Funding programs page
The QRHN organizes several competitions annually to provide grants for various projects. The rules governing the different competitions differ from one to the other.
Programs for 2021-22
| Competition | Type de membre | Instructions | Maximum grant | Deadline | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scholarship for presentation at a scientific conference | Students MSc, PhD, postdoct | FR EN | 1000$ | May 28 2021 | Terminé |
| Short research internship in another university | MSc students, PhD | To come | |||
| Supplementary grant program | Students MSc, PhD, postdoct | FR EN | 5000 $ MSc 10 000$ PhD, postdoc | June 4 2021 | Terminé |
| Participation to J2R | Tous les membres | To come | |||
| Projets prioritaires et projets-équipes | Tous les membres | FR EN | 8 novembre 2021 | Apply | |
| Career Start-Up and Mentorship Program for Young Investigators | Member Early career investigator | FR EN | 29 octobre 2021 | Apply | |
| Use of QRHN platforms | Tous les membres | FR EN | Épuisement des fonds | À compter du 1er juin 2021 |
Winners of the competitions
2021-2022
Supplementary grant program
| Winner | Level | University |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Klein | Postdoct | U Laval |
| Danuzia-Ambrozio Marques | Postdoct | U Laval |
| Wided Akik | PhD | McGill |
| Gauthier Ganouna-Cohen | PhD | U Laval |
| Lisa Hennemann | PhD | McGill |
| Mégane Lebel | PhD | U de Sherbrooke |
| Andrea Muru | PhD | U Laval |
| Karine Bouchard | MSc | U Laval |
| Pierre-Alexandre Gagnon | MSc | U Laval |
| Émilie Meunier | MSc | U Montréal |
| Ahzum Mujaddid | MSc | McGill |
| Benjamin Orcese | MSc | U Montréal |
| Alexis Perreault | MSc | U de Sherbrooke |
| Mélanie Sauvaget | MSc | U Laval |
| Félix Tremblay | MSc | U Laval |
| Jaycie Triandafilou | MSc | McGill |
2020-2021
Un grand merci à tous ceux qui ont soumis un projet de recherche cette année. Vous témoignez de l’extraordinaire vitalité scientifique du réseau! Nous avons reçu un nombre record de demande (9 programmes de mentorat, 17 projets prioritaires et équipe) et la qualité était exceptionnelle. Le Réseau tient également à remercier chaleureusement les examinateurs qui ont pris le temps d’évaluer toutes ces demandes.
Priority-projects
| Principal investigator | Title | University | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ana Blanchard | SARS-CoV-2 infection during pulmonary exacerbations in children and adults with cystic fibrosis from the province of Quebec, Canada | U de Montréal | 30 000$ |
| Jean Bourbeau | Impact of the environment on the development and aggravation of obstructive and remodelling lung diseases | U McGill | 30 000$ |
| Laurence Ducharme-Crevier | Lésion cérébrale induite par la ventilation mécanique chez l’enfant: une exploration translationnelle de la prévalence et des mécanismes impliqués | U de Montréal | 30 000$ |
| Sze Man Tse | The impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection and other pandemic-related mesures on asthma and COPD control | U de Montréal | 30 000$ |
| Manem Venkata | Genomics-based precision tools to guide the use of radiotherapy and systemic agents for lung Cancer patients | U Laval | 30 000$ |
Team-projects
| Researcher | Title | University | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippe Jouvet | Ventilation mécanique prolongée en soins intensifs pédiatriques: pour comprendre et mieux prendre en charge | U de Montréal | 30 000$ |
| Jean-François Lauzon-Joset | Early life stress has sex specific impact on the severity of lung viral infection | U Laval | 30 000$ |
| Simon Rousseau | Impact of prior coticosteroids therapy for airway diseases on COVID-19 clinical trajectory | U McGill | 30 000$ |
Career Start-Up and Mentorship Program for Young Investigators
| Researcher | Title | University | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basil Nasir | Novel Molecular Therapy for Pulmonary Reconditioning of Marginal Lungs Using Ex-vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) porcine Model of Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) | U de Montréal | 25 000$ |
| Ayman Oweida | Targeting Regulatory T cells for enhance radiotherapy response in lung squamous cell carcinoma | U de Sherbrooke | 25 000$ |
| François Potus | Targeting nuclear import through KPNA2/KPNB1 improves pulmonary arterial hypertension | U Laval | 25 000$ |
| Ian Gaël Rodrigue-Gervais | The Molecular Basis of Respiratory Virus-Induced Cell Necrosis Regulation by HTRA2 degradomics | INRS-IAF | 25 000$ |
| Wissam Shalish | Post-Extubation Assessment of Clinical Stability in Extremely Preterm Infants (PEACE) | U McGill | 25 000$ |
Supplementary grant program
| Winner | Level | University | Title of the project | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inès Levade | Postdoct | McGill | Identification of genetic variants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa involved in the progression of lung disease in patients with cystic fibrosis | 10 000$ |
| Michaël Levy | Postdoct | U de Montréal | Détection précoce du sepsis et des infections associées aux soins en unité de soins intensifs pédiatriques | 10 000$ |
| Daniella Massierer | Postdoct | McGill | Predictive validity of the hangrip strenght and 1-minute sti to-stand tests for 30-day reaemissions after acute exacerbation of COPD: a feasibility study | 10 000$ |
| Hussein Traboulsi | Postdoct | McGill | Establishing the role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) in pulmonary fibrosis | 10 000$ |
| Wided Akik | PhD | McGill | Mechanisms Underlying Corticosteroid Insensitivity Induction by Interleukin-17A in Bronchial Epithelial Cells | 10 000$ |
| Mégane Lebel | PhD | U de Sherbrooke | Formation d’invadosomes par les fibroblastes pulmonaire dans la fibrose pulmonaire idiopathique | 10 000$ |
| Laura Sognigbé | PhD | U de Montréal | Stratégies thérapeutiques pour la restauration de l’intégrité de l’épithélium des voies aériennes fibrose kystique | 10 000$ |
| Jacqueline Tu Anh Thu Lam | PhD | U de Montréal | ́Évaluation d’un programme de physiothérapie pour les adultes atteints d’apnées obstructives du sommeil : un essai randomisé préliminaire | 10 000$ |
| Pierre-Alexandre Gagnon | MSc | U Laval | Thermoplastie bronchique : changements structuraux et voies biologiques modifiées | 5 000$ |
| Saad Razzaq | MSc | McGill | Components of the COPD Assessment Test associated with cardiopulmonary exercise test outcomes in the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD) study | 5 000$ |
| Joanny Roy | MSc | U Laval | Origine et mécanismes d’accumulation des DC2 CD11b+ CD103+ dans le cancer du poumon chez la souris | 5 000$ |
| Emily Wilson | MSc | McGill | AhR Activation by Cannabinoids Protects Against Lung Inflammation | 5 000$ |
2019-2020
Priority-projects
| Principal investigator | Title | University | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathieu Morissette | Identifying vaping ingredients that can cause acute lung illness | Laval | 30 000$ |
| Philippe Jouvet | Ventilation mécanique prolongée en soins intensifs pédiatriques: pour comprendre et mieux prendre en charge | Montréal | 30 000$ |
| Roger C Lévesque | BioPrintGenomics: Next Generation 3D Bioprinting of Human lung Tissues | Laval | 30 000$ |
| Carolyn Baglole | Evaluate the Epigenetic Lung Effects of Vaping | McGill | 30 000$ |
Team-projects (acceptance : 50%)
| Researcher | Title | University | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Marsolais | Probing the S1P1-TLR4 interplay to short circuit the persistence of hypersensitivity pneumonitis | Laval | 30 000$ |
| Michael Reed | New targets for reversing antimicrobial resistance in M. tuberculosis – a discovery-based approach | McGill | 30 000$ |
| Nathalie Grandvaux | Analyse de l’effet du traitement de l’air à l’ozone pour l’inactivation du virus respiratoire syncytial | Montréal | 30 000$ |
| Maria Fernandes | A Comprehensive Analysis of Low-Density Neutrophils in Cystic Fibrosis: A Functional Biomarker Study | Laval | 30 000$ |
Mentorship program (acceptance : 50%)
| Researcher | Title | University | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olivier Boucherat | EZH2: an epigenetic opportunity to counter vascular remodeling in PAH | Laval | 25 000$ |
| Tania Janaudis Ferreira | T Improving ACCEPTance and uptake of Pulmonary Rehabilitation after acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – The ACCEPT PR STUDY | McGill | 25 000$ |
| Simon de Montigny | Apprentissage automatique à base de simulations cardio-respiratoires | Montréal | 25 000$ |
| Andréanne Côté | Endotyping severe asthma the first step to give the right treatment to the right patient | Laval | 25 000$ |
2018-2019
Mentorship program
| Researcher | University | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Neda Barjesteh | Montréal | 20 000$ |
| Etienne Fortin-Pellerin | Sherbrooke | 20 000$ |
| Jean-François Lauzon-Joset | Laval | 20 000$ |
Team-projects
| Researcher | University | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Elyse Bissonnette | Laval | 30 000$ |
| Patricia Fontella | McGill | 30 000$ |
| Philippe Joubert | Laval | 30 000$ |
| David Marsolais | Laval | 30 000$ |
| Sushmita Pamidi | McGill | 30 000$ |
| Benjamin Smith | McGill | 30 000$ |
Supplementary grant program
| Winner | University |
|---|---|
| Wided Akik | McGill |
| Tara-Adele Janes | Laval |
| Dacquin Muhandwa Kasumba | Montréal |
| Sofien Laouafa | Laval |
| Mégane Lebel | Sherbrooke |
| Julien Malet | McGill |
| Frank Niro | McGill |
| Laura Sognigbé | Montréal |
| Hussein Traboulsi | McGill |
| Jonathan Vyskocil | Laval |