Goals

In order to better support graduate (Master's or PhD) students and postdoctoral fellows, the Sleep Network is proud to offer scholarship and fellowship supplements. These supplements are intended to support students and fellows who do not receive major scholarships from large funding agencies. It is not necessary to have obtained a grant to submit a request for a scholarship and fellowship supplement from the Sleep Network.

Available budget

The Sleep Network brings together financial partners to support this competition. A minimum annual budget of $40,000 is available for this funding opportunity, which will allow for at least eight scholarship supplements of $5,000 each to be offered annually. Two of these scholarship supplements are reserved for individuals enrolled at the University of Montreal, and two are reserved for individuals enrolled at McGill, due to the partnership between the Sleep Network and these universities.

Eligibility

• The person submitting the application must be enrolled full-time in a graduate or doctoral program, or be a postdoctoral trainee at a university institution in Quebec at the time of receiving the scholarship or fellowship supplement.
• The person submitting the application is supervised by a principal investigator affiliated with a managing institution in Quebec (according to FRQ rules), meets the criteria of the Fonds de recherche du Québec, and will become a member of the Sleep Network.
• The person submitting the application is not already holding a scolarship or fellowship from a major funding agency (FRQ, CIHR, SSHRC, NSERC, or similar) or benefiting from research scolarships or fellowships exceeding $20,000 (cumulative amount) at the time of submitting the application.
• The person submitting the application is conducting a research on sleep, circadian rhythms, or dreams.

How to submit an application 

Four documents are required and must be sent in a single PDF document to the following address: [email protected]. The submitted documents must comply with the same requirements as those of the FRQ for attached documents.

1) Application Form

• Click here to access the application form for this competition

2)  Application letter (maximum 1.5 page excluding references)

• Project description (title, context, objectives and hypotheses, methodologies, and potential outcomes)
• Letter of motivation: You must present your background in an integrated manner by establishing the connections between your experiences and interests, on the one hand, and your choices of orientation, training, and academic path, on the other hand. This section should allow the evaluation committee to fully understand your background.
• Put the references in appendix.

3)  Abbreviated CV(2 pages)

• University degrees obtained
• University degrees in progress
• Main research contributions
• Grants received (amount, start and end dates, source of funding)

4) University transcript

Evaluation criteria 

In addition to the eligibility of the applications, the following priorities will be taken into account when evaluating the applications:

• Scientific quality of the project
• Contributions to research
• Background and motivation of the applicant
• Academic excellence

Timeline of the competition

• December 10, 2024 : Launch of the competition
• January 15, 2025, at 4PM (Eastern Time): Submission deadline
• Mid-January 2025 to mid-February 2025: Evaluation of submissions
• March 15, 2025 : Announcement of the winners

Please note that a second scholarship and fellowship supplement competition will also be available in 2025.