Mitacs Information for Faculty Members
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.
Mitacs Accelerate
Accelerate is the flagship program of Mitacs, and is open to undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows from all disciplines. Accelerate interns will have the opportunity to collaborate with industry on research-focused projects. (Student entrepreneurs should contact Mitacs about a special opportunity to apply for funding for their own startups under this program.) Projects can range from four months up to 5 years in length, with funding starting at $10,000. Applications are accepted throughout the year on a non-competitive basis.
Mitacs Elevate
Elevate is a competitive two-year fellowship for postdoctoral fellows (PDFs), where participants undertake a research project with an industry partner. The program provides PDFs with experiential training in R&D through an industry-academic research collaboration, as well as leadership training and business acumen through the program’s training curriculum. Applications are open twice a year, and are selected from across Canada on a competitive basis.
Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA)
The Globalink Research Award provides $6,000 for senior undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows in Canada to conduct 12–24-week research projects at universities overseas. (This award is also open to students and postdoctoral fellows currently studying at foreign universities to conduct research in Canada.) For more information, please visit the following pages for incoming students and outgoing students. This award is open year-round for applications on a competitive basis.
Mitacs Business Strategy Internship (BSI)
The Business Strategy Internship (BSI) program is open to undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows from all disciplines. BSI interns will have the opportunity to collaborate with industry on innovation and development-focused projects. Innovation-based projects are those aimed at improving products and services, processes, or the organization as a whole. Projects can range from four months up to 5 years in length, with funding starting at $10,000. Applications are accepted throughout the year on a non-competitive basis.
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