GERAD Fellowship Competitions
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)