GERAD Fellowship Competitions

Ongoing

Research scholarship competition for co-supervised doctoral students

GERAD is pleased to announce the launch of the Doctoral Fellowship Competition for the year 2025-2026.

Four excellence scholarships of $13,000 each

For students co-supervised by regular GERAD members.

GERAD recognizes the essential and necessary contribution of women, indigenous people, persons belonging to visible or ethnic minorities and people with disabilities and is committed to ensuring equal opportunity for all qualified candidates.

To apply for this competition, students must complete an online form and attach a CV and most recent transcripts by July 13, 2025.


Completed Competitions

Thematic scholarships competition, as part of a Stratégia project, Modélisation des défis émergents, supported by the CRM, GERAD and Réseau Unique

Recipients

2024-2025
  • Sara Ghaboulian Zare, Université de Montréal, supervised by Normand Mousseau, Martin Trépanier and Olivier Bahn ($12,500)
  • Léo Guillon, Polytechnique Montréal, supervised by Jonathan Jalbert ($12,500)
  • Patrick Lachapelle, École de technologie supérieure, supervised by Annie Levasseur ($12,500)
  • Maïka Lamoureux, HEC Montréal, supervised by Olivier Bahn and Annie Levasseur ($12,500)
Scholarships for foreign undergraduate and postgraduate trainees

Recipients

  • 3 scholarships of $3,500 ($10,500) were awarded in 2024-2025
  • 3 scholarships of $3,500 ($10,500) were awarded in 2023-2024
  • 4 scholarships of $3,500 ($14,500) were awarded in 2022-2023
  • 1 scholarship of $3,500 was awarded in 2020-2021
  • 1 scholarship of $3,500 was awarded in 2019-2020
  • 1 scholarship of $3,500 was awarded in 2018-2019
Excellence scholarship for the best doctoral thesis

Recipients

  • 2024: El Mehdi Er Raqabi, "Primal methods for very large-scale optimization", dirigé par Issmail El Hallaoui et François Soumis (Polytechnique Montréal) (3 000 $)
  • 2023: Alexis Montoison, "Méthodes de Krylov pour l'algèbre linéaire et implémentation polymorphe", supervised by Dominique Orban (Polytechnique Montréal) ($3,000)
  • 2022: Allyson Fernandes da Costa Silva, "Optimization of storage and picking systems in warehouse", supervised by Leandro C. Coelho and co-supervised by Maryam Darvish (Université Laval) ($3,000)
  • 2021: Kwassi Holali Degue, "Secure and privacy-preserving cyber-physical systems", supervised by Jérôme Le Ny (Polytechnique Montréal) ($1,500)
  • 2020: Chun Cheng, "Robust Optimization for Supply Chain Applications: Facility Location and Drone Delivery Problems", supervised by Yossiri Adulyasak (HEC Montréal) and Louis-Martin Rousseau (Polytechnique Montréal) ($1,500)
  • 2019: Samuel Pelletier, "Goods Distribution with Electric Vehicles", supervised by Gilbert Laporte and Ola Jabali (HEC Montréal) ($1,500)
  • 2018: Ibrahim Chamseddine, "Utilizing computational design optimization in cancer nanotherapy and biology system principles in air transportation: A successful demonstration of interdisciplinary research", supervised by Michael Kokkolaras (Université McGill) ($1,500)
  • 2017: Charles Gauvin, "Méthodes d'optimisation robuste pour le problème de gestion de réservoirs", supervised by Michel Gendreau (Polytechnique Montréal) and Erick Delage (HEC Montréal)
Research scholarship competition for co-supervised doctoral students

Recipients

2024-2025
  • Meisseme Kadri, candidate proposed by Amina Lamghari (UQAT) and Issmail El Hallaoui (Polytechnique Montréal) ($12,500)
  • Mohamed Laghdaf Habiboullah, candidate proposed by Youssef Diouane and Dominique Orban (Polytechnique Montréal) ($12,500)
  • Janos Chaim Raban Füting, candidate proposed by Debbie Dupuis and David Ardia (HEC Montréal) ($12,500)
  • Ziyuan Sun, candidate proposed by Claudio Contardo (Concordia University) and Jean-François Cordeau (HEC Montréal) ($12,500)
2023-2024
  • Nathan Allaire, candidate proposed by Sébastien Le Digabel and Dominique Orban (Polytechnique Montréal) ($10,000)
  • Yu Gu, candidate proposed by Masoud Asgharian (Université McGill) and Alejandro Murua (Université de Montréal) ($10,000)
  • Hanchao Liu, candidate proposed by Michèle Breton and Dena Firozzi (HEC Montréal) ($10,000)
  • Xiaohui Tu, candidate proposed by Yossiri Adulyasak and Erick Delage(HEC Montréal) ($10,000)

Co-supervised graduate research fellowships

Recipients

2022-2023
  • Elahe Amiri, Ph.D. student, cosupervised by Issmail El Hallaoui and Antoine Legrain (Polytechnique Montréal) ($6,000)
  • Romain Couderc, Ph.D. student, cosupervised by Charles Audet (Polytechnique Montréal) and Michael Kokkolaras (Université McGill) ($6,000)
  • Eliass Fennich, Ph.D. student, cosupervised by Leandro C. Coehlo (Université Laval) and Franklin Djeumou Fomeni (UQAM) ($6,000)
  • Randa Ouchene, Ph.D. student, cosupervised by Pierre Baptiste (Polytechnique Montréal) and Djamal Rebaine (UQAC) ($6,000)
  • Fatemeh Rajabi, Ph.D. student, cosupervised by Antoine Legrain and Antoine Lesage-Landry (Polytechnique Montréal) ($6,000)
2019-2020
  • Tayeb Mhamedi, M.Sc. student, cosupervised by Marilène Cherkesly (UQAM) and Guy Desaulniers (Polytechnique Montréal) ($10,000)
  • Raihan Seraj, Ph.D. student, cosupervised by Jérôme Le Ny (Polytechnique Montréal) and Aditya Mahajan (Université McGill) ($10,000)
2018-2019
  • Samuel Goyette, M.Sc. student, cosupervised by Jean-Pierre Dussault (Université de Sherbrooke) and Dominique Orban (Polytechnique Montréal) ($10,000)
  • Marie Pied, M.Sc. student, cosupervised by Miguel Anjos and Roland Malhamé(Polytechnique Montréal) ($10,000)

CIRRELT-GERAD Co-supervised Research Scholarships

Recipients

2023-2024
  • Maedeh Sharbaf, candidate proposée par Valérie Bélanger, Marilène Cherkesly et Marie-Ève Rancourt ($15,000)
  • Lucas Alves da Silva Santos, candidat proposé par Maha Ben Ali et Pierre Baptiste ($15,000)

The winners will each receive an award of $15,000 (one award by each centre).

Postdoctoral research fellowships

Recipients

2025-2026
  • Linyun He, trainee supervised by Fausto Errico (ETS) and Carolina Osorio (HEC Montréal) (40 000 $)
  • Yuanyuan Li, trainee supervised by Yossiri Adulyasak and Jean-François Cordeau (HEC Montréal) (40 000 $)
2024-2025
  • Nima Akbarzadeh, trainee supervised by Erick Delage and Yossiri Adulyassak (HEC Montréal) ($20,000)
  • Walton Pereira Coutinho, trainee supervised by Leandro Coelho (Université Laval) and Marilène Cherkesly (UQAM) ($40,000)
  • Ludovic Salomon, trainee supervised by Sébastien Le Digabel and Antoine Lesage-Landry (Polytechnique Montréal) ($20,000)
2023-2024
  • Paula Metzker Soares, candidate proposed by Jean-François Cordeau and Raf Jans ($40,000)
  • Rinel Foguen Tchuendom, candidate proposed by Michèle Breton and Dena Firozzi ($40,000)
2022-2023
  • Claudia Bongiovanni, candidate proposed by Jean-François Cordeau and Carolina Osorio ($30,000)
  • Dorian Dumez, candidate proposed by Jean-François Cordeau and Raf Jans ($30,000)
  • Gönül Selin Savaşkan, candidate proposed by Olivier Bahn, Michèle Breton and Georges Zaccour ($30,000)
2021-2022
  • Utsav Sadana, candidate proposed by Mehmet Gumus and Erick Delage ($30,000)
  • Shanshan Wang, candidate proposed by Leandro Coelho and Erick Delage ($30,000)
  • Lingxiao Wu, candidate proposed by Jean-François Cordeau and Yossiri Adulyasak ($30,000)
2020-2021
  • Aldair Alvarez Diaz, candidate proposed by Jean-François Cordeau and Raf Jans ($30,000)
  • Azadeh Maroufmashat, candidate proposed by Olivier Bahn and Peter Caines ($30,000)
  • Alfredo Daniel Moreno Arteaga, candidate proposed by Marilène Ckerkesly ($30,000)
2019-2020
  • Chun Peng, candidate proposed by Erick Delage ($25,000)
  • Aleksandr Kazachkov, candidate proposed by Andrea Lodi ($25,000)
  • Seyed Ahmad Mojallal, candidate proposed by Pierre Hansen ($25,000)