Background
This award was established in 1966 as a legacy of André Francou, a French industrialist, to the RAIC. Francou stated that its purpose is to assist graduates of the School of Architecture at the University of Montreal in visiting France to study the characteristics of French architecture.
Eligibility
This award is given to a graduating student chosen by the faculty.
Amount
The annual award consists of a $2,000 scholarship, with $1,800 provided as an advance and the remaining $200 issued upon submission of a final report. The final report must be received by the RAIC Foundation within one year of the date of the initial advance.
Selection Criteria
Determined by faculty
Submission Requirements
Submission requirements and deadlines are determined by the faculty
Recipients
| 2015 | Philémon Gravel | |
| 2013 | Catherine St-Pierre | |
| 2012 | Not offered | |
| 2011 | Not offered | |
| 2010 | Not offered | |
| 2009 | Martin Lévesque | (View report) |
| 2008 | Not offered | |
| 2007 | Céline-Coralie Mertenat | |
| 2006 | Sébastien-Paul Desparois | |
| 2005 | Catherine Szacka-Marier | (View report) |
| 2004 | Not offered | |
| 2003 | Véronique Hours | |
| 2002 | Philippe Nolet | |
| 2001 | Jean-Sébastien Bourdages | |
| 2000 | Laurent McComber | |
| 1999 | Steve Montpetit | |
| 1998 | Eric Trudel | |
| 1997 | Mikio Yamamoto | |
| 1996 | Daniel Castanguay | |
| 1995 | Jean Beaudoin | |
| 1994 | Eric Bourbeau | |
| 1993 | Ginette Dupuy | |
| 1992 | Sylvain Boucher | |
| 1991 | Eve Malepart | |
| 1990 | Kevin McCandless | |
| 1989 | François Plourde | |
| 1988 | Robert Derome | |
| 1987 | Dominique Derome | |
| 1986 | Jacques Canac-Marquis Line Melançon |
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| 1985 | Not awarded | |
| 1984 | Not awarded | |
| 1983 | Hélène Ladouceur | |
| 1982 | Jacques Lachapelle | |
| 1981 | Michèle Giroux | |
| 1980 | Philip Bastien | |
| 1979 | Ginette Mondou | |
| 1978 | Guy Demers | |
| 1977 | Jean Raymond | |
| 1976 | Andre Fortin | |
| 1975 | Daniel Chagnon | |
| 1974 | Nabil Macarios Serge Brosseau |
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| 1973 | Not awarded | |
| 1972 | Ginette Fontaine | |
| 1971 | Michel Dubuc | |
| 1970 | Josette Michaud | |
| 1969 | Pierre Campeau | |
| 1968 | Robert Blache | |
| 1967 | Pierre Beaupré | |
| 1966 | Mlle Michèle Bertrand | |
| 1965 | Jean-Guy Théoret |