1 review committee, FRQS - Dr. Sushmita Pamidi
Respiratory Division, Department of Medicine
FRQS Chercheure-Boursière Clinicienne Sénior and previous review committee member - Dr. Ugochinyere (Vivian) Ukah
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine
New recipient, FRQS Chercheure-Boursière Junior 1
This session has been set up well in advance of the McGill Institutional Pre-Request deadline to allow enough time for interested researchers to best prepare their Notices of Intent due in mid/late August 2025.