Association Minière du Québec

Scholarship

Mining industry scholarship

The Québec Mining Association sponsors a scholarship program to encourage and provide financial assistance for Québec universities students in the earth sciences and related fields.

Three scholarships of $1,000 each are awarded annually.

2024 winners

  • Alix Xiang Claing – Bachelor of Mining Engineering – Polytechnique Montréal
  • Alexis Desmarais – Bachelor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, concentration in geology – Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Bastien Guillemette-Grégoire – Bachelor of Materials and Metallurgy Engineering – Université Laval

Eligibility criteria

  • Be enrolled as an undergraduated student in one of the following university-level programs in Québec
  • Mine engineering
  • Geology
  • Mineral Processing
  • Metallurgy
  • Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
  • Be domiciled in Québec
  • Submit a scholarship application before October 2nd, 2024

Selection criteria

  • Academic results
  • Previous summer jobs 
  • Individual needs – other scholarships received
  • Activities and involvement in the community
  • Career projects
  • Quality of application file
  • Submit an application

Claude-drouin postgraduate research scholarship

A $4,000 postgraduate research scholarship awarded by the Claude-Drouin Foundation is available for Master’s and doctoral-level students working in a research field.

Winner 2024

  • Paulo Alfonso Bermudez Gomez – Master’s degree – Engineering program and specialization – Mining Engineering – McGill University

Eligibility criteria

  • Be registered full-time at a Québec university in a Master’s or Doctoral program in a technology research field
  • Be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
  • Be domiciled in Québec
  • Submit a scholarship application before October 2nd, 2024.

Selection criteria

  • Demonstrated interest in research and development in the mining sector
  • Career project
  • Cooperation or involvement with the mining industry during the research
  • Quality of references
  • Quality of file presentation
  • Submit an application