Program eligibility

Graduate Interns

To be eligible, graduates must be:

• A recent graduate of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program from a university (Bachelor, Masters, Doctorate) or hold an undergraduate degree from an accredited degree granting college;
• Recent graduates must have finished their last degree no more than 5 years ago;
• Not have previously participated in the Mitacs Enterprise internship program;
• Be eligible to work in the province of Ontario for the duration of the internship;
• Not currently be employed by the company offering the internship.
• Be an Ontario resident
• Participate in a One-Day Orientation Session before employment starts at own cost
• Participate in a Two-Day skills Bootcamp during internship a One-Day Orientation Session before employment starts at own cost

Part-time Student Interns

To be eligible, part-time students must be:

• A current Masters or Doctoral student in a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program from a university;
• Not have previously participated in the Mitacs Enterprise internship program;
• Be eligible to work in the province of Ontario for the duration of the internship;
• Not currently be employed by the company offering the internship;
• Be an Ontario resident;
• Participate in a One-Day Orientation Session before employment starts at own cost
• Participate in a Two-Day skills Bootcamp during internship

SMEs

To be eligible, the SME must be:

• Based in Southern Ontario.
  • For the purposes of the program Southern Ontario is defined as the following 2006 Statistic Canada Census regions: 1 Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry; 2 Prescott and Russell; 6 Ottawa; 7 Leeds and Grenville; 9 Lanark; 10 Frontenac; 11 Lennox and Addington; 12 Hastings; 13 Prince Edward; 14 Northumberland; 15 Peterborough; 16 Kawartha Lakes; 18 Durham; 19 York; 20 Toronto; 21 Peel; 22 Dufferin; 23 Wellington; 24 Halton; 25 Hamilton; 26 Niagara; 28 Haldimand-Norfolk; 29 Brant; 30 Waterloo; 31 Perth; 32 Oxford; 34 Elgin; 36 Chatham-Kent; 37 Essex; 38 Lambton; 39 Middlesex; 40 Huron; 41 Bruce; 42 Grey; 43 Simcoe; 46 Haliburton; and 47 Renfrew
• A start-up or an SME is defined as a company with up to 1,000 employees. Start-up companies must have the necessary management and resources to provide a meaningful experience for the Intern.
  • Holding companies that do not have their own facilities are not eligible.
• Prepared to work with and host the Intern at their facilities the equivalent of full-time;
• Based in a facility outside of an Ontario university research laboratory;
• The company must be able to demonstrate how they will:
  • benefit from the technical knowledge of the Intern;
  • equip the Intern with applied business skills and experience; and
  • assign a management-level mentor to the Intern and provide regular meetings with that mentor to complete an assigned project.
• Committed to provide a minimum financial support towards the Enterprise program of $15,000 (or $10,000 for graduates of college or undergraduate programs).
• Primary business focus must be related to science, technology, and engineering or math, bio-economy and clean technologies, advanced health technologies, pharmaceutical research and manufacturing, and digital media and information and communications technologies.