Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

Scholarship and Financial Assistance Programs

The Culture in the Regions Axis actively supports research and training focused on arts and culture outside major urban centres. To promote excellence, mobility, and stronger connections with regional cultural communities, the research stream offers three scholarship and financial assistance programs for students at all academic levels.

Excellence Scholarships
This program recognizes the quality and relevance of master’s and doctoral research projects focused on culture or the arts in regional contexts. Excellence Scholarships support projects grounded in regional realities and supervised by members of the Culture in the Regions Axis. Awards are granted based on the scientific merit of the project, its consideration of regional specificities, and the excellence of the applicant’s academic record.

Excellence Scholarships

Mobility Scholarships
Mobility Scholarships are designed to facilitate student participation in conferences, congresses, and scholarly events related to culture in the regions. They provide reimbursement for eligible expenses (travel, accommodation, registration fees), as well as a per diem for meals. This program promotes knowledge dissemination, networking, and the visibility of research on culture in the regions, in Québec and beyond.

Mobility Scholarships

Partnership Scholarships – Regional Research Residencies
This program supports the development of research or research-creation residencies in regional settings, carried out in partnership with artist-run centres or cultural organizations. Open to students at all academic levels, these non-credit residencies aim to strengthen ties between the academic and professional sectors while offering a concrete experience rooted in regional contexts. The Culture in the Regions Axis and the partner organization jointly contribute to the financial support and supervision of participants.

Partnership Scholarships – Regional research residencies

Research-Creation Scholarship

This program is intended for master’s and doctoral candidates who wish to undertake or continue a research-creation project under the supervision of a CREAT Chair member (Chair headers or co-researchers).

To be eligible for the competition, interested individuals must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Be supervised by a member of the CREAT Chair (Chair headers or co-researchers). Students supervised by a Chair collaborator may also apply but must ensure their eligibility by consulting the FRQ Common General Rules (CGR);
• Be enrolled full-time or part-time in a master’s or doctoral program at the home institution of a CREAT Chair header, co-researcher, or collaborator;
• Be willing to become a student member of the CREAT Chair;
• Conduct a research-creation project related to the creative economy and well-being, with particular emphasis on the Digital Creativity Axis (video game, VFX, and immersive digital experience sectors, as specified by the FRQSC — see: https://frq.gouv.qc.ca/programme/frqsc-chaire-de-recherche-en-economie-creative-et-mieux-etre-creat/).

If you have any questions, please contact Naomie Allard, coordinator of the Digital Creativity Axis, at the following address: naomie.allard@uqo.ca

Application deadline | March 15, 2026

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2025 Recipients

As part of its annual scholarships and financial support program, the Discoverability axis presents the recipients of the 2025 edition. Their projects, which explore contemporary issues related to access, circulation, and the visibility of cultural and creative content, will contribute to the Chair’s collective reflections on discoverability.

Juliette P. Gagné – PhD, Université de Montréal

Étienne Grenier – PhD, INRS

François-Olivier Picard – PhD, INRS

Victor Galarreta – Master’s, INRS