The Mitacs 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.

Mitacs provides for participants a list of faculty members who are open to hosting participants through the Globalink Research Award. We encourage interested participant to review each professor’s website to learn more about their research prior to contacting them. You can also read our blog post on tips for finding a professor. 

If you’re a faculty member in a Mitacs partner country, create an account to complete and submit the form to be featured on this page.  

This optional tool is intended to connect international professors with participants in Canada and does not guarantee funding. Participants are responsible for ensuring that a potential host supervisor and university meet the eligibility requirements. By listing faculty members here, Mitacs does not endorse or validate the professors and their universities. 

The Mitacs 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.

The following opportunities support travel and research from Canada to universities in:

• Australia
• Brazil
• China
• EU member countries
  • In France, both universities and Inria Research Centres are eligible host institutions
• Israel
• India
• Japan
• Korea
• Mexico
• Norway
• Tunisia
• United Kingdom
• United States

*This information above is subject to change. Applicants are responsible for confirming application details, as required. Funding is limited, and applications are processed in the order in which they are received.

Jumpstart your application:

1. Talk to your faculty supervisor or university international office to identify a professor in one of the eligible destinations who works in your research area
2. Reach out to the professor(s) about your research and hosting your potential project
3. Get signatures from your home and host professors and university Office of Research Services (or equivalent), then submit your complete application by the suggested deadline (Mitacs recommends allowing 1–2 weeks to secure university signatures). 

Contact international@mitacs.ca for more information.

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Applications are accepted any time. For participants wanting to travel by a certain date, Mitacs recommends the following timelines:

Select awards offered in partnership with: Brazil’s Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Capes), the China Scholarship Council, the European Union's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, France’s Inria and Campus France, India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development, the National Research Foundation of Korea,Tunisia’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and Mission Universitaire de Tunisie en Amerique du Nord.

Applications are accepted any time, awarded competitively, and subject to available funding.

How to apply:

1. Review all eligibility and award guidelines
2. Collect all required signatures on sections 6 and 7 of application form: participant, home supervising professor, host supervising professor, and appropriate home university office. Signatures can be electronic or a scanned image. Contact Mitacs at international(at)mitacs.ca if you require clarification.

   • Mitacs recommends allowing 1–2 weeks to secure university signatures and confirm internal deadlines; participants are responsible for confirming any applicable deadlines with their universities.

3. Submit the completed proposal and supplementary documentation by email to apply(at)mitacs.ca. 

   1. Keep emails to less than 10MB. If necessary, send multiple emails. 

   2. The application form must be submitted in its original fillable format. Only Sections 6 and 7 may be submitted as a scanned PDF if digital signatures cannot be obtained.

   3. Where templates are required, the most recent templates must be used.

   4. Letters of support can be included in the application or sent separately by professors to apply(at)mitacs.ca

   5. Your subject heading must be in the following format: “Participant first and last name_Destination” (e.g., John Doe_France, Jane Doe_Brazil). Do not include any other information in the subject heading.

4. Consult with your university’s international office to determine any requirements for travel to and research abroad

1. Mitacs will typically contact participants about their proposal outcomes 10–12 weeks after submission. 
2. The participant provides the completed Mitacs Code of Conduct and Ethics and International Pre-departure forms to Mitacs
3. Where applicable, Mitacs forwards its portion of the Globalink Research Award funds to the Canadian university’s Office of Research Services. Mitacs will provide details on the disbursement of partner funds, if relevant, in the applicant’s outcome letter. 
4. The participant departs to the destination and begins the research project  

All parties involved with the Mitacs Globalink program must comply with the Canadian home university’s policies regarding the ethical conduct of research and scholarly activities. Any issues or disputes around research or academic misconduct will be subject to the home Canadian university’s processes following their institutional policies.