Yves-Deshaies Rising Stars Award
Created in April 2012 by the Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS), the Research Network on CardioMetabolic health, Diabetes and Obesity aims to Pursue the development of research in cardiometabolic health, diabetes and obesity, translate and mobilize knowledge to promote sustainable health among Quebecers.
The MyRoad Platform (Maximize Your Research in Obesity and Diabetes) offers unique opportunities for students at all levels and early-career researchers across the country to benefit from extensive research training and mentoring programs. MyRoad is helping to train the next generation of scientists to mobilize new and emerging evidence into practice and policy in the fields of obesity, diabetes and cardiometabolic diseases.
The CMDO Network is launching its 2024-2025 Yves-Deshaies Rising Stars Award of the CMDO Network and the MyRoad Platform for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in Quebec. The objective of the award is to help students, whose applications could be competitive, to increase their chances of success for a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship or a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship (submission expected in the fall of 2025). This Award of Excellence has three components: 1) financial support ($3,000) for participation in international conferences; 2) financial support of $1,500 for participation in one or more MyRoad Platform training activities; 3) access to the 2025 CMDO Winter Camp and 2025 CMDO Annual Meeting and 4) access to a CMDO mentor to prepare for competitions such as the Vanier and Banting. One prize per year will be awarded following an evaluation based on criteria of excellence.
The laureates will receive financial support of $3,000 (CMDO) and $1,500 (MyRoad) valid from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, to cover the cost of attending international conferences.
Deadline for application submission is September 10, 2024.
Women, Aboriginal people, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and people from the 2SLBGTQIA+ community are encouraged to apply for funding. For evaluation purposes, we strive to recruit a diverse committee that reflects the profiles of the applicants and ensure an evaluation process that takes into account the particular situations of the applicants, including atypical trajectories.
The eligibility criteria and the evaluation method are described in the guide. Requests submitted late, incomplete or that do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be evaluated.
It is always important to take the rules and criteria before completing the Form (Open PDF file (top of page) to see the details in the questionnaire).
FORM MUST BE COMPLETED ONLINE (SEE ABOVE LINK). IT CAN BE RECORDED TO BE COMPLETED LATER.
Requests for additional information may be sent to the Cardiometabolic Health, Diabetes and Obesity (CMDO) Research Network, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke , Division of endocrinology, CRCHUS, Tel: 819 346-1110 ext 12703, email: info@rrcmdo.ca.