NOTICE – The Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) was established on June 1, 2024, in accordance with the Act to amend the Act respecting the Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation with respect to research. The Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT), the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC) have since been regrouped into the new FRQ, which continues their existence. The rights and obligations of the FRQNT, FRQS and FRQSC have become those of the FRQ; activities continue as usual.

Please note that if you come across an old name or logo of one of the Fonds de recherche du Québec in the program rules or on the website, it should now read as follows:

  • The FRQNT becomes the Nature et technologies sector;
  • The FRQS becomes the Santé sector;
  • The FRQSC becomes the Société et culture sector.

Thank you for your understanding.

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3rd prize: Martine Foisy, Université du Québec à Montréal

Martine Foisy holds a master’s degree in the history of science from UQAM and a PhD and has worked as a research professional for the past 20 years. At the start of her career, she joined a research chair on women in STEM fields at Université Laval and then returned to UQAM in 2003 as a research officer in the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST), where she spent a decade supporting the centre’s communications and event planning initiatives. As the CIRST’s administrative coordinator, Martine currently devises strategic plans and oversees all the centre’s activities.

In 2016, she received the Prix Atlas from UQAM in recognition of her significant contribution to the mission of the university and its Faculty of Social Sciences. In the same year, Martine Foisy and Lise Bizzoni of CRILCQ created a community of practices for the coordinators of the FRQSC’s strategic groups to foster mutual assistance and share knowledge, best practices and work methods.