Travel and Mobility Awards

Description

The Research Centre wishes to award the opportunity to graduate and postdoctoral students to promote their research by disseminating their results in national and international conferences and to allow them to acquire training or development, complementary to their studies, in order to promote scientific exchanges and partnerships across Canada and the World.

We encourage students to prioritize the Travel and Mobility Award from their University or Granting institutions (if eligible), in order to allow funding to students (at the Research Center), who are otherwise not eligible.

Funding

The awards are funded by the CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation.

• 2024: 15 000 $ ($5,000 per semester)
• 2025: 15 000 $ ($5,000 per semester)
• 2026: Funding to be confirmed

Deadlines

There are no deadlines; Scholarships will be awarded each Semester, until funds are exhausted (fund renewal: on the 1^st of September, May and January).

Requests must be received before the start of the Travel or Mobility.

Amounts

Travel (congress):

• Oral Presentation (conference in Quebec): up to $250.00 (CAD)
• Oral Presentation (conference in Canada or the US): up to $500.00 (CAD)
• Oral Presentation (international conference): up to $1000.00 (CAD)
• Poster Presentation (international conference, outside of Canada): up to $500.00 (CAD)

Mobility (training or development) :

• $500.00 + $30.00 per day, up to $1500.00 (CAD)

Admissibility

General Criteria:

• Be registered with the Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine
• Be registered full time in a master's program (2^nd cycle); doctoral program (3^rd cycle) or in a postdoctoral fellowship at a Quebec University
• Have completed at least two (2) terms, or height (8) months, in the program (registered at the Research Centre) at the time of application
• Not be eligible for one of the following competitions:
  • Bourse de mobilité de l’UdeM
  • Mitacs Globalink scholarship
• Awards are not retroactive. Students are required to submit their award application before the start of the conference, or stay
• Attend scientific conferences at the Research Centre. Students must submit a stamped Attendance Sheet (12 in-person participations per year, minimum).
• A maximum of 5 awards per year, per laboratory (including Travel and Mobility grants).

Criteria by Type of Award:

Travel

• Oral (local, national or international conference) or poster (international conference) presentation of an abstract for which the student is the first author
• People receiving an allowance to cover conference costs from a granting organization, are not eligible (e.g., IRSC scholarship)
• One award per person, every 2 years

Mobility

• Visit an institution outside of Quebec with to receive training or development, for a minimum period of one week (5 days)
• One award per person, every 2 years.

Granting of Awards

• Award applications will be processed upon receipt (all year round)
• All requests meeting the eligibility criteria will be accepted (if funds are available)
• Scholarships will be awarded each Semester, until funds are exhausted (fund renewal: on the 1^st of September, May and January).
• The total amount of the receipts submitted must be equal or greater than the scholarship amount awarded, in order to receive the full scholarship.

Documents Required to Apply

Travel Award

• Completed application form
• CHU Sainte-Justine Scientific Conferences confirmation of attendance
  • Confirmations of participation in conferences must be dated no more than 12 months prior to the date of submission.
  • A person with less than one year of service, must have the confirmed prorated amount of attendance.
  • A justification for absence can be attached to the application if the student has a serious and valid reason for not being able to attend at least 12 conferences per year. The document must be signed by the student and their supervisor.

  • Application received in 2024, must have the confirmed prorated amount of attendance, between the date of submission of the scholarship application and the launch date (January 12, 2024).

• Proof of abstract submission

Mobility Award

• Completed application form
• CHU Sainte-Justine Scientific Conferences confirmation of attendance
• One of the following documents confirming mobility:
  • An official letter from the person responsible to supervise your research stay at the host establishment, outside of Quebec (i.e. including the exact dates and reason for the stay)
  • A registration receipt or a letter of acceptance in an intensive face-to-face course specifying the dates of the credited activity

Funding Documents Required

Payment of the award will be only be made once the documents confirming funding are received. The total amount of receipts provided must be equal or greater than the scholarship amount awarded, in order to receive the full scholarship.

Travel Award

• Confirmation that the abstract has been accepted for oral or poster presentation at the conference for which the application is submitted
• Payment receipts for the conference, accommodation and transportation (scans)
• Picture of the Congress Badge.

Mobility Award

• Payment receipts for accommodation and transportation (scanned)