Research Institute Awards

The Douglas Research Institute


Colin J. Adair Charitable Foundation Fellowship

Established in 2022 by the Colin J. Adair Charitable Foundation, to support outstanding graduate and postdoctoral students and trainees in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Eligibility Awarded by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences upon the recommendation of the Director of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA) on the basis of academic merit to one or more Master’s, doctoral or postdoctoral scholar(s) pursuing research in the area of Alzheimer’s Disease and studies in aging within the MCSA.
Value Varies

Last Update: 21 Feb. 2023


Goodman Cancer Research Centre


Defi Corporatif Canderel Studentship And Fellowship

Eligibility Open to Ph.D. and postdoctoral fellow candidates within the first two years of working with members or associate members of the Goodman Cancer Research Centre.
Value $10,000 Studentships; $15,000 Fellowships. One year support in both cases; non-renewable.
Application Studentship candidates must submit an application form along with a C.V., transcripts, publications, letters of reference and an outline of their proposed project with investigator's name. Transcripts are not required for Fellowship applications. Applications must be sent to: Dr. Maria Hadjopoulos, Goodman Cancer Research Centre, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Room 702, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1Y6. Application process and submission on the GCRC website.

Rolande and Marcel Gosselin Graduate Studentships

Established in 2003 by a bequest from Rolande Dubreuil Gosselin.

Eligibility Awarded by the Faculty of Medicine’s Postgraduate Awards Committee to two graduate students undertaking cancer research under the direction of a member of the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre.
Value Varies

Last Update: 10 Mar. 2014


Montreal Children’s Hospital


McGill University - Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute Fellowships

The McGill University - Montreal Children’s Hospital Research Institute offers a limited number of postdoctoral and research fellowships.

Eligibility Medical, dental or doctoral graduates undertaking full time training in paediatric research. Candidate must be supervised by an investigator with formal primary affiliation with McGill University - Montreal Children’s Hospital Research Institute.
Value Based on CIHR guidelines with respect to employment under grants
Deadline December 1 for an April 1 or July 1 commencement date
Application Forms are available from the Secretariat of the Research Institute, 4060 Sainte-Catherine Street West, Room 205, Montreal, Quebec, H3Z 2Z3.

Montreal Neurological Institute


Arthur Victor Movement Disorder Travel Award

Eligibility This travel award covers travel expenses of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows presenting research related to movement disorders at international scientific meetings, including the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Travel awards are awarded on a competitive basis.
Value Up to $1,500
Deadline October 31 and covers the period from November 1, 2011 - October 31, 2012
Application Please see the Neuro website for details.

Banque Nationale Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Eligibility This fellowship supports the training of postdoctoral fellows in work related to translational research and knowledge creation. Candidates must hold an M.D. or a Ph.D. degree. This fellowship is awarded on a competitive basis.
Value $50,000 for one year. Recipients can apply for one additional year of funding.
Deadline October 31 for a commencement date after July 1 of the following year
Application Please see the Neuro website for details.

CIBC Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Brain Imaging

Eligibility This fellowship supports the training of postdoctoral fellows in the field of Brain Imaging. Candidates must hold an M.D. or a Ph.D. degree. This fellowship is awarded on a competitive basis.
Value $50,000 for one year. Recipients can apply for one additional year of funding.
Deadline October 31 for a commencement date after July 1 of the following year
Application Please see the Neuro website for details.

Jeanne Timmins Costello Fellowship

Eligibility This fellowship supports research and study in clinical and basic neuroscience. Candidates must hold an M.D. or a Ph.D. degree. Those candidates with M.D. degrees will ordinarily have completed clinical studies in neurology or neurosurgery. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis.
Value $40,000
Deadline October 31 for a commencement date after July 1 of the following year
Application Please see the Neuro website for details.

Mark Rayport & Shirley Ferguson Rayport Clinical Fellowship in Epilepsy Surgery

Eligibility This fellowship supports the training of a neurosurgeon to develop expertise in the surgical treatment of epilepsy and to have the opportunity to study related research techniques. Candidates must hold an M.D. or a Ph.D. degree. This fellowship is awarded on a competitive basis.
Value $50,000.00
Deadline October 31 for a commencement date after July 1 of the following year
Application Please see the Neuro website for details.

Mary Louise Nickerson Fellowship in Neuro History

Established in 2011 by Granville H. Nickerson, M.D.,C.M. 1945, in honour and in memory of his wife, Mary Louise, who was an inspiration to many of Dr. Granville Nickerson's classmates of McGill's Medicine Class of 1945, an acknowledged scholar and an enthusiastic promoter of the Arts.

Eligibility The Fellowship will allow a scholar to carry out research utilizing the Neuro History archival and artifact collections, the centrepiece of which is the Penfield Archive in the Osler Library, and including other resources available at the Montreal Neurological Institute and the McGill University Archives.
Value Varies. May be renewable. 

Nakhle and Claudine Wehbe Fellowship

Established in 2019 by Alain Wehbe, BEng 2002, for outstanding graduate students engaged in research directed toward neurosurgical treatment of Parkinson Disease.

Eligibility Awarded annually by the Montreal Neurological Institute upon recommendation of the Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, on the basis of academic merit.
Value Varies.

Last update: 07 Oct. 2019


Preston Robb Fellowship

Eligibility This fellowship supports the training of a clinical fellow to work jointly with one of the MNI's basic and clinician scientists. Candidates must have an M.D. degree with clinical studies in neurology or neurosurgery. This fellowship is awarded on a competitive basis.
Value $40,000
Deadline October 31 for a commencement date after July 1 of the following year
Application Please see the Neuro website for details.

Simon Groom Student Travel Award

Eligibility This travel award covers travel expenses of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows presenting research related to epilepsy at international scientific meetings, including the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Travel awards are awarded on a competitive basis.
Value Up to $1,500
Deadline October 31 and covers the period from November 1, 2011 - October 31, 2012
Application Please see the Neuro website for details.

Sophia Vorias Memorial Prize

Established in 2024 by family and friends in loving memory of Sophia Vorias.

Eligibility Awarded by the Integrated Program in Neuroscience Awards Committee at the Montreal Neurological Institute on the basis of academic excellence in Neurology or Neuroscience to one or more graduate students enrolled in a full-time degree program at the MNI, including graduate students in the Integrated Program in Neuroscience.
Value Varies.

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