The Bélanger-Gardner Fund, established by the late University of Montreal Professor Gérard Gardner, Ph.D. supports research pertaining to the Eastern Townships. The Bélanger-Gardner Foundation provides grants to individuals, groups or associations for research on topics related to the Eastern Townships. These projects must comply with the following protocol:
“… 2. The income from the Fund shall be used to gather, to catalogue and to make available documents and other material relating to the discovery, the colonization, the industrial and commercial development and the evolution of the population of the Eastern Townships of Quebec.”