Mitacs for Faculty Members
External Funding | Find and Manage Funding
Receive funding for your research and training opportunities for your students and postdocs.
Mitacs is a national not-for-profit that helps companies, non-profits, hospitals and municipalities to solve strategic challenges by leveraging Canada’s world-class post-secondary talent and a global network of industry, academic, and government partnerships. Through these collaborations, Mitacs helps business and community partners succeed, improves students’ on-the-job skills development, and builds collaborative partnerships between industry and academia.Funding is open to all disciplines. From $10,000 to $180,000 is available per intern.
✓ Skills Training
Provide training for your students and postdocs with real-world placements and opportunities.
✓ Grow your Network
Build your research partnerships and establish long-term collaborations while providing valuable opportunities for your students and postdocs.
✓ Access to Funding
Access funding for collaborative research projects by partnering with external organizations.
How it works
Contact a Mitacs representative
To discuss your eligibility and potential project, contact us through the web form at the bottom of this page.
Find a partner organization
Identify the company, non-profit, hospital or municipality that you plan to partner with on a project.
Draft your project
Write a draft application for pre-screening and feedback by a Mitacs representative.
Submit your application
Applications have a success rate of over 90%. Mitacs will match funding dollar for dollar. Once an application has been approved, you can begin the same day, or anytime within 12 months.
Contact a Mitacs Expert
Fill out the following form with questions or to request more information.
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