Program objectives

Through its internship scholarship program, Sentinel North seeks to foster the development of young scientists able to tackle and help resolve complex northern issues, and to promote the sharing of knowledge and experience across borders by facilitating graduate student mobility and placement at the world's top universities and laboratories.

More specifically, the program aims to encourage students to:

Through its internship scholarship program, Sentinel North seeks to foster the development of young scientists able to tackle and help resolve complex issues addressed by Sentinel North's research program, and promote the sharing of knowledge and experience across borders.

More specifically, those programs aim to encourage students to acquire new skills and abilities to help them understand and analyze northern issues and/or master technologies that have applications in the North, as well as establish international ties and networks by taking advantage of outstanding research oppo

Program objectives

The purpose of the Sentinel North postdoctoral fellowships is to encourage Ph.D. graduates to further their training and carry out research activities within Sentinel North’s research program in transdisciplinary and scientifically stimulating environments.

There are various eligible fields of research. Outstanding graduates who stand out for the excellence of their academic record, as well as for the innovative and multidisciplinary potential of their research project, are invited to apply.

Program objectives

The aim of the Sentinel North Ph.D. scholarships is to encourage top applicants to undertake or pursue their research and training in a transdisciplinary environment.

There are various eligible fields of research. Outstanding students who have excellent academic records and research proposals with innovative, multidisciplinary potential are invited to apply.

Scholarship amount and duration : $21 000, may be renewed twice

Sentinel North scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships encourage the best candidates to begin or pursue interdisciplinary research activities within projects related to Sentinel North’s research program.

Candidates who stand out for the excellence of their academic record and the innovative and multidisciplinary potential of their research projects are invited to submit their application.

The Sentinel North Excellence Scholarships competitions are over.

Several research projects funded by Sentinel North involve sampling or field work in terrestrial or marine environments. Funding already provided for those projects supports the cost of travels and shipping equipment North, but significant additional costs for many projects may remain. In order to cover these additional costs, Sentinel North provides its researchers with a Fund to facilitate their access to northern research infrastructure.

The technological instrument development platform supports Sentinel North's research program project teams in the development, integration, qualification, deployment and operation of sensors and relevant systems, for specific use in the Nordic environment.

As part of the Sentinel North program, University Laval's Vice-Rectorate for Research, Creation and Innovation (VRRCI) is supporting research chairs to attract new researchers who will consolidate and / or fill the institution's capacity in strategic research areas for Sentinel North.

Sentinel North Research Chairs

Sentinel North is proud to welcome these exceptional professors to Université Laval, to enrich not only the Sentinel North transdisciplinary program, but also other major strategic initiatives.

Microbiomes are predominant in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, soils, fauna and humans.

With the core objective of determining the roles of microbiomes in the northern human-environment ecosystem, this team of researchers will develop and deploy new photonic sensors and new sampling and analysis methods for a wide range of microbiological data for the monitoring of ecosystems, nutrition, and human health in the North.

Sub-Projects of thematic project 3

Sentinel North

Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon
1045, avenue de la Médecine, local 3432
Université Laval
Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6

Tel: 418 656-3090

info@sn.ulaval.ca

Scientific directors