M-15.1.0.1 - Act respecting the Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche, de la Science et de la Technologie

Section 40 Disposition versions

2014-01-05

40. The functions of the Québec Research Fund–Health are

(1)  to promote and provide financial support for all areas of research in the field of health, including basic, clinical and epidemiological research, research in the field of public health and research in the field of health services;

(2)  to promote and provide financial support for the dissemination of scientific knowledge in fields of health research;

(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 activities to be reduced;

(4)  to create any necessary partnership, in particular with universities, colleges and health care institutions, and the government departments and public and private bodies concerned.

2013, c. 28, s. 40.