INRS Foundation Scholarships
The INRS Foundation creates new scholarships each year to support its student community, the next generation of scientists in Quebec and beyond. They are awarded through the generosity of members of the university community, private companies and foundations, as well as graduates and friends of INRS.
To learn more about the competitions, to apply or for more information on the scholarships offered, visit the INRS scholarship directory.
Bourse Andrea-Rovere
This scholarship is created in memory of the brilliant INRS graduate and generous postdoctoral researcher of Italian origin Andrea Rovere. Tragically departed in 2021, he focused his research during his promising academic career on a new type of nanostructure capable of generating electrons with high intensity terahertz (THz) waves. This scholarship has been awarded to students enrolled at the INRS Energy Materials Telecommunications Centre from 2023 onwards.
Bourse de transition de carrière
The INRS Career Transition Scholarship is offered to recognize atypical career paths and support deserving new students who are returning to school after a variety of personal and professional experiences. The bursary enhances the conditions of study offered by INRS to the recipient.
Bourse de la Fondation Arbour
Thanks to the representations of the INRS Foundation, the Institute is added to the university partners of the programme. As of 2022, INRS students have access to the Arbour Foundation’s generous scholarship program. Scholarships at the master’s ($13,000) and doctoral ($20,000) levels are complemented by a mentoring program, support for entrepreneurship and other assets to propel the recipients’ careers.
Bourse de la Fondation J. A. DeSève
The J. A. DeSève Foundation's Student Success Bursaries recognize the perseverance of master's and doctoral students at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique by offering them conditions that encourage them to complete their program of study. The bursary improves the conditions of study offered by INRS to the winner.
Bourse du conseil de la Fondation
The INRS Foundation Board of Directors Scholarships are offered to recruit and support more female master's and doctoral students in the Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications training programs, where women tend to be under-represented. The scholarship enhances the conditions of study offered by INRS to the recipient.
Bourse de leadership et d'engagement
Offered for the first time in the winter of 2023 at the initiative of the INRS Foundation team members and funded through payroll deduction, the $2,000 INRS Foundation Leadership and Engagement Scholarship aims to recognize and value student leadership and engagement at the community, social, associative or other level that contributes to the vitality of our community.
Bourse de l’Université du Québec
Five $3,000 Université du Québec Scholarships were offered in 2022-2023 to promote accessibility to university studies and to enhance the diversity of the student community at INRS. The scholarships improve the conditions of study offered by INRS to the winners.
Bourse Rio Tinto pour la diversité en sciences
The Rio Tinto Scholarships for Diversity in Science at INRS aim to promote the representation of a diverse range of students in the sciences. More specifically, they support women, sexual or gender minorities, people with disabilities, aboriginal people, people from racialized or ethnic minorities and neurodivergent people in the next generation of scientists trained at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) to tackle the various issues affecting the environment and sustainable development.
Prix pour les meilleurs mémoires et thèses
Each year since 2020, eight INRS graduates have been awarded $1,000 for the best Master's thesis or essay and $2,000 for the best doctoral thesis in each of the four centres. The awards are presented at the convocation ceremony.
Bourse de la Fondation Rita Henry-Breault et Gilles Breault
The Rita Henry-Breault and Gilles Breault Foundation Scholarship has been available since fall 2024 to provide financial support for INRS students conducting research and knowledge mobilization work that enhances our understanding of the social aspects of the quest for pregnancy and the use of mobile fertility applications. This scholarship enhances the study conditions offered by INRS to the recipients.
Bourse Suzanne-Parenteau
The Suzanne-Parenteau Bursary of the Rita Henry-Breault and Gilles Breault Foundation has been available since fall 2024 to provide financial support for INRS students conducting research and mobilizing knowledge to better understand the role and effects of endocrine disruptors on female reproductive health and the mammary gland. This scholarship enhances the study conditions offered by INRS to the recipients.
Bourse de la Fondation de l'INRS et du SePSSI pour l'entrepreneuriat scientifique
FISES scholarships are awarded through two annual competitions and are a joint initiative of the INRS Foundation and the Service des partenariats stratégiques et du soutien à l’innovation (SePSSI). They aim to recognize and support the work of budding student entrepreneurs at INRS by enabling them to validate their business idea and its potential.
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