Competition calendar
The AIRS Network offers numerous funding programs for its members to support research and emerging scholars. It actively contributes to supporting its community by investing nearly $500,000 annually in scholarship and grant competitions for researchers and student trainees. Driven by the Network’s dynamism and its collaborations with many partners, this support fosters innovation and the development of new research initiatives.
| Competition | Eligibility | Funding | Expected launch date of the competition | Competition and number of funding per year |
Status (Submission date if the competition is open) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Funding for the use of AIRS Network platforms |
Regular member |
Reimbursement of fees associated with the use of AIRS Network platforms, up to $3,000 |
Competition open until the allocation of the 4 annual fundings (between March 1 and April 30), based on 1) the date of submission and 2) the evaluation of the application. |
4 funded applications /year |
Open
|
Short-term internship at another university |
Master’s and PhD students |
Remboursement de dépenses jusqu’à un montant de 5 000 $ |
Competition launch in mid-March. Documents: |
1 competition /year |
Closed |
Science communication, comic contest
|
Master’s and PhD students |
Funding to cover the production costs for a comics artist to create a three-page comic strip (value of 1 500$). |
Competition launch in mid-March. |
The launch confirmation of the competition is issued in January. |
Closed |
Bursary for a presentation at a scientific conference |
Master’s, PhD students and Postdoc |
Multiple funding awards distributed as follows: $500 Canada. $1,000 International. |
Two-part competition for conference participation: Part 1: announced in June, covering the period from April 1 to September 30. Part 2: announced in December, covering the period from October 1 to March 31. Documents: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GnNzYkCfvmF7HsPm0v6hvHMJFoNl980E/view?usp=drive_link |
2 competitions /year |
Open until August 15 at 23h59 (Part 1) |
Bursary supplement |
Master’s, PhD students and Postdoc |
Several funding awards distributed
as follows:
$5,000 Master degree
$10,000 PhD and Postdoc
|
Competition launch in June. Documents: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1acCZBL4BhjOSB0_PlxCMxmWtxnYDSh2W/view?usp=drive_link |
1 competition /year |
Open until June 30 at 23h59 |
Project with another Network |
Regular member
|
Funding up to 15 000 $ |
Competition launch in October.
|
1 competition /year |
Closed |
Career start program for young researchers with mentoring |
Membre
régulier.ère,
chercheur.e en début de carrière
|
Funding up to $25,000 |
Competition launch in October. |
1 competition /year |
Closed |
Team-project |
Regular member
|
Funding up to $30,000 |
Competition launch in October. |
1 competition /year |
Closed |
Intersectorals projects |
Regular members
|
Funding up to $40,000 |
Competition launch in October. |
1 competition /year |
Closed |
Exchanges with J2R |
Master’s, PhD students
|
Expense reimbursement up to $5,000 |
The competition takes place at the annual AIRS Network congress, usually in the fall. |
1 competition /year |
Closed |
With the support of our partners
These competitions are made possible thanks to our partners, their financial, technical, and logistical support enables us to offer scholarships and grants to researchers and trainees, thereby contributing to the success of these initiatives.
