GRIL Student Members
GRIL membership
Postdoctoral fellows under the supervision of a Regular GRIL member will automatically be considered as Regular GRIL members, provided they complete the online membership form.
Note:
- such as regular researchers, postdoctoral fellows may be regular members of another FRQ research center;
- postdoctoral fellows must complete the form if they wish to attend the GRIL Symposium without paying extra fees.
M.Sc. and Ph.D. students whose primary research advisor or co-advisor is a Regular GRIL member, or whose primary research advisor is a Collaborating GRIL member, must complete a request form to become members of the GRIL.
Note:
- the form must absolutely be completed if a student is funded by one of the GRIL programs for collaborative projects;
- students must complete the form if they wish to attend the GRIL Symposium without paying extra fees.
Types of memberships
Regular student:
A regular student member is a graduate student whose main research advisor is a Regular GRIL member. Regular members are eligible for GRIL scholarship and funding programs.
If the regular student member is also a member of another FRQ strategic cluster (FRQNT, FRQSC or FRQS), they:
- cannot combine major GRIL fellowships (all Collaborative Projects) with scholarships from another FRQ research center during their current degree;
- cannot benefit from the metaGRIL scholarship or Internships in other GRIL member laboratories if they receive funding from another FRQ research center for the same activity;
- cannot benefit from direct GRIL funding for travel outside Quebec to attend conferences, internships, courses or workshops that are already funded by another FRQ research center;
- may participate in intellectual activities offered by other FRQ research centers (if permitted by their rules) for which no direct transfer of funds to the student or research advisor is involved, such as conferences, symposia, internships, courses and training workshops offered in Quebec.
Collaborating student:
A collaborating student member is a graduate student to whom one of the following cases applies:
- their main research advisor is a Regular GRIL member, but the student receives direct fellowship funding from another FRQ research center (FRQNT, FRQSC or FRQS);
- their co-advisor (but not their main advisor) is a Regular GRIL member;
- their primary research advisor is a Collaborating GRIL member.
Collaborating students may benefit, subject to space and budget availability, from a free registration to the Annual Symposium, Fall Workshops, scientific workshops and data derbies.
The student can also apply to certain scholarship and funding programs offered by the GRIL, including:
- funding for submitting metadata (metaGRIL scholarship) if not already funded by another FRQ research center;
- funding for internships in the labs of GRIL members, if the internship is not already funded by another FRQ research center.
funding and scholarships
Here is a summary of the Scholarships and Funding Programs available to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are members of GRIL. For details, conditions and the procedure to apply, please access the Intranet.
GRIL Program for Regular Collaborative Projects
Complementary financial support for graduate students. The goal of this program is to increase the collective achievements of researchers within the GRIL, including the co-supervision of graduate students, the production of joint publications and team grant applications.
The application for this program must be completed by a GRIL researcher member.
GRIL Program for Collaborative Partnership Project
Complementary financial support for graduate students. The goal of this program is to facilitate collaborations and to increase the number of collective products between GRIL researchers and community (public, municipal or governmental) partners.
The application for this program must be completed by a GRIL researcher member.
Student Internships in GRIL member laboratories
This financial assistance aims to facilitate the mobility of GRIL graduate student members to realize training internships in other GRIL member laboratories.
Scholarships for Workshops, Courses and Short-Term Internships outside Québec
This financial assistance aims to facilitate the mobility of GRIL graduate student members to participate to a workshop, a course or a short term training internships (minimum 5 days) outside Québec.
Mitacs-FRQNT International Internship Program
This financial assistance aims to promote international mobility of students whose research activities are part of the scientific program of the GRIL. Allows to strengthen its action and influence at the international level through research projects and partnerships that have already been established or which are under development.
metaGRIL Scholarships
This scholarship aims to encourage and facilitate research data sharing through open access to metadata via the metaGRIL platform.
National Conference Funding (outside Québec)
This funding is intended to encourage GRIL graduate students to present the results of their research at a conference taking place in Canada, but outside of the province of Québec.
International Conference Funding (outside Canada)
This funding is intended to encourage GRIL graduate students to present the results of their research at an international conference, occuring outside of Canada.
International Conference Funding (outside Québec) - postdoc
This funding is intended to encourage GRIL postdoctoral fellows to get involved in the organization of a special session or symposia at national (outside Québec) and international conferences, or for workshops as part of (inter)national synthesis centres.
Data Derbies
This program aims to fund GRIL Data Derbies, which are intensive events (usually 2-3 days) wherein different multidisciplinary teams are created to address novel and concise research questions, using open data supplied to the participants.
Covid-19 Emergency Fund
A one-off emergency fund has been added to the GRIL 2020-2021 budget to support student members who have exceptional financial needs arising from the current crisis (e.g. difficulty paying rent or grocery bills, young children at home involving extra costs or delays, etc.).
Scholarship for Parental Leave
Through this initiative, the GRIL seeks to support membership diversity and promote gender equity. The purpose of this scholarship is to provide financial support to GRIL student members who must interrupt their studies following the birth or adoption of a child.
GRIL is an FRQNT-funded strategic cluster