NEWS
Over $1.6 million in scholarships for 42 MSc, PhD and postdoctoral students and alumni
October 25, 2010
Once again this year, the School’s students and alumni did very well in the competitions held by granting agencies for 2010-2011. Overall, 39 students in HEC Montréal MSc and PhD programs and 3 HEC Montréal alumni pursuing postgraduate and postdoctoral studies in other parts of the world will share over $1.6 million in funding. They were all selected by independent juries of expert researchers, based on the exceptional quality of their university work focusing on social, economic and cultural issues. The granting agencies* are the SSHRC, NSERC, FQRSC, FQRNT and IFM2.
Postgraduate scholarships
This year 18 PhD in Administration students received postgraduate scholarships worth from $20,000 to $35,000 per year, for a period of up to three years, for a total of $1,105,333.
SSHRC and FQRSC
- Mariline Comeau-Vallée, Management specialization
SSHRC
- Marie-Claude Gaudet, Human Resources Management specialization
- Mathieu Templier, Information Technologies specialization
NSERC
- Frédéric Godin, Management Sciences specialization
- Behnaz Saboonchi, Management Sciences specialization
FQRNT
- Walid Mathlouthi, Management Sciences specialization
FQRSC
- Tarek Ben Rhouma, Management Sciences specialization
- Mohamed Chekli, Information Technologies specialization
- Kafui Dansou, Management specialization
- Jean-François Harvey, Management specialization
- Kevin Johnson, Management specialization
- Pascale Landry, Management specialization
- Samuel Marleau Ouellet, Management specialization
- Igor Oliveira Dos Santos, International Business specialization
Industrial Innovation Scholarship (IIS/BMP Innovation)
- Yoséline Leunens, Management specialization
Frontenac program (cotutelle)
- Virginie Lecourt, Management specialization
IFM2
- Louis-Philippe Joly, Management Sciences specialization
- Si Yang Wu, Management Sciences specialization
Graduate scholarships
Graduate scholarships of $15,000 to $21,000 per year for periods of up to two years, worth $477,000 in all, went to 21 MSc in Administration students.
SSHRC and FQRSC
- Marie-Ève Gosemick-Turcotte, Marketing option
SSHRC
- Annick Beaupré, Marketing option
- Catherine Chamberland, International Business option
- Philippe d’Astous, Finance option
- Emmanuelle Demars, Applied Economics option
- Sophie Gagnon, Organizational Development option
- Viviane Gosselin, Finance option
- David Lampron, Finance option
- Myriam Lapointe Laperrière, International Business option
- Charles Martineau, International Business option
- Jean-François Naud, Finance option
- Camélia Radu, Financial and Strategic Accounting option
- Dominic Rioux, Finance option
- Sébastien Rothlisberger, Information Technologies option
- Guillaume Alim Tremblay, Applied Economics option
NSERC
- Katie Hébert, Logistics option
FQRSC
- Andrée-Ève Brochu, Logistics option
Industrial Innovation Scholarship: Government departments and organizations
- Joëlle Bissonnette, Management option
IFM2
- Simon Du Tremblay, Finance option (Jean Turmel Excellence Fellowship)
- Jean-François Fortin, Financial Engineering option
- Élise St-Aubin Fournier, Financial Engineering option
- Sofiane Tafat, Financial Engineering option
HEC Montréal alumni also receive funding
Three School alumni pursuing postdoctoral and graduate studies at other universities elsewhere in Canada or abroad were awarded funding from granting agencies on the strength of their academic records while they were at HEC Montréal.
Postdoctoral scholarship
One PhD graduate received two scholarship, both for two years, for a total of $140,000.
- Andrew Papadopoulos – SSHRC – Louisiana State University and FQRSC – École de Management de Lyon
Graduate scholarships
Two BBA graduates were awarded $17,500 scholarships, for a total of $35,000.
- Stéfanie Gadbois – SSHRC – Queen’s University
- Marie Renaud – SSHRC – Université McGill
* SSHRC : Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
NSERC : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
FQRSC : Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture
FQRNT : Fonds québécois de recherche sur la nature et les technologies
IFM2 : Institut de finance mathématique de Montréal
