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 is bringing together financial partners to support this competition. A minimum budget of $50,000 is available for this funding opportunity, including $10,000 in financial support from the Université de Montréal and $10,000 from McGill University. This budget may be increased if new financial partners support this funding opportunity.

Scholarship and fellowship supplements will vary according to the candidate's level of study. For Master's students, the scholarship supplement will be $5,000. For doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows, the scholarship and fellowship supplement will be $10,000. Please note that student that used the doctoral fast-track will be considered as Master's students for their first two years of their doctorate.

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), who meets the criteria of the Fonds de recherche du Québec and is a regular member of the Sleep Network.
• The person submitting the application is not already holding a scholarship or fellowship from a major funding agency (FRQ, CIHR, SSHRC, NSERC, or similar) or benefiting from research scholarships or fellowships exceeding $20,000 (cumulative amount) at the time of submitting the application.
• The person submitting the application may not submit a new application if they have already received a scholarship or fellowship supplement from the Sleep Network within the past two years, unless they have changed their program of study since receiving that supplement.
• The person submitting the application is conducting a research on sleep, circadian rhythms, or dreams.

Funding conditions

The principal investigator supervising the candidate must be listed as a co-investigator on the network grant, if they are not already, in order for the funding to be awarded. This requires the principal investigator's consent to be added as a co-investigator, as well as the inclusion of an FRQ CV in their FRQnet file, in order to receive the funding.

The funds will be transferred to the candidate’s research director’s institution so that the scholarship or fellowship supplement can be paid to the candidate.

How to submit an application 

To apply for this funding opportunity, you must complete and submit an application form for the scholarship supplement.

In the application form, you will need to submit a cover letter of no more than 750 words, which should include the following sections:

• 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.
• References can be attached to the application form as a PDF file.

You must attach the following two documents, in PDF format, to the application form:

1) Short CV (2 pages, single-spaced, 2.5 cm margins, standard font, 12 point) including:

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

2) Official academic transcript

• An official letter showing equivalence or explaining the grading system must be attached to any transcript from a university outside Quebec.

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

• April 21, 2026 : Launch of the competition
• June 15, 2026, at 4PM (Eastern Time) : Submission deadline
• June 2026 and September 2026 : Evaluation of submissions
• September 18, 2026 : Announcement of the winners

The next scholarship and fellowship supplements competition will be available in 2027.

Commitment

Please note that all scholarship and fellowship supplement recipients must agree to act as evaluators for the next scholarship and fellowship supplement competition of the Sleep Network.

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