1 February 2025
Scientific Communication Competitions:
- ÉTS Science Poster Competition
The goal of the competition is to introduce complex scientific notions in easy-to-understand language. You can choose to present –in lay terms– a topic related to your ongoing research project or any scientific or technological subject.
Registration for the competition is over.
Competition date: January 26, 2025 (Hall A)
- Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT)
Organized by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS), you will have three minutes sharp to present your research to a panel of non-specialist judges. The challenge is to present complex research information in an engaging, accessible and compelling way.
Registration date: February
Competition date: March 27, 2025
This month:
- Scholarships from foreign governments
These scholarships allow students to pursue their studies and research in other countries.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: variable - EXPLORE Program
Explore allows students to obtain funding to learn French or English through an intensive language-immersion program while discovering another region of Canada.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: variable - RBC Future Launch Scholarship for Indigenous Youth
20 scholarships of $10,000 per year, renewable for up to 4 years, for First Nations, Inuit and Metis students.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: February 5, 2025 - Transportation Association of Canada Foundation (TAC)
Scholarships intended for students who are enrolled in a transportation-related program.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: February 28, 2025 - ISA (International Society of Automation) Educational Foundation Scholarships
Scholarships intended to offset tuition fees and expenses related to research.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: February 28, 2025 - ASEQ (Alliance pour la santé étudiante au Québec) Foundation Grants
Grants intended to support student-driven initiatives and encourage academic, extracurricular and social involvement. The amount of each grant varies depending on the project, to a maximum of $5,000.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: March 15, 2025 - Fernand-Séguin scholarships (in French)
Scholarships intended for future science journalists, combined with training and internships with various medias.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: March 18, 2025 - Desjardins Foundation Scholarships
Scholarships valued at $1,500, $3,000 or $10,000, depending on the level of study.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: March 31, 2025
- You are a student at ÉTS? There is a platform to see what scholarships you may be eligible for. Just update the eBourses tab of your ePortfolio. The exchanges will be posted on the eBourses site. Good luck!
Selection deadline: February 19, 2025
For more information: ebourses@etsmtl.ca - Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) - NSERC
NSERC Scholarships for students who wish to undertake a research work term during the Summer 2025 session (recognized as a mandatory work term within the context of the study program). There will be two other selections for Fall and Winter.
Deadline for the internal selection: March 7, 2025 - Tunnelling Association of Canada scholarship
$2,000 scholarship to support a student with a passion for tunnelling.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: March 14, 2025 - The Engineers Canada Leadership Scholarship
Eight scholarships of $4,000 for students who demonstrate leadership potential in advancing engineering.
Deadline for submitting a candidacy to the organization: March 17, 2025
- FRQ scholarship - Anticosti - doctoral stream
Scholarship to support research related to the island of Anticosti and the enhancement of its UNESCO World Heritage site.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: February 20, 2025 at 4 p.m. - Excellence Scholarships from the Presses de l'Université du Québec
Three scholarships of $4,000 each are offered to encourage graduate students to contribute to the advancement of research while completing their thesis or dissertation, and to prepare them for the practice of academic publishing.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: March 1, 2025 - Scholarships for graduate studies in London
Five or more scholarships of £7,500 and one scholarship of £12,500, offered by London Goodenough Association of Canada to pursue graduate studies in London.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: March 1, 2025 - Engineers Canada National Scholarships
Scholarships for engineers licensed in Canada who are undertaking graduate studies
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: March 17, 2025 - Z.D. Eisenstein Memorial Scholarship
$6,000 scholarship intended for a student whose research relates to tunnels.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: March 14, 2025 - Personnal Awards for Black Scholars
These awards aim to promote strategic growth in heart and brain health science with Black communities by supporting Black students pursue their post graduate studies.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: March 20, 2025 at 4 p.m. - Sophie Germain scholarship
This program promotes the mobility of doctoral students and post-docs in Quebec. The grants awarded support research stays of at least one month in organizations and institutions in France.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: March 21, 2025 - CSA Group Graduate Scholarships
Scholarships intended to support graduate students in the pursuit of knowledge related to standards.
Deadline for submitting an application to the organization: March 31, 2025
There are currently no exclusive competitions in effect.
Other competitions announced in Info Bourses may also be open to international students. Please verify the eligibility requirements.
Still time to submit an application
- Deadline: February 3, 2025, 3 p.m.
Mackenzie King Scholarships - Deadline: February 3, 2025
BMO Master's fellowship in Montréal studies
Other sources of funding
- Mitacs Accelerate – Standard program
This program offers paid internships at a partner business that agrees to contribute to the financing and to host the student at its premises to work on activities related to a joint research project. This program offers considerable flexibility in terms of eligibility, duration of work terms and allocation of time for research at the business.
There is no set deadline for submitting applications. Applications must be submitted at least 8 weeks before the scheduled start of the internship. Several financing models are available.
- Business Strategy Internship
This program offers paid innovative internships at a partner business that agrees to contribute to the financing and to host the student at its premises to work on activities related to a joint research project to carry out the innovation activities of the organization, in order to help improve its products, processes or services. This program offers considerable flexibility in terms of eligibility, duration of work terms and allocation of time for research at the business. There is no set deadline for submitting applications. Applications must be submitted at least 5 weeks before the scheduled start of the internship. Several financing models are available.
- Mitacs Globalink Research Award
$6,000 fellowship for senior undergraduates and graduate students to conduct 12-24 week research projects at universities abroad. There is no set deadline for submitting applications. The number of available scholarships are limited. Applications must be submitted at least 16 weeks before the start of the project.
