Polytechnique Montréal
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research

Polytechnique's Institut de l'énergie Trottier - Trottier Energy Institute manages multiple scholarship and grant programs oriented towards energy research and with sustainability criteria in line with the institute's mission : the development of sustainable solutions to ensure the energy future of our society. Here is a list of the programs offered:
1-Trottier Scholarships Program
2-UPIR Grants
3-Professional Master Grants
4-Hydro-Quebec Scholarships
https://iet.polymtl.ca/formation/aides-financieres/

1-Trottier Scholarship Program. Since 2015, the Trottier Scholarship Program (by Polytechnique's Institut de l'énergie Trottier - Trottier Energy Institute) has been aiming to encourage the training of a new generation of scientists and innovators with a systemic understanding of the technological, economic and social challenges our society faces on energy-related issues. It is intended for students from any of the three institutions of Campus Montreal (Polytechnique Montréal, HEC Montréal, University of Montreal) who are beginning a graduate-level program in a field of research compatible with the Insitute's mission, namely, the development of sustainable solutions to ensure the energy future of our society. Four scholarships are generally awarded each year. This number may vary according to the number and quality of the applications submitted. The Scholarship offers :
- Master's (research): $ 27,000 over 2 years
- Doctorate: $ 51,000 over 3 years
Recipients and project titles are listed here: https://iet.polymtl.ca/formation/laureats-bourses-trottier/

2-UPIR Grants. The IET is committed to awarding five scholarships worth $1,500 (the IET grants $1,000 to the student and $500 to their supervisor) to students who are new to research in the field of energy, through uncredited scientific work, under the direction of a funded researcher. Around 100 grants are available.

3- Professional Master's Grants. Professional master's scholarships from the Institut de l'énergie Trottier will be offered automatically to all students who enroll full-time in the professional master's program in energy engineering at Polytechnique Montréal and who have maintained a GPA of at least 3.6/4 during their undergraduate studies. This grant is not renewable.

4-Hydro-Quebec Scholarships. Hydro-Québec offers merit scholarships to students enrolled at Polytechnique Montréal in a research training program at the master's or doctoral level. The candidate's research project must be related to sustainable development and energy. The Trottier Energy Institute manages this contest. Scholarship offers :
- Master's (research): 4 scholarships @ $10,000
- Doctorate: 6 scholarships @ $20,000
More information : https://iet.polymtl.ca/actualites/lancement-du-concours-de-bourses-dexcellence-hydro-quebec-2022/

The Institutional Research Plan puts sustainability at the heart of Polytechnique's research. Reasearch activities are structured around 8 spheres of excellence, among them 4 are directly linked to sustainability topics :
- Energy, Water, and Resources in a Transitional World
- Envrionment, Economy and Society
- Human Health
- Sustainable Transport and Infrastructures
The other 4 have subsets that can be related to sustainable development :
- Future Industries and Digital Society
- Innovative Materials
- Modeling and Artificial Intelligence
- New Frontiers in Information and Communication Technologies.
https://www.polymtl.ca/recherche/documents-institutionnels

P.I.E.D. Program ($60,000 internal subsidy) - Research Start-up Grant Program for new Professors. Given the evolution of Canada’s research environment (increased competition for funding, multi-institutional and multidisciplinary research, industry-university programs, ethical considerations, major institutional initiatives in targeted fields, etc.) Polytechnique seeks to offer the best support possible to its new researchers. This program aims to help in four ways: mentorship, to establish an integration and outreach strategy as well as a launch strategy, and finally, developing a research start-up plan. In this plan, positioning of considered research work needs to be presented, as well as how their research fits into Polytechnique Montréal’s institutional research plan, and into the research priorities of the federal and provincial governments.
https://www.polymtl.ca/recherche/pour-les-chercheurs/subventions-internes

Polytechnique is also an active member of the Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en opérationalisation du développement durable (CIRODD, Interdisciplinary Research Centre on the Operationalization of Sustainable Development). As of June 2022, CIRROD center has 14 universities, 4 CEGEPs (General and Vocational Colleges), and 24 research chairs from Quebec as members.

Without having explicit guidelines or policies, the Convention collective APEP (Collective Agreement for professors) stipulates that the Promotion Committee takes into account its professoral tasks and duties. Among them, it is stated that professors have to engaged in various activities including "inter-university cooperation", "contribution to the administration of a section, department, institute, center, group or research laboratory", and "professional contribution in the scientific field and the professional field" such as participation in
activities of learned societies and professional associations, work with provincial, national or international scientific research committees". Furthermore, the Institutional Research Plan states : "In keeping with its historical role in the economic development of society, Polytechnique wishes to meet the major challenges of the future by training highly qualified personnel, by pursuing interdisciplinary research work in synergy with its milieu, and by relying on its community as a developmental engine. To accomplish this, Polytechnique advocates pursuing multidisciplinary research and development (R&D) activities with numerous partners using a collaborative and synergistic approach. These collaborations maximize intellectual, economic, environmental, and societal impact; Polytechnique integrates the above into all of its R&D activities, and its spheres of excellence reflect this vision."

Polytechnique's library has developed reference documents to help faculty and students conduct literature research on sustainable development topics. The guide and resources are available at this webpage : https://guides.biblio.polymtl.ca/c.php?g=479778&p=3280477

There are guides for other sustainability related topics such as water, energy, cybersecurity, biotechnologies, biomass and biorefinery, and more.
https://guides.biblio.polymtl.ca/selection_sujet