The Centre SÈVE is the only inter-institutional research center in Quebec that brings together researchers in non-forestry plant sciences. Created in 2004, the Centre SÈVE relies on significant financial support from the FRQNT through the program Strategic Clusters. The Centre SÈVE also receives funding from partner universities, granting agencies supporting its research activities, and other partners.
The Centre SÈVE fosters numerous collaborations with partners involved in scientific research, knowledge dissemination, the national and international visibility of the Center, and the training of undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students.
The Centre SÈVE brings together more than sixty university researchers from:
Université de Sherbrooke
Université Laval
McGill University
Bishop’s University
Université de Montréal
Université du Québec à Montréal
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Institut national de la recherche scientifique
Moncton University
Carleton University
This team is complemented by scientists from the college level and the private sector…
Cégep de Sherbrooke
Cégep de Trois-Rivières
Cégep de La Pocatière
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Centre de recherche sur les grains
Carrefour industriel et expérimental de Lanaudière
Institut de recherche et de développement en agroenvironnement
Ulysse Biotech
Biopterre
…as well as hundreds of students and postdoctoral fellows!
The Centre SÈVE, through inter-institutional and multidisciplinary collaboration, has high-performance infrastructures. One objective of the Centre SÈVE is to provide the members with common services.
The Centre SÈVE is grounded in both fundamental and applied research operating at multiple levels: from molecules to ecosystems, from basic knowledge to technology transfer and the development of decision-support tools. What sets the SÈVE Center apart is the breadth and integration of its expertise, as well as its transdisciplinary initiatives.
More specifically, the Centre SÈVE has the following objectives:
- the visibility and recognition of Quebec’s expertise in agroenvironmental matters at both the national and international levels;
- the conduct of scientific research aimed at developing knowledge and tools to increase plant productivity while taking into account the various current environmental and social imperatives;
- the pooling of expertise and infrastructure from 60 researchers across 7 universities and 3 government institutions;
- the transfer of knowledge from the SÈVE Center to users of research findings, to students at various levels, and more broadly to the general public—particularly through training workshops, symposiums, conferences, scientific and technological meetings, and public forums;
- the training of qualified and graduate personnel to meet the need of future workers in the field of plant science and agriculture, offered in an innovative multidisciplinary framework that promotes high-quality training and research experiences;
- the communication between researchers in plant sciences and those in social and environmental sciences;
- the establishment of national and international collaborations to offer new research and training opportunities to our researchers and our student community.
Discover the mission, vision, and values of the Centre SÈVE, as well as the expertise of its researcher members.