Montreal, September 2, 2003 - Since its
creation in 1980, the IRSST has decided to encourage the training of
occupational health and safety researchers by establishing a graduate studies
scholarship program. Consequently, for its 2003-2004 competition, 31 Québec
students received nearly $420,000.
Since the start of the program, more than $13 million has been distributed to
some 795 scholarship recipients. "The scholarship program was created to
maintain and enrich the pool of researchers who want to make a career of
occupational health and safety. The program is essential to ensure replacements
for our internal resources as well as for the network of researchers that we
collaborate with in research centres and universities," stated the IRSST's
president and CEO, Diane Gaudet.
Of the scholarships awarded in the last competition, seven went to master's
students, 20 to Ph.D. students, and four to students at the postdoctoral level.
Eight of these scholarship recipients will study at the Université Laval, five
at the Université de Montréal, four at the Université du Québec à Montréal, four
at the École Polytechnique, four at the Université de Sherbrooke, two at
Concordia University, two at McGill University, one at the University of Ottawa
and one will carry out his project in a university training institution outside
the country, namely the École nationale des arts et des métiers (ENSAM) of
Paris. A detailed list of our scholarship holders can be consulted on our Web
site: www.irsst.qc.ca.
Like all of the IRSST's scientific production, these scholarship holders'
projects are related to one of the six following research fields: accidents;
noise and vibration; protective equipment; safety of tools, machines and
industrial processes; chemical and biological substances; and musculoskeletal
disorders.
The deadline for applying for a 2004-2005 scholarship is November 4, 2003.
All of the eligibility information as well as the forms are available on the
IRSST's site.
The IRSST was created in 1980 to contribute through research to the
prevention of industrial accidents and occupational diseases as well as to the
rehabilitation of affected workers. Its mandate is to ensure the development of
the scientific knowledge required for this and to disseminate it. The IRSST is a
non-profit organization whose board of directors is made up of an equal number
of employer and worker representatives.
To find out more, subscribe free of charge to the IRSST's electronic
newsletter Info IRSST and visit the
IRSST's site regularly at the following address: www.irsst.qc.ca.
