Programmes de financement – RSR du Québec

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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 2022-23

Competition	Type of member	Instructions	Maximum grant	Deadline
Scholarship for presentation at a scientific conference	Students MSc, PhD, postdoct	FR EN	1000$	May 27 2022, 11:59pm	Ended
Short research internship in another university	MSc students, PhD	FR EN	5000$		Open
Supplementary grant program	Students MSc, PhD, postdoct	FR EN	5000 $ MSc 10 000$ PhD, postdoc	New deadline June 9 2022	Ended
Participation to J2R	All members		2000$		To come
Team-Cross sectoral projects	All members	FR EN	30 000 $ (See instructions)	15 jan. 2023, 23:59	Apply
Career Start-Up and Mentorship Program for Young Investigators	Member Early career investigator	FR EN	25 000$	Oct. 28 2022 23:59	Apply
Use of QRHN platforms	All members	FR EN	3000$	Depletion of funds	Open

Winners of the competitions

2022-2023

Scholarship for presentation at a scientific conference

Winner	University	Conference
Rachelle Aucoin	McGill	Dyspnea 2022, Oxford, UK
Karine Bouchard	Université Laval	CSI meeting 2022, Halifax, NS
Olivier Courtemanche	Université Laval	CSI meeting 2022, Halifax, NS
Marianne Gagnon	Université Laval	ISAC meeting 2022, Lisbonne, Portugal
Yann Grobs	Université Laval	ATS 2022, San Francisco, USA
Martin Klein	Université Laval	ERS 2022, Barcelone, Espagne
Kelly Kwong	McGill	NACFC 2022, Philadelphie, USA
Sarah-Eve Lemay	Université Laval	ATS 2022, San Francisco, USA
Joanie Lemieux	Université Laval	ASM Microbe 2022, Washington, USA

2021-2022

Priority-projects

Principal investigator	Title	University	Amount
Olivier Boucherat	Targeting hypusine signaling: an opportunity to counter interstitial and vascular remodeling in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis	U Laval	30 000$
Jamila Chakir	Rôle des alarmines S100 dans l’inflammation et les exacerbations dans l’asthme sévère	U Laval	30 000$
Philippe Joubert	Creation of the Lung Cancer Screening Biobank	U Laval	30 000$
Michael Reed	A Whole genome approach to tackle AMR Tuberculosis	U McGill	30 000$
Frédéric Sériès	Conséquences des apnées du sommeil sur le stress oxydatif : Étude pilote de l’analogie entre le modèle humain (homme) et animal (épisodes d’hypoxie intermittente chez le rat mâle).	U Laval	30 000$
		Total	150 000$

Team-projects

Researcher	Title	University	Amount
Caroline Duchaine	Démarrage d’un banc d’essai permettant de tester les qualités de filtration virale des filtres utilisés en ventilation mécanique invasive	U Laval	30 000$
Maria Fernandes	A Comprehensive Analysis of Low-Density Neutrophils in Cystic Fibrosis	U Laval	30 000$
Dennis Jensen	Impact of fat free mass index on physiological, patient-reported and clinical outcomes in a populaiton-based cohort of adults with or without COPD	U McGill	30 000$
Amélie Marsot	Modélisation et impact clinique de la pharmacocinétique/pharmacodynamie des bêta-lactamines en fibrose kystique pédiatrique (PK-CF): une étude de faisabilité	U de Montréal	30 000$
Basil Nasir	Dexoyribonuclease and Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion for reconditioning of Marginal Donor Lungs	U de Montréal	30 000$
		Total:	150 000$

Career Start-Up and Mentorship Program for Young Investigators

Researcher	Title	University	Amount
Marc Fortin	Biobanque en Sténose Trachéale Idiopathique	U Laval	25 000$
Simon Couillard	Towards the personalised prediction, prevention, and management of asthma attacks (PRISMA): setup of a collaborative translational phenotyping asthma attack service in Sherbrooke	U de Sherbrooke	25 000$
François Potus	DNA methylation as a novel biomarker of right ventricular failure in pulmonary arterial hypertension	U Laval	25 000$
Andréanne Côté	Pathological evasion from targeted therapies in severe asthma: Clinical and pre-clinical proof-of-concept investigations	U Laval	25 000$
Cristina Longo	Treating asthma by Integrating Learning algorithms with Omis Research: Moving toward Automated High-dimensional endotyping in Children (TAILOR-MADE)	U de Montréal	25 000$
		Total:	125 000$

Financement de l’Utilisation des plateformes du RSRQ

Researcher	Title	University	Amount
Jacynthe Leclerc	Patient management in the contaminatd zone after an exposure to a chemical attack: an international multi-centric observational study.	UQTR	3 000$
Dao Nguyen	Intracellular Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in CF airway epithelial cells: an unrecognized mechanism for persistent infection	McGill	3 000$
		Total:	6 000$

Programme de réseautage et de collaboration (complément de bourse)

Winner	Title	University	Amount
Wided Akik	Implications of IL-17A in the Modulation of Neutrophilic Airway Inflammation by Bronchial Epithelial Cells	U McGill	10 000$
Danuzia-Ambrozio Marques	Early life stress and loss of ovarian function: a novel view on respiratory control disorder in sleeping females	U Laval	10 000$
Karine Bouchard	Conséquences du stress néonatal sur l’immunomodulation et le dimorphisme relié au sexe biologique suite à une infection virale	U Laval	5 000$
Pierre-Alexandre Gagnon	Effets de la thermoplastie bronchiques sur les cellules structurales bronchiques	U Laval	2 500$
Gauthier Ganouna-Cohen	Interactions entre testostérone et hypoxie intermittente sur la biochimie pulmonaire de la souris	U Laval	10 000$
Lisa Hennemann	A common Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathoadaptation facilitates intracellular persistence withing airway epithelial cells	U McGill	10 000$
Martin Klein	Deciphering the roles Th2-exosomes axis in cellular communication and remodeling in asthma	U Laval	7 500$
Mégane Lebel	Formation d’invadosomes par les fibroblastes pulmonaire dans la fibrose pulmonaire idiopathique	U de Sherbrooke	10 000$
Émilie Meunier	Évaluation de nouvelles stratégies anti-inflammatoires et pro-réparatrices pour la résolution des paramètres du syndrome de détresse respiratoire aiguë	U Montréal	2 500$
Ahzum Mujaddid	Responsiveness of the Hexoskin smart shirt to detect pharmacological lung volume reduction at rest and during exercise in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)	U McGill	2 500$
Andrea Muru	Évaluation du rôle des neutrophiles de faible densité dans la fibrose kystique	U Laval	10 000$
Benjamin Orcese	Stratégies thérapeutiques favorisant l’intégrité fonctionnelle de l’épithélium des voies aériennes en fibrose kystique	U Montréal	2 500$
Alexis Perreault	Développement d’un modèle de CAM-FPI utilisant des xénogreffes de tissus de poumons humains pour déterminer le potentiel de médicaments anti-fibrotiques	U de Sherbrooke	5 000$
Mélanie Sauvaget	Implication of Aurora Kinase B in pulmonary arterial hypertension	U Laval	5 000$
Félix Tremblay	Impact des saveurs de liquides de vapotage sur la biologie et la santé pulmonaire	U Laval	5 000$
Jaycie Triandafilou	Effect of induced acute metabolic alkalosis on the V̇ E/V̇ CO2 response to exercise in people with COPD: Therapeutic implications for breathlessness and exercise endurance	U McGill	2 500$
		Total:	100 000$

Autres programmes

Nom du programme	Amount
Scholarship for presentation at a scientific conference	2 408$
Short research internship in another university	Annulé
Participation to J2R	Annulé
Total:	2 408$

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

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