To ensure the next generation of researchers and consolidate the OHS researcher network, the Institute enhanced its graduate studies, cholarship/doctoral fellowship program generating a 20% increase in relevant applications. In addition, it worked in collaboration with Réseau provincial de recherche en adaptation-réadaptation (REPAR-FRSQ) to set up an assistance program for the development of research on the occupational rehabilition of workers with musculoskeletal disorders. It also joined forces with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to fund six new scholarships for occupational health research.