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Québec Research Fund (Fonds de recherche du Québec FRQ)

Objectives

With the main objective of promoting and strengthening partnership links between university and college research institutions, the Fonds de recherche du Québec mobilizes the various actors of the ecosystem and of the Espace Aéro Innovation Zone, by reinforcing structuring and research partnerships that address the major strategic priorities of the aerospace sector.. 

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Key characteristics

  • The grant has a duration of 3 years and can reach a maximum of $290,900 per year (excluding indirect research costs, FIR).
  • The C3P-AÉRO program must be co-led by a pair composed of university researchers, who will act as co-holders of the chair.
  • The chair’s composition may include a co-researcher from a college institution.
  • The C3P-AÉRO program must address at least one of the first two targeted research axes (Decarbonization; Autonomy).
  • The candidate duo must have obtained support from the IZ through a letter of support.
  • The C3P-AÉRO program must necessarily benefit from the support of each managing institution.
  • The C3P-AÉRO program must necessarily benefit from the support of at least one practice sector partner. 
  • The pre-application stage is a registration step.