Common Infrastructure Program
The goal of the Common Infrastructure (CI) program is to offer RRSV researchers resources and work tools accessible to all that they would not otherwise have been able to afford, in order to promote vision research in Quebec. The IFs supported by the RRSV have become essential to the operation of several laboratories in the Network. Their impact is undeniable in terms of scientific publications, conference presentations and grants. The Visual Impairment & Rehabilitation Database has notably helped to influence the policy for distributing low vision care in Quebec. This program is considered one of the most useful and effective.
Grant: $30,000
Financial support for a common infrastructure is granted for one year. The maximum budget allocated per infrastructure is $30,000. Upon demonstration of high performance, the amount allocated may be higher. In all cases, the amount of the grants will depend on the availability of funds. This funding is renewable upon submission of a duly completed renewal application (the scientific report is now included in the renewal application).
Deadline: November 1, 2024
New request: Not available in 2023
Renewal request: November 1, 2024* – you will have until November 4, 11:59 p.m. to submit a renewal request.
* If these dates fall on a Friday or Saturday, the candidate will have until Monday evening to send their application to the RRSV.
Renewal request
Additional information will be sent to each manager eligible for the 2024 renewal
Documents 2024-2025
Useful links
Scientific report
A scientific report must be submitted at the end of each grant, then when requesting renewal of the RRSV.
Financial report
For any project subsidized by the RRSV, a financial report must be submitted to the FRQS at the end of the financial year (March 31) following the year of the award as well as at the end of the grant.
The goal of the common infrastructure program is to offer Network researchers resources and work tools that are accessible to all and that they would not have been able to afford otherwise, in order to promote vision research in Quebec.
The common infrastructures supported by the RRSV have become essential to the operation of several RRSV laboratories. Their impact is undeniable in terms of scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, abstracts of presentations at provincial, national and international conferences and grants. The results of research based on the use of these banks have also made it possible on several occasions to strategically influence the transfer of knowledge and the implementation of new practices. The Visual Impairment & Rehabilitation Database has notably helped to influence the policy for distributing low vision care in Quebec. The Common Infrastructure Program is considered to be the most useful and efficient of the RRSV programs and most resources are being mobilized to ensure that it continues to be so.
In the case of a clinical, genetic or tissue database or register, endorsement by the Ethics Committee of the institution responsible for the bank or register is a mandatory and essential prerequisite for any access and/or use of the data in this bank or register.
CURRENT COMMON INFRACTURES
COVER Register
CURRENT COMMON INFRACTURES
Quebec Retina Biobank
CURRENT COMMON INFRACTURES
Uveal Melanoma Bank
CURRENT COMMON INFRACTURES
Eye tissues for vision research
CURRENT COMMON INFRACTURES
Corneal Data Bank
CURRENT COMMON INFRACTURES
ORVIS
PAST COMMON INFRACTURES
RRSV Clinical Research Platform
PAST COMMON INFRACTURES
