The Palestine Academy for Science and Technology (PALAST) and the Fonds de Recherche Du Quebec – Nature Et Technologies (FRQNT), Santé (FRQS), Société Et Culture (FRQSC) are pleased to announce the results of the 3rd 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.

On Friday 17 January 2020, the Academy held interviews for PQSB Applicants at its premises in Ramallah and at Al-Aqsa University premises in Gaza. The interviews were held by six different scientific committees in the following areas; namely

• Arts and Humanities; Social Sciences Committee 
• Business Administration, Economics and Financial Sciences Committee
• Engineering Committee 
• Health Sciences Committee 
• Information and Communication Technology Committee 
• Science Committee

The six 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 six scientific committees, 40 candidates have passed the interview and selection criteria and additional 24 applicants have been placed in the waiting list, should further fund becomes available. The selection was from amongst 83 applicants in various specialized fields from health sciences; natural sciences and engineering; and social sciences, humanities, and arts.

Third call participants