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

2025-2026
  • Mahacine Ettahri, Polytechnique Montréal, cosupervisée par Daniel Aloise et Marie-Ève Rancourt (12 500 $)
  • Reza Khalvandi Llezoole, Polytechnique Montréal, supervisé par Brunilde Sansò (12 500 $)
  • Maïka Lamoureux, HEC Montréal, cosupervisée par Olivier Bahn et Annie Levasseur (12 500 $)
  • Yongkun Li, Université Concordia, supervisé par Mélina Mailhot (12 500 $)
2024-2025
  • Sara Ghaboulian Zare, Université de Montréal, supervised by Normand Mousseau, Martin Trépanier and Olivier Bahn ($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

  • 5 scholarships of $3,500 ($17,500) were awarded in 2026-2027
  • 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

  • 2025: Nymisha Bandi, "Behavioral Retail Operations to Incentivize Customers", supervised by Maxime Cohen and Saibal Ray (McGill University) ($5,000)
  • 2024: El Mehdi Er Raqabi, "Primal methods for very large-scale optimization", supervised by Issmail El Hallaoui and 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

2025-2026
  • Kenza Alioui, student at Université du Québec à Montréal, cosupervised by Franklin Djeumou Fomeni and Matthieu Gruson ($13,000)
  • Maïka Lamoureux, student at HEC Montréal, cosupervised by Olivier Bahn and Annie Levasseur (ÉTS) ($13,000)
  • Sawsan Sayed, student at Mcgill University, cosupervised by François Bouffard and Hanane Dagdougui (Polytechnique Montréal) ($13,000)
  • Murilo Andre Peres Pereira, student at HEC Montréal, cosupervised by David Ardia and Debbie Dupuis ($13,000)

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

2026-2027
  • Adel Aghajan, trainee supervised by Roland P. Malhamé and Shuang Gao (Polytechnique Montréal) ($45,000)
  • Zhongyi Jin, trainee supervised by Okan Arslan and Maryam Daryalal (HEC Montréal) ($45,000)

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)