M-19.1.2 - Act respecting the Ministère de la Recherche, de la Science et de la Technologie

Section 15.31 Disposition versions

2001-06-21

15.31. The functions of the Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies are

(1)  to promote and provide financial support for research in the fields of natural sciences, mathematical sciences and engineering;

(2)  to promote and provide financial support for the dissemination of scientific knowledge in fields of research related to natural sciences, mathematical sciences and engineering;

(3)  to promote and provide financial support for the training of researchers through achievement scholarships to graduate and postgraduate students and to persons who engage in postdoctoral research, and through professional development scholarships to persons who wish to re-enter the research community and through grants that allow the teaching duties of college level professors engaging in research activties to be reduced;

(4)  to manage scholarship programs for graduate and postgraduate students, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec or the Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture and through grant programs for teaching duties reduction;

(5)  to create any necessary partnership, in particular with universities, colleges and the industry, and the government departments and public and private bodies concerned.

1983, c. 23, s. 80; 1985, c. 30, s. 37; 1999, c. 8, s. 17; 2001, c. 28, s. 10.

1999-06-08

15.31. The functions of the Fonds pour la formation de chercheurs et l’aide à la recherche are

(1)  to promote or provide financial support for research carried out in post-secondary educational institutions;

(2)  to promote or provide financial support, in accordance with the plan of activities contemplated in section 15.33, for the work of researchers who are not attached to any post-secondary educational institution;

(3)  to promote or provide financial support for the diffusion of scientific knowledge in all fields of research;

(4)  to promote or provide financial support for the training of researchers by granting achievement scholarships to graduate and postgraduate students and to those who wish to re-enter the research community, as well as professional improvement scholarships.

1983, c. 23, s. 80; 1985, c. 30, s. 37; 1999, c. 8, s. 17.