The Palestine Academy for Science and Technology (PALAST) and the Fonds de Recherche du Quebec (FRQ), Canada, and its three branches; the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS), the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT), and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC) are pleased to announce the results of the 4th call for the short-term research grant proposals in Quebec. As part of the scientific collaboration between researchers in Quebec and their counterparts in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza, the Palestinian Quebec Science Bridge (PQSB) aims at promoting the international mobility of Palestinian researchers, especially early-career and junior researchers, and their counterparts in Quebec.

From 28-30 January 2023, the Academy held interviews for PQSB Applicants at its premises in Ramallah and virtually with Gaza Applicants. The interviews were held by three different scientific committees in the following areas; namely

• Science, Engineering, and Technology Committee.
• Health Sciences Committee.
• Society and Culture sciences Committee, including Business Administration, Economics and Financial Sciences, and Humanities Committee.

The three scientific committees are comprised of the Advisory and Steering Committees of Palestine Quebec Science Bridge PQSB, in addition to faculty members from various Palestinian Universities.

Based on the evaluation results from the three scientific committees, 34 candidates have passed the interview and selection criteria and additional 4 applicants have been placed in the waiting list, should further fund becomes available. The selection was from amongst 73 applicants in various specialized fields from health sciences; natural sciences and engineering; and social sciences, humanities, and arts.

Meet the PQSB Fourth call Participants