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Pfizer-FRSQ Innovation Fund Second Competition

AMOUNT OF GRANT: From $100,000 to $200,000/year
TERM OF GRANT: 3 years, not renewable

CLOSING DATES
Letter of intent: March 1, 2010
Application: April 30, 2010

The FRSQ launches the second research grant competition of the Pfizer-FRSQ Innovation Fund.

This program, in partnership with Pfizer Canada, is designed to support innovative, large-scale multi-institutional research projects in human health that have a strong likelihood for technology transfer and commercialisation. The objective of this program is to act as a catalyst for innovative translational research and stimulate an entrepreneurial culture within Quebec Universities and Affiliated Hospital Based Research Centres.

Priority topics are:
-neurodegenerative diseases
-cardiovascular and metabolic diseases
-cancer
-inflammation
-mental health
-chronic diseases

PROGRAM DETAILS AND FORMS: http://www.frsq.gouv.qc.ca/en/financement/Programmes_2010_2011/s17_fiche.shtml

INFORMATION:
Annie Villeneuve, M. Sc.
Program Manager
Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec
avilleneuve@frsq.gouv.qc.ca
www.frsq.gouv.qc.ca