“This research let us fine-tune our systems, and learn a lot about our how they work... Bringing someone in through Mitacs gave us a glimpse of what we do from a different perspective.”

“We pushed the limits of the connector’s material and structure. In the end, we learned how to make a better connector..."

Mitacs Elevate alumnus Richard Beal is the recipient of the First Place, $20,000 prize of the inaugural Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards for his company, COFOVO Energy.

Mitacs Accelerate alumnus Guillaume Brault is the recipient of the second place, $15,000 prize of the inaugural Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards with co-founder Viviane Bélair for their company, Inova Source.

Mitacs Accelerate alumnus Clayton Hiles was the recipient of an Honourable Mention at the inaugural Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards.

“This project was really valuable. It yielded enough interesting information that Actavis set up a second internship for me."

Trojan Technologies, a London, Ontario-based water treatment technology company, was recognized as the recipient of the 2014 Mitacs Industry Award for Outstanding Leadership.

“Mitacs gives us access to really good people, as well as to equipment and infrastructure at universities that we — as a small company — could never think of getting otherwise.”

“By tapping into the expertise of the researchers, we gain valuable in-house skills and knowledge that we wouldn’t have otherwise,” says Ted Mao, Vice-President, Research at Trojan.

Ricardo Jota, a postdoctoral fellow from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, was the recipient of the 2014 Mitacs Postdoctoral Award for Outstanding Innovation.

Teledyne was connected to Mitacs... to prepare an application for funding of a large-scale research project valued at nearly $1.7M. The company matched the funds for 15 interns from the two universities to develop infrared technologies for the company’s latest products.

It represents a big financial savings for the healthcare system. Taxpayers will then benefit even more, because the savings from osteoporosis treatments can be used in other areas of healthcare.