The Centre's General Secretary is open to any invitation from universities or schools to meet with their students or with officials in charge of international cooperation to inform them of the benefits of the agreement and how to participate, and to answer questions from students on study and living conditions in Qu bec. The Centre can also help publicize any educational opportunities in Qu bec or information about Qu bec. They are designed so as to avoid duplicating similar programs offered by other organizations. Practicums in government and municipal organizations are also eligible. Practicums must last a minimum of three months and a maximum of six months.
Applicants are responsible for their own practicum placements.
Short Stay Doctoral Bursaries Bursaries are available to students registered in Ph.D. programs in Qu bec universities and whose research would be accelerated and enriched by a three to ten-week study and research project in France. Likewise, bursaries are available to French students who can demonstrate that a stay in Qu bec would advance their work. Applications for any of the three competitions must be completed on forms available from university cooperation officials and must be received by the competition deadlines, which fall on January 1, May 1 and September 1 each year. The Centre aids in the publication of works of a scientific nature by providing funding to symposia that publish their proceedings or by providing direct assistance for joint Franco-Qu bec publications. The Centre also authored a work published in 1997, which is both a review of thirty years of cooperation and a look at what the future holds in store.