The mission of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) is as follows:

  • to promote and provide financial support for all areas of research in the field of health, including basic, clinical and epidemiological research, research in the field of public health and research in the field of health services;
  • to promote and provide financial support for the dissemination of scientific knowledge in fields of health research;
  • to promote and provide financial support for the training of researchers through merit scholarships for graduate and postgraduate students and persons who engage in postdoctoral research and through professional development scholarships for persons who wish to re-enter the research community;
  • to create any necessary partnership, in particular with universities, colleges and health care institutions, and the government departments and public bodies concerned.

Research domains

Aging
Cancer
  • Apoptosis and Cancer
  • Breast Cancer
  • Cancer Diagnosis and Detection
  • Cancer Genetics
  • Cancer of the Digestive System
  • Cancer of the Musculoskeletal System
  • Cancer of the Reproductive System
  • Cancer of the Urinary System
  • Carcinogenesis
  • Cell Signaling and Cancer
  • Cell Therapy of Cancer
  • Cellular Differentiation
  • Cellular Division
  • Cerebral Tumours
  • Chemotherapy
  • Environment and Cancer
  • Gene Therapy and Cancer
  • Growth Factors
  • Head and Neck Cancer
  • Hereditary Cancer
  • Hormone Dependent Cancers
  • Host-Tumour Interaction
  • Leukemia
  • Lung Cancer
  • Lymphoma
  • Nutrition and Cancer
  • Oncogenes
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Radiotherapy
  • Retinal and Ocular Neoplasms
  • Skin Cancer
  • Smoking and Cancer
  • Social Determinants of Cancer
  • Stress and Cancer
  • Suppressor Gene
  • Vaccine and Cancer
Child, Youth and Maternal Health
  • Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders
  • Autism
  • Behavioural Disorders in Children and
  • Adolescents
  • Breastfeeding and Infant Nutrition
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Child Abuse and Negligence
  • Childhood Vaccination
  • Cognitive development in Children
  • Congenital Anomalies
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Drugs and Pregnancy / Breastfeeding
  • Embryonic Development
  • Gestation / Parturition
  • Growth Retardation
  • Infant / Child Development
  • Intrauterine Developmental Abnormalities
  • Learning Disorders in Children
  • Mental Health and Psychopathology in
  • Children and Youth
  • Mental Retardation
  • Newborn Diseases
  • Newborn Respiratory Diseases
  • Perinatal Period
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Preeclampsia
  • Prematurity
  • Prenatal and Neonatal Screening
  • Prenatal and Perinatal Trauma
  • Social Determinants of Child and Youth Development
  • Speech and Language Development Disorders
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
  • Youth and Eating Disorders
Circulatory and Respiratory Health
  • Anemia
  • Aneurysm
  • Angiogenesis
  • Arrhythmia
  • Asthma
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Blood Flow and Transfusions
  • Cardiac Fibrosis
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Cell Signalling
  • Cell Therapy
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Congenital Cardiopathies
  • Coronary Heart Diseases
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Endocarditis
  • Environment and Respiratory Diseases
  • Heart Failure
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Heart Valve / Valvular Diseases
  • Hypertension
  • Inflammatory Respiratory Diseases
  • Lung Transplantation
  • Occupational Lung Diseases
  • Peripheral Arthropathy
  • Phlebitis
  • Pneumopathies
  • Prostheses and Vascular Substitutes
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Respiratory System
  • Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Social Determinants of Respiratory Diseases
  • Stem Cells and Organogenesis
  • Thrombosis and Embolism
Gender and Health
  • Andropause
  • Birth Control
  • Endocrine Regulation
  • Endometriosis
  • Female Infertility
  • Female Urogenital System Disorders
  • Fertility Technologies
  • Gender Epidemiology
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy
  • Male Infertility
  • Male Urogenital System Disorders
  • Menopause
  • Menstrual Cycle and Associated Problems
  • Prostate
  • Reproductive Biology and Dysfunctions
  • Sexual Dysfunctions
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Steroids
Health Services
  • Diagnostic Techniques
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Health Care Organization
  • Health Care Technologies
  • Health Information Systems
  • Health Policies
  • Health Services
  • Home Care Services
  • Hospital Care Services
  • Hot Line Services
  • Intensive Care
  • Long-Term Care Services
  • Nursing
  • Palliative Care
  • Professional Practices
  • Telemedicine
Human Genetics
  • Applied Genetics
  • Chromosomes : Structure / Organization
  • Complex Trait Genetics
  • Developmental Genetics
  • DNA and RNA Chips
  • Evolutionary Genetics
  • Gene Regulation and Expression
  • Gene Therapy
  • Gene Environment Interactions
  • Genes
  • Genetic Diseases
  • Genetic Mapping
  • Genetic Markers
  • Genetic Screening of Diseases
  • Genetics and Ethics
  • Genetics and Heredity
  • Genome
  • Genome Damage and Repair
  • Genomics
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Mutation (Process)
  • Phenotype
  • Polymorphism
  • Population Genetics
  • Proteins
  • Proteomics
  • Susceptibility Genes
  • Telomeres
  • Transgenic Model
Infection and Immunity
  • AIDS / HIV
  • Allergies
  • Antibiotics and Resistance
  • Antibodies
  • Antigens
  • Antivirals
  • Auto-Immune Diseases
  • Bacteria
  • Bacterial Infections
  • Blood Substitutes
  • Burns and Infection
  • Cell Signalling and Infectious and Immune
  • Diseases
  • Cell Therapy of Infectious and Immune
  • Diseases
  • Cellular Defence
  • Diseases of the Immune System
  • Fungal Infections
  • Gene Therapy of Infectious and Immune
  • Diseases
  • Global Health and Emerging Diseases
  • Hepatitis
  • Host Genetics
  • Immune Mediators: Cytokines and
  • Chemokines
  • Immune System
  • Immunodeficiency
  • Immunotherapy
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Leukocytes
  • Parasites
  • Parasitic Infections
  • Platelets
  • Septic Shock
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Social Determinants of Infectious and
  • Immune-Mediated Diseases
  • Transplantation and Graft Rejection
  • Tropical Diseases
  • Tuberculosis
  • Vaccination
  • Vaccine Development
  • Viral Infections
  • Virus
  • Yeasts
Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis
  • Arthritis / Osteo-Arthritis
  • Bone Diseases
  • Bone Tissue
  • Connective Tissue
  • Connective Tissue Diseases
  • Dental Health
  • Dental Materials
  • Fibrosis
  • Joints (Articulations)
  • Locomotor Activity / Movement Disorders
  • Muscle
  • Muscular Diseases
  • Musculoskeletal Deformation
  • Musculoskeletal Lesions and Repair
  • Oro-Dental Disorders
  • Orofacial Pain
  • Orthoses and Prostheses
  • Osteoporosis
  • Rehabilitation Care and Services
  • Scoliosis
  • Skin
  • Skin Disorders
  • Structural Tissue Engineering / Biomaterials
  • Tendons and Ligaments
  • Trauma / Injuries
Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
  • Alcoholism
  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Anxiety
  • Apoptosis
  • Ataxia
  • Auditory System
  • Autism
  • Autonomic Nervous System
  • Brain Metabolism
  • Cell Signalling
  • Central Nervous System Inflammatory
  • Diseases
  • Central Nervous System Organic Diseases
  • Cerebrovascular Accident
  • Character Disorders
  • Chronobiology
  • Cognition
  • Communication Disorders
  • Convulsive Disorders / Epilepsy
  • Cranio-Encephalic and Spinal Cord Trauma
  • Dementia
  • Depression
  • Drug Abuse
  • Eating Disorders
  • Executive Functions
  • Eye and Visual System Diseases
  • Gene Therapy
  • Genetics and Neurological and Psychiatric
  • Diseases
  • Growth Factors
  • Gustatory System
  • Hearing Disorders
  • Hemiplegia and Paraplegia
  • Huntington’s Chorea
  • Language Acquisition and Development
  • Learning and Memory
  • Mental Health and Society
  • Migraine
  • Mood Disorders
  • Motivations and Emotions
  • Motor System
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Nervous System Development
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Neuroendocrine Diseases
  • Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis
  • Neuroimmunological Diseases
  • Neurological Diseases
  • Neuromuscular Diseases
  • Neuronal and Synaptic Activity
  • Neuronal Communication and
  • Neurotransmission
  • Neuronal Modelling
  • Neuronal Transplantation and Stem Cells
  • Neurotoxicity
  • Olfactory System
  • Pain
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
  • Plasticity / Neuronal Regeneration
  • Receptors and Carriers
  • Schizophrenia
  • Sleep and Sleep Disorders
  • Smoking
  • Social and Cultural Psychiatry
  • Somatization and Functional Somatic
  • Syndromes
  • Somatosensory System
  • Spinal Cord Diseases
  • Stress
  • Suicide
  • Vestibular Disorders
  • Visual System
Nutrition and Metabolism
  • Appetite
  • Crohn’s Disease
  • Development of Drug Delivery Systems
  • Diabetes
  • Digestion
  • Digestive System
  • Drug Metabolism
  • Endocrine Disorders
  • Endocrine System
  • Energy Metabolism
  • Feeding Behaviour
  • Gastrointestinal Pathologies
  • Glucotoxicity
  • Hepatic Diseases
  • Hormonal Regulation
  • Hormones and Growth Factors
  • Hyperthermia and Hypothermia
  • Intestinal Malabsorption and Cholestatic
  • Syndromes
  • Lipid Disorders
  • Liver
  • Metabolic Diseases
  • Metabolic Disorders
  • Metabolism
  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Nutrients
  • Nutrition
  • Nutritional Disorders
  • Nutritional Requirements
  • Obesity
  • Pancreas
  • Poisoning
  • Renal Diseases
  • Renal Insufficiency / Failure and
  • Malabsorption
  • Renal System
  • Social Determinants of Dietary and Metabolic
  • Disorders
  • Toxicology
  • Toxin and Toxicant Metabolism
  • Urogenital Pathologies
  • Urogenital System
Population Health
  • Community Health / Public Health
  • Cultural and Health
  • Environmental Health
  • Ethics and Health
  • Family and Care Givers
  • Health Prevention
  • Health Promotion
  • Human and Social Ecology
  • Law and Health
  • Lifestyle Determinants and Health
  • Native Health
  • Occupational Safety and Health
  • Paramedical Sciences
  • Pharmacoeconomics
  • Pharmacoepidemilogy
  • Social Determinants of Health