Archives of Previous Announcements for 2004
The
Vision Network Prize
The Vision Research Network is
proud to inaugurate the Vision Network Prize.
This prize aims to reward students or post-doctoral
fellows who have published (electronic or paper)
an article in vision science. Candidates may submit
their article within the first six months following
publication. Any one article may only be submitted
once.
Evaluation
The evaluators will consider the quality of the
article as well as the prestige of the journal.
Conditions d'admissibilité
The article should be sent in both electronic
and paper format to the Vision Research Network.
A short biography (1 page) and picture of the
candidate must be submitted.
Deadlines for 2004-2005 :
September 15 2004 (Extension October 15)
December 15 2004
March 15 2005
June 15 2005
The required documents should be sent electtronically
to the secretariat of the network: reseau.vision@mcgill.ca
Good luck to all!
Congratulations
to the recipients of bursaries
FRSQ (réseau vision)
Karine Zaniolo from the
Cornea Axis
Sylvain Guérin's laboratory
A Ph.D. bursary for the period of 09/03-08/06.
FRSQ
Julie Lachapelle from the
Retina and Development Axis
Michelle McKerral's laboratory
A Ph.D. bursary for the period of 04/04-03/07.
Manon Gaudreault from the
Cornea Axis
Sylvain Guérin's laboratory
A Ph.D. bursary for the period of 09/03-08/06.
Nicolas Gagnon from the
Cornea Axis
Lucie Germain's laboratory
A M.Sc. bursary for the period of 05/04-04/06.
CRSNG
Anne Rufiange from the
Retina Axis
Sylvain Guérin's laboratory
A M.Sc. bursary for the period of 09/03-08/05.
IRSC
Marie-Ève Gingras
from the Cornea Axis
Sylvain Guérin's laboratory
A Ph.D. bursary for the period of 09/03-08/06.
Heart and Stroke Foundation
Mirna Sirinyan
Sylvain Chemtob's laboratory
Christiane Quiniou
Sylvain Chemtob's laboratory
Foundation Fighting Blindness
Daniella Checchin
Sylvain Chemtob's laboratory
Bupe Mwaikambo
Sylvain Chemtob's laboratory
CIHR-Baker Foundation
Daniela Dumbrava
Université de Montréal
Christian Casanova' Laboratory
La perception du mouvement visuel complexe
chez des patients atteints de schizophrénie
évaluée à l’aide de
méthodes psychophysiques et d’imagerie
cérébrale.
Solange Landreville
Opthalmology
Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval
Christian Salesse's laboratory
Identification et caractérisation de gènes
responsables de l'agressivité tumorale
du mélanome uvéal et de la formation
de métastases hépatiques Ophtalmologie.
Mario Methot
Université Laval
Christian Salesse's laboratory
Caractérisation structurale de la N-myristoyltransférase
(NMT) de la rétine humaine.
Collective
projects and research infrastructure
that received grants!
Collective projects:
1) Project title: Milieu de culture conditionné
par les fibroblastes cornéens et croissance
de l'endothélium cornéen humain.
Researchers: Dr Claude Giasson, Dr Lucie Germain,
Dr Sylvain Guérin
2) Project title: The rotenone animal model of
Parkinson's disease: relevance in vision research.
Researchers: Dr Christian Casanova, Dr Abbas Sadikot
3) Project title: Application de la neuropsychologie
clinique et de la réalité virtuelle
en basse vision.
Researchers: Dr Jocelyn Faubert, Dr Olga Overbury
Common infrastructures:
1) Project title: Banque de données québécoise
de chirurgie réfractive.
Principal researcher: Dr Isabelle Brunette
Partnership
between the Vision Network
and the École d'optométrie
We are pleased to announce a new
partnership between the Vision Network and the
École D'optométrie. This partnership
is intended to help the dissemination of scientific
information and to encourage the participation
of students outside of the greater Montréal
area. Towards this goal, we have created a bursary
program that will be administered by the Vision
Network. These bursaries will pay for the transportation
costs of students who wish to attend the conferences organised by the "Groupe
de recherche en sciences de la vision" of
the École d'optométrie. Fifteen
bursaries of $50.00 each will be available for
the winter 2004 series of conferences. An additional
fifteen bursaries will be available for the fall
2004 series. Interested parties should fill out
the form “Demande
pour l'aide à la diffusion par un étudiant”.
Students will be reimbursed upon presentation
of original receipts up to a value of $50.00.
Research
priorities for 2003-2007
Subsequent to its latest renewal,
the Network's scientific committee identified
certain research axes to prioritise, either because
they concern health concerns affecting the Québec
population or to fill a void in expertise of clinicians
in vision health. Priority will be given to grant
proposals that are related to the following themes
:
Projects in partnership dealing with the effects
of normal and abnormal aging on visual function,
such as (but not exclusively) :
1- Macular degeneration related to age.
2- The effects of aging on the cortical processing
of vision.
3- Neurotoxicity and neuroprotection.
4- Genomics, ocular proteomics, and aging.
5- The optical quality of the aging eye.
6- Program MD studying for a PhD and PhD studying
for an MD : the aim is to increase clinical research,
open as rapidly as possible the dialogue between
MDs and PhDs, and possibly create new openings
for PhDs in training. This program also offers
the possibility to create new associations between
researchers via their students and may bring about
new research projects.
This does not imply that the Network will not
accept proposals that do not have a link with
these themes. Nor does it imply that all projects
related to the above mentioned themes will be
funded. The Network's policy remains to give priority
to scientific excellence combined with real networking.
Application
forms for students presenting at scientific meetings
Granting
programs
The Vision Research Network is
pleased to announce the following grant possibilities:
> BURSARY PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS (bursary for conferences, internships, etc).
Amount available: 20,000.00$.
Application deadline: Now opwn.
Request will be evaluated upon reception. Please
note that a limit may be set for the number of
request by a laboratory and/or an axis.
Form to be used: STUDENTS
PRESENTING AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (AIDE À
LA DIFFUSION SCIENTIFIQUE PAR LES ÉTUDIANTS).
> GRANT PROGRAM FOR PROJECTS IN PARTNERSHIP
II
To be admissible, the project must address one
of the priorities of the NEtwork and the partnership
must be approved by the FRSQ.
Amount available: 60,000.00$.
Application deadline: Now open.
The request will be evaluated upon reception.
Please note that a limit upon the number of request
per laboratory, research team, and/or axis may
be imposed if necessary.
Form to be used: PARTNERSHIP
PROJECTS (DEMANDE DE FINANCEMENT POUR DES
PROJETS RASSEMBLEURS). Click
here for further information concerning the
aim of this grant program.
> GRANT PROGRAM FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH
This program aims to facilitate the transfer of
information from the laboratory to the clinic
or vice versa.
Amount available: 15,000.00$.
Application deadline: Now open.
Proposals will be evaluated upon reception. Please
note that a limit may be imposed upon the number
of proposals per laboratory, research team, and/or
axis.
Form to be used: PARTNERSHIP
PROJECTS (DEMANDE DE FINANCEMENT POUR DES
PROJETS RASSEMBLEURS).
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