Press Release: CRIR: recipient of FRQ research grants!
Montreal, June 16, 2022 – The Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) has awarded more than $9M to the CRIR community to propel research.
The Scientific Directors of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR) is grateful and honoured to be able to participate in the advancement of research in Quebec and to be part of the #communauté FRQ, thanks to the grant of more than $6.7M confirmed for the upcoming five years as part of its infrastructure renewal from the Fonds de Recherches du Québec-Santé (FRQS). This award is also possible thanks to additional research funds awarded by the Stratégie québécoise de recherche et d’investissement en innovation (SQRI2).
Congratulations to our research members who received over $1.4M in FRQ awards, including $1.2M in FRQS Career Grants and Wage Subsidies (Dahlia Kairy, Frédérique Poncet, Marc Roig Pull and Aliki Thomas), $244,900 in FRQS research grants (Catherine Fichten, $165,000) and FRQNT research grants (Rémy Allard and Andrei Nejur, $79,000).
CRIR’s next generation of scientists (14 students) was also awarded more than $920,000 in research or training scholarships. This funding will support the training and research careers of CRIR students.
Congratulations to the research members and the CRIR student community!
Join your voice to ours and let’s propel the research together!
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