RIISQ - Student Outreach Grants

The Réseau Inondations InterSectoriel du Québec (RIISQ) is offering outreach grants to its student members. To apply for this grant, you must:

  • Be a student member of the RIISQ network enrolled in a graduate program at a Quebec university;

  • Present a paper or poster as the lead author at a scientific event (conference, congress, symposium) taking place in person in Quebec or elsewhere;

  • Have a paper proposal officially accepted by the event’s organizing committee;

  • Complete the attached form and include proof of acceptance to the scientific

    event (a copy of the email confirming in-person participation) and the call for

    papers or the program (if available);

  • Submit applications to recherche@riisq.ca by the deadline.

Funding is awarded through a competitive process in the following amounts:

  • $450 for an event held in Quebec province or Ottawa city

  • $900 for an event outside Quebec (in Canada or internationally, excluding Ottawa)

    A limited number of grants are available for each year (up to a maximum of $4,500).

More details

Application form

RIISQ - Student Engagement Awards

The Réseau Inondations InterSectoriel du Québec (RIISQ) presents two annual awards to recognize the involvement of its student members in organizing the network’s activities, their representation on governing bodies (committees and the board), or their personal initiatives.

To be eligible, the following conditions must be met:

  • The involvement must not be directly related to the student’s thesis or dissertation, although it may involve knowledge transfer or the popularization of research outside the student’s scientific discipline;

  • The individual must be a student member of RIISQ and enrolled in a graduate program at a Quebec university;

  • The involvement must not be an activity for which the student is paid (salary) by RIISQ;

  • The completed form must be attached, and an up-to-date CV be sent to recherche@riisq.ca before the deadline.

More details

Application form

Recruitment of a doctoral student for a project on hail projection in Canada during the 21st century from a property insurance perspective

The ESCER Centre (Study and Simulation of Climate at Regional Scale) at the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) is recruiting a doctoral student to join its team for a project funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The objective of this project is to project the occurrence and intensity of hail in Canada using simulations performed by the Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM6/GEM5).

Work location and program of study: ESCER Centre and PhD in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Canada.

Start date and duration: Beginning in September 2026 or January 2027. Duration: 3.5 years.

Position details

Thèsez-vous Scholarships for RIISQ Student Members

Are you a student member of the RIISQ and interested in participating in the Thèsez-vous? program? From November 27, 2025, to November 26, 2026, you may be eligible for:

  • One $335 scholarship applicable to all writing retreats.
  • One $68.50 scholarship applicable to all in-person and online activities (for example, 11 writing blocks)
  • Scholarships are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis while funds last. To obtain the codes, please write to info@riisq.ca.