Fund Description

A unique cost-shared R&D internship program which connects companies with Canadian universities’ research expertise (i.e. graduate students and postdoctoral fellows).

Funding Details

$11,000 for 4 month internship ($7,500 from partner organization and $3,500 from Mitacs) will be provided to the academic supervisor as a research grant. It is required that the intern receive a stipend of a minumum $10,000 of the total grant per 4-month internship.

Eligible Expenditures

Funds are limited to supporting the direct costs of research as directed by NSERC.

Eligibility Requirements

Canadian for-profit companies, or a Canadian business location of a foreign-owned for-profit company. All companies with research and development issues, in any fields or disciplines, are eligible.