Mission and research fields
The mission of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT) is as follows:
- to promote and provide financial support for research in the fields of natural sciences, mathematical sciences and engineering;
- to promote and provide financial support for the dissemination of scientific knowledge in fields of research relating to natural sciences, mathematical sciences and engineering;
- 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, through professional development scholarships for persons who wish to re-enter the research community, and through grants that allow the teaching duties of college level professors engaging in research activities to be reduced;
- to create any necessary partnerships, in particular with universities, colleges, and industry and the government departments and public and private bodies concerned.
Research areas
Energy
- Biomass (energy)
- Fossil fuels
- Wind and solar energy
- Hydro-electricity
- Nuclear and fusion
- Distribution of energy networks
- Energy saving
- Electrochemical and combustion cells
- Energy saving planning
- Energy storage
- Hydrogen technology
- Power lines
- Oil pipelines
- Oil or gas
Environment
- Potable water
- Fresh water
- Groundwater and water tables
- Waste
- Ice and snow
- Water / continent interfaces
- Marine environment
- Coastal sedimentation
- Atmosphere (including chemical aspects)
- Climate change, impacts
- Atmospheric disturbances (lightning, rain, etc.)
- Air pollutants
- Pollution by waves (noise, microwaves, electromagnetic fields)
- Climate forecasting and modeling
- Surveying and environmental planning
- Industrial and urban contamination of land
- Mining and petroleum contamination
- Geomatics
- Geological and geomorphological processes
- Natural hazards
- Soils and sediments
- Chemical pollutants
- Flammable or explosive products
- Radioactive substances
- Toxins and other biological substances
- Protected areas
- Biodiversity and biocomplexity
- Biogeography
- Bioremediation
- Ecosystem (terrestrial and aquatic)
- Threatened or vulnerable species
- Landscape and restoration
- Ecological and ecophysiological process
- Control of natural hazards
- Soil decontamination
- Clean technologies
- Treatment of liquid and gaseous waste
- Urban, industrial and agricultural wastewater treatment
- Solid waste treatment and recycling
Manufacturing and construction
- Quality control
- Material degradation
- Industrial design
- Human factors in manufacturing
- Manufacturing impacts
- Industrial logistics
- Pilot scale prefeasibility
- Preparation and processing
- Product properties and testing
- Prototyping
- Robotics and automation
- Health and security
- Bioprocesses and biomedical systems
- Heating and refrigeration
- Packaging and recycling
- Molding
- Chemical processes
- Physical and mechanical processes
- Cross-linking and hardened
- Drying and freeze-drying
- Thermodynamics
- Heat transfer
- Mass transfer
- Machining and assembly
- Sensors and devices
- Material design
- Equipments
- Instruments
- Machinery
- Construction technologies
- Dams
- Buildings
- Drilling platform
- Bridges
- Degradation and aging of major structures
- Dynamic phenomena of major structures
- Structural strength
- Seismic resistance
Materials
- Concrete and cement
- Wood
- Ceramics and glasses
- Organic or synthetic materials
- Metals and alloys
- Stones and silicates
- Textiles, fabrics, leather
- Shape memory alloys
- Biomaterials
- Composites
- Multiphase films, membranes and polymers
- Gels and foams
- Plastics
- Polymers
- Coatings
- Nanomatériaux
- Nanoparticules
- Nanosystèmes
- Supramolécules et autoassemblages
Nature and interactions of matter
- Electron and neutron
- Radiation-matter interactions
- Elementary particles
- Plasmas
- Combinatorial chemistry
- Inorganic and orgametallic compounds
- Macromolecules
- Metals and non-metals
- Organic molecules and biomolecules
- Quantum phenomena
- Chemical synthesis and catalysis
- Low temperatures and high temperatures
- Gas and critical condition
- Gravitation
- Liquids and solutions
- Membranes
- Semiconductors
- Solid
- Superfluids
- Superconductors
- Surfaces, interfaces and thin films
- Colloidal and self-assembled systems
- Phase transitions
- Geodynamics
- Geotech
- Structure and composition of the earth
- Transformation and evolution of the earth’s surface
- Galactic and cosmic
- Stellar
- Structure of the universe
- Planetary and solar systems
Living organisms (animal, monera, protist, plant)
- Nucleic acids
- Enzymes and proteins
- Bioactive molecules
- Cell
- Chromosome
- Uncomfortable
- Micro-organisms
- Protozoa
- Virus
- Bioinformatics
- Biotechnology
- Genotype and phenotype
- Biological and biochemical mechanisms
- Functional and structural proteomics
- Biomedical technologies
- Biological behavior
- Evolution and phylogeny
- Glands and tissues
- Metabolism
- Environments and habitats
- Morphology
- Physiology
- Reproduction and growth
- Taxonomy and systematics
Living organisms (human beings)
- Learning and memory
- Cognition and language
- Sensorimotor integration
- Motivation, emotions and reward
- Sensation and perception
- Sleep, wakefulness and chronobiological modulation
Natural resources
- Agricultural machinery and technologies
- Nutrition
- Parasites and diseases (animals and plants)
- Fish farming
- Animal production
- Insect production and control
- Vegetable production
- Food processing products
- Animal reproduction
- Plant reproduction
- Other wood transformations
- Pulp and paper
- Plant production other than forestry
- Forestry
- Forestry technologies and equipment
- Mining exploration
- Mining process
- Mineral exploration technologies
- Mineral processing
- Aquaculture
- Other marine and lake resources
- Water cycle and reservoirs
- Hydrography (watercourse)
- Halieutics resources
Abstract structures
- Complexity (IT)
- Computer language
- Computer Mathematics
- Logic programming
- Calculation theory
- Algebra
- Functional analysis
- Global and nonlinear analysis
- Asymptotics and Applied Classical Analysis
- Combinatorial (Math)
- Number theory
- Differential equations
- Geometry
- Logic (Math)
- Discrete mathematics
- Number theory
- Topology (Math)
- Actuarial studies (Data mining)
- Parametric and non-parametric inference
- Meta-analysis
- Stochastic processes
- Computer statistics
- Theoretical Statistics
- Probability theory
- Mathematical analysis
- Numerical analysis
- Software (tools)
- Modeling and simulation
- Optimization, control and operational research
- Theoretical approach
Techniques, measures and systems
- Characterization of surfaces
- Chemical composition
- Degradation
- Dimension and molecular shape
- Imaging
- Formatting
- Rheological properties
- Thermodynamic properties
- Recycling
- Macroscopic structure and characterization
- Molecular structure and conformation
- Molecular transport
- Acoustic
- Noise and vibration
- Optical components, optical fibers
- Laser
- Microwave and microwave
- Optics and Photonics
- X ray
- Telemetry (remote sensing, radar)
- Vision
- Enslavement
- Integrated circuits
- Electricity conversion and distribution
- Power electronics and industrial electronics
- Mechatronics
- Micro and nanoelectronics
- Electrical networks
- Control systems
- Electrochemical systems
- Stress analysis
- Hydraulic
- Fluid mechanics
- Solid mechanics
- Continuous media mechanics
- Plasticity and creep
- Propulsion
- Multiphase systems
- Turbulence
- Vibrations
- Transport equipment
- Freight transport
- Air and terminal systems
- Rail systems
- Road systems
- Space techniques
- Seaways and bridges
Information and communications technology
- Personal communications
- Communication material
- Telecommunication networks
- Telecommunications systems
- Printing systems
- Telecommuting
- Transmission and processing of digital signals
- Algorithms
- Network analysis (information)
- Computer architecture
- Computer databases
- Software development
- Hardware
- Informatic Systems
- Distributed and simultaneous processing
- Virtual reality
- Speech recognition
- Shape recognition and computer graphics
- Expert systems
- Neural systems