Québec’s Chief Scientist, Rémi Quirion, is pleased to announce the May winners of the Étudiants-chercheurs étoiles Award, a competition spearheaded by the three Fonds de recherche du Québec.
Award winner, Fonds Nature et technologies
Daniel Beaudoin, étudiant au doctorat en chimie à l’Université de Montréal
Winning article : Constructing monocrystalline covalent organic networks by polymerization
Published in : Nature chemistry, 5, 810-811, 2013.
Award winner, Fonds Santé
Guillaume Lavertu, étudiant au doctorat en médecine à l’Université Laval
Winning article : Enhancing K–Cl co-transport restores normal spinothalamic sensory coding in a neuropathic pain model
Published in : BRAIN, 137; 724-738, 2014.
Award winner, Fonds Société et culture
Sophie Sansfaçon, étudiante au doctorat en psychologie à l’Université du Québec à Montréal
Winning article : Investigating the motivations underlying harmful social behaviors and the motivational nature of social norms
Published in : Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Octobre 2013
In addition to promoting careers in research, the competition aims to recognize the exceptional research contributions of college and university students, postdoctoral fellows and members of professional bodies who are enrolled in advanced research training programs in the areas covered by the three Fonds de recherche du Québec.
Every month, each Fund will award $1000 to a student researcher.
Dr. Quirion sends his congratulations to the winners.
Source :
Benoit Sévigny
Directeur des communications et de la mobilisation des connaissances
Fonds de recherche du Québec
514 864-1619
benoit.sevigny@frq.gouv.qc.ca