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Over $1.3 million in research grants to PhD students and postdoctoral fellows

2019–2020 academic year

January 27, 2021

Granting agencies and 3 of their partners promoting research in Canada awarded research grants to 27 PhD students and 8 postdoctoral fellows at the School, for a total of $1.369 million in 2019–2020. They were selected by different expert committees, based on the quality of their academic records and their research potential.

SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS D) and Doctoral Fellowships (DFP)

This competition, by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), is open to all doctoral students in Canada and is among the most competitive. Candidates must have an exemplary academic record and very high research potential.

Recipient

Type of award

Specialization

Ali Abolghasemi

DFP

Finance

Karima Afif

DFP

Gestion des opérations et de la logistique

Marie-Ève Beauchamp Legault

CGS D

Comportement organisationnel et ressources humaines

Elie Saaoud

CGS D

Management, stratégie et entrepreneuriat

Doctoral research scholarship – Merit Scholarship Program for Foreign Students (PBEEE)

This scholarship program is managed by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT) and funded by the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur du Québec (MEES).

The objective of these scholarships is to support the internationalization of research activities at Quebec's institutions of higher education and to attract the top foreign researchers and students.

recipient

Component

specialization

Aurélie Vasseur

PhD – All countries (V1)

Technologies de l’information

Doctoral research scholarships (FRQSC)

Four students were awarded scholarships from the Fonds de recherche du Québec société et culture (FRQSC) to help them complete their research.

recipient

Type de scholarship

specialization

Dimitris Giamos

B2Z

Comportement organisationnel et ressources humaines

Ghita Lkhoyaali

B2Z

Management, stratégie et entrepreneuriat

Renato Lago Pereira Chaves

B2Z

Management, stratégie et entrepreneuriat

Justine-Anne Rowell

B2Z

Management, stratégie et entrepreneuriat

Doctoral research scholarships (FRQNT)

This FRQNT program awarded scholarships to 2 HEC Montréal PhD students whose research topics relate to natural science or technology

recipient

Type of scholarship

Specialization

Théophile Demazure

B2X

Technologies de l’information

François-Xavier Devailly

B2X

Sciences des données

IVADO and Fin-ML scholarships and fellowships

Six HEC Montréal PhD students were chosen to receive Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO) or Fin-ML scholarships, in recognition of their excellent academic results and to support their research, particularly in machine learning in quantitative finance and business analytics.

Two postdoctoral fellows also received IVADO support to finance their postdoctoral research in the field of data science.

Recipient – Doctoral scholarships

Type of scholarship

Specialization

Abhilash Chenreddy

Excellence

Sciences de la décision

Théophile Demazure

Excellence

Technologies de l’information

Rémi Galarneau-Vincent

Fin-ML CREATE

Ingénierie financière

Pan Liu

Fin-ML CREATE

Sciences des données

Ahmadreza Tavasoli

Fin-ML CREATE

Ingénierie financière

Davood Wadi

Excellence

Marketing


Recipient – posTdoctoral fellowships

Type of scholarship

departement

Ramesh Ramasamy Pandi

IVADO postdoctoral fellowship

Gestion des opérations et de la logistique

Claudie Ratté-Fortin

IVADO postdoctoral fellowship

Sciences de la décision

Mitacs internships and fellowships

Mitacs Accelerate is Canada’s most extensive research internship program. It allows graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and university professors to extend the scope of their research by teaming up with various partners, including private companies and non-profit organizations.

All in all, 14 PhD students received funding to carry out their research. At the postdoc level, 6 HEC Montréal fellows received financial support.

RecipienT – Doctoral internships

Type of internship

Specialization

Marie-Ève Beauchamp Legault

Accelerate

Comportement organisationnel et ressources humaines

Delphine Boursicot

Accelerate

Méthodes quantitatives

Florian Carichon

Accelerate

Sciences des données

Anaïs Galy

Accelerate

Gestion des ressources humaines

Stéphane Galzin

Accelerate

Finance

Julie Gauneau

Research training

Sciences comptables

Patrick Groulx

Research training

Comportement organisationnel et ressources humaines

Pierre Lepage

Accelerate

Management, stratégie et entrepreneuriat

Nicolas Levilly

Research training

Sciences comptables

Pan Liu

Accelerate

Sciences des données

Francis Maisonneuve

Accelerate

Comportement organisationnel et ressources humaines

Saeed Marzban

Accelerate

Méthodes quantitatives

Elie Saaoud

Research training 

Management, stratégie et entrepreneuriat

Raphael Zerbato

Accelerate

Économie appliquée

recipient — postdoctoral interships and fellowships

Type of award

Departement

Simon Belieres

Accelerate

Gestion des opérations et de la logistique

Jared Boasen

Accelerate + Elevate

Technologies de l’information

William Falcao

Accelerate

Management

Florence Guiliani

Accelerate

Gestion des ressources humaines

Mohammadsadegh Hashemi

Accelerate

Management

Ruben Valencia

Accelerate

Entrepreneuriat et innovation