Financial Support

If you are a student member, you can receive a bonus for archiving your data and publishing their scientific interpretation (scientific paper).

• For a MSc student, a grant of 1 000 $ is offered ​for one publication. If you publish a second article, please contact the main coordinator (ULaval) or the assistant coordinator (UQAR).
• For a PhD student, a grant of 500 $ for the first article and up to 1 000$ for subsequent articles, depending on the number of applications received for the bonus.

To be granted the bonus, you must meet the following conditions:

• You must inform Québec-Océan if you have already received a publication or archiving bonus.
• You have archived the data set or model output supporting your publication in a recognized data repository or in the electronic supplement of the journal where the article is published.
• You are the first author of this scientific article stemming from your studies, one of whose co-authors is a coresearcher member of Quebec-Ocean
• The article is submitted, accepted or published in a refereed or pair reviewed journal.
• You mentioned Quebec-Ocean in your address or in the “acknowledgments”* of the publication.
• You submit your application during your studies or within 1 year of your thesis deposit.
• To promote your work in our communications, you will submit a plain-language or popularized summary (approx. 100 words) of the article in order to be granted the bonus.

Your request will be reviewed by the coordination of Quebec-Ocean, and approved by your academic supervisor if the article is only submitted to a journal.

Fill out and submit the online form “Archiving and Publishing Bonus” at any time in the year.

* Here are some examples of thanks to insert in the “acknowledgments”:

{ student name } received a stipend from Québec-Océan.
We gratefully acknowledge scientific and financial support of Québec-Océan.
This project is a contribution to the research program of Québec-Océan.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED.

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The objective of this program is to promote the international mobility of students and postdoctoral fellows whose research activities are part of the scientific programs of the strategic clusters funded by FRQNT. Québec-Ocean can thus strengthen its action and influence on the international scene, within the framework of established or developing research projects or partnerships.

Target students and postdoctoral fellows

• Canadians or foreigners: Full-time students registered in a Quebec university, members of the group and directed or co-directed by co-researchers from Québec-Océan.
• Foreigners: Full-time students registered in a university outside Canada that is a partner of Mitacs*, who wish to do an internship in one of the laboratories headed by a co- researchers from Québec-Océan.

Overview of conditions 

• Internship outside Canada in a Mitacs* partner country for students and postdoctoral fellows enrolled in a Quebec university
• Internship in Quebec for students and postdoctoral fellows from abroad
• Duration of the internship from 12 to 24 weeks
• Start of the internship no later than one year after receipt of the letter of confirmation of the scholarship.
• 6,000 CAD maximum. Only expenses eligible by Mitacs under this award will be accepted.
• Research work of the internship in accordance with the scientific program of Québec-Océan
• Only one application per laboratory
• Fair and inclusive selection process, allowing for the support of diverse students and post-doctoral fellows
• Rejection of applications that are incomplete or that are also submitted to other strategic groups or to the Réseau Québec-Maritime.

→ Be sure to read all the information provided in the links at the bottom of the page.

Evaluation process

1. Examination of the applications by a jury composed of researchers from Québec-Océan
2. Pre-acceptance of 4 applications by the jury, plus 2 reserve applications, according to the rules of the program.
3. Submission of the 4 pre-accepted applications to Mitacs
4. Final approval by Mitacs
5. Reserve applications may be funded through the clusters or networks in the event that one or more clusters or networks do not submit the maximum number of applications.

Required documents for the application

In a single email to principal coordination, before December 6, 2020. Files must meet the standards (see in form) and meet the evaluation criteria:

1. Application Form (see the bottom page link)
2. Research Proposal (see the bottom page link)
3. CV (see the bottom page link)
4. BSc transcripts up to the last session completed
5. Letter of support from thesis supervisor or postdoctoral fellow
6. Letter of agreement signed by the internship supervisor or host institution, including full contact information and the start and end dates of the internship.

Financial process

The scholarship is paid to the applicant or the applicant's supervisor, depending on the university administering the scholarship.

Documents to be provided before the internship in Québec for foreign students

In order to receive the scholarship, foreign students registered at a foreign university must present a valid study permit to study in Quebec or a Canadian residence permit.

Documents to be provided after the internship

In a single email to principal coordination, no later than 2 weeks after the end of the internship:

1. A final report that summarizes the project.
2. A final report with the approval and signature of the participating supervisors
3. End of project surveys completed by the participant, the home university supervisor, and the host university supervisor.