VSRN Excellence Awards

VSRN Excellence Awards

The VSRN Excellence Awards are designed to help graduate vision research students (MSc and PhD) achieve greater success in scholarship competitions from funding agencies (FRQ, CIHR, others). These nominative and non-renewable awards will be awarded to the most promising candidates. The feedback provided by the Scientific Committee will help improve each candidate’s applications, which will be submitted to these agencies for the fall competitions.

Please review the rules below to determine your eligibility.

*If this date falls on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday, the candidate will have until Monday 11:59 p.m. to send their application to the RRSV.

The results will be announced to each candidate at the end of September.

Documentation 2026-2027

VSRN Excellence Award_PDF version_July 2026

VSRN Excellence Award_Word version_July 2026

Application Form

Reminder

Here is a reminder of the documents to attach to your electronic form (all sections of the competition application form must be attached in PDF):

• 1. Copy of the granting agency’s application form AND these sections:
  • Section 1. Layman summary of the project
  • MSc ONLY – Section 2. Program description
  • Section 3. Recognitions
  • Section 4. Academic Career related to your Experiences and Interests
  • Section 5. Relevant Experiences and Scientific Achievements
  • Section 6. Research Project
  • Section 7. Bibliography
• 2. Proof of residency (RAMQ / Proof of registration)
• 3. Official transcripts
• 4. History of university sessions
• 5. Acknowledgments of Submitted Articles