FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR RESEARCHERS

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Financial support for scientific meeting organization

Québec-Océan may fund full members who wish to organize a scientific meeting or a workshop. The activity must:

bring together at least 2 regular members from different institutions, and possibly other participants
support the scientific program of Québec-Océan
provide Québec-Océan visibility in the ads of the meeting and during activity.

Before the activity, the applicant must provide Brigitte Robineau with:

co-applicants names
meeting’s title
dates and location
the expected total budget, including sources of income and the amount requested from Québec-Océan
the justification (½ page maximum) indicating the purpose of the meeting and the reason why Québec’s Océan support is necessary.

Support for car rentals

Québec-Océan will support researchers that have to rent a car outside the city home of their university, for a collaborative research project.

The project must :

gather 2 regular members and eventually other participants
support the scientific program of Québec-Océan.

Before renting the car, the applicant will have to provide Brigitte Robineau (U. Laval) or Astrid Tempestini (UQAR/ISMER) with:

co-applicants names
the title of the research project
dates of renting and itinerary
the expected rental budget, including the amount requested from Québec-Océan
the justification (½ page maximum) indicating the purpose of the rental and the reason why Québec’s Océan support is necessary.

Financial aid for collaborative research project

Québec-Ocean can provide support to members who wish to organize a collaborative research project. In kind and/or in cash, the support granted will depend on the categories of the requesting members (see table below) and the decision of the evaluation committee:

Project leader	Co-investigators from the same institution	Co-investigators from different institutions
Co-Investigator	In-Kind	Maximum $10,000 in cash
Government Collaborator or Allied	In-Kind	Maximum $5,000 cash to co-investigators

In-kind support can take many forms:

Time of the person in charge and operator of the oceanographic equipment, captain of a small boat
Time of the person in charge of processing the physico-chemical data
Travel and stay of these employees
Financial aids for students: Bonuses for publications, conference support and short training courses.

Cash support can be given to members for:

Remuneration of staff assigned to the project
Travel and stays.

Supporting conditions

To be integrated into the scientific program of Québec-Océan
Have a co-investigator or collaborator from the government or an Ally as a leader
Bring together at least 2 co-investigators, as far as possible from different institutions
Ensure the visibility of Québec-Ocean, during project activities and in the deliverables, particularly in the acknowledgements of subsequent publications.

Prior to the activity, the applicant must provide the executive director with a document of 2 pages maximum including:

the names and affiliations of the co-applicants
the project title
dates and location
the total budget planned, with the sources of revenue and the amounts requested from Quebec-Ocean in kind and in cash
details of in-kind (time and type of support) and cash contributions
the project summary
the relevance and impact of the project
why the support of Québec-Ocean is necessary.

Evaluation of applications

Applications may be submitted at any time. An evaluation committee will evaluate them twice a year, in mid-March and mid-September.
The committee will be composed of the scientific director, the axis leaders and the theme leaders concerned. The evaluation criteria and their weightings will be as follows:

Quality and complementarity of the team	25%
Relevance of the project	20%
Project Impact	20%
Visibility of Quebec-Ocean	20%
Adequacy of the budget	15%

The amounts granted are at the discretion of the Committee, in accordance with the amounts set forth above and the funds available for Québec-Océan.

Financial support for purchase of research equipment

Given the budget cuts, there will be no 2015-2016 competition.