Pilot project program for early-career researchers
This program was created to support early career vision researchers and vision rehabilitation professionals. It aims to promote the maintenance of a critical mass of vision science researchers in Quebec, to attract international researchers, and to finance pilot projects demonstrating the feasibility of new projects.
This program was created to support early career vision researchers and vision rehabilitation professionals who are seeking an academic position or who have been in an academic position for less than five (5) years. Postdoctoral fellows, medical residents, optometrists (ODs) in graduate studies, or any other vision rehabilitation professional who will have an academic position with a research component at the time the funding is used are also eligible to apply.
The preliminary results obtained during this period funded by the RRSV will allow them to more easily access other scholarships or grants of provincial scope (Junior 1 and Junior 2 research fellows from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS)), federal or even grants from private foundations. Candidates will benefit from the constructive comments of experienced evaluators that will allow them to consolidate their application and increase their chances of success in these competitions.
This program is jointly subsidized by the “Eye Disease Foundation” (2023-01-13)
This grant is for a period of one year (no renewal possible).
Grant: up to $50,000
Deadline February 15, 2025
Letter of Intent: December 15, 2024*
Complete application: February 15, 2025*
* If these dates fall on a Friday or Saturday, the candidate will have until Sunday evening to send their application to the RRSV.
Evaluation grids
Documents 2024-2025
Coming soon
Documents 2023-2024
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.
