Awards recognize the importance of research in driving Canadian innovation Vancouver, BC — Today, Mitacs opens the call for nominations for the 11th annual Mitacs Awards. These prestigious awards honour and recognize outstanding students, fellows, and professors who have participated in Mitacs programs. From healthcare to clean technology, the Mitacs Awards showcase advancements that benefit the […]

With the Paralympic Games starting, a Queen’s University-led initiative is working for greater inclusivity, even within the parasport community itself Kingston, ON — With the 2021 Summer Paralympics opening this month in Tokyo, researchers from Queen’s University are calling on Canadians not only to watch the sporting event, but to also open their eyes to […]

The Indigenous Pathways initiative helps Indigenous businesses and not-for-profit organizations to access funding and resources Vancouver, BC – Mitacs is once again offering special funding to help empower Indigenous innovation in Canada. Through the Indigenous Pathways initiative, eligible organizations will only contribute 25 percent of the cost of projects that have an Indigenous partner organization […]

Agreement strengthens international research collaborations by creating exchange opportunities for PhD students and postdoctoral fellows Vancouver, BC — Mitacs and Germany’s GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research are delighted to launch a formal partnership to support German and Canadian doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows at host-country research institutions. GSI Darmstadt becomes the third Helmholtz centre after Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) to partner with Mitacs. The Mitacs-GSI exchange mobility program will […]

Whitehorse, YT — Research funding has been extended for another year to support Yukon’s understanding of the social, cultural, economic, environmental, and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mitacs student internship program, which also supports innovation-related research that will benefit the Yukon economy, was launched last year through a partnership between Mitacs, the Government of […]

Program will support businesses and not-for-profit organizations while providing work-integrated learning opportunities for students and postdocs Vancouver, BC – Mitacs is pleased to announce that, for the second year in a row, the Business Strategy Internship (BSI) program is connecting students from academic institutions across the country with businesses as the post-COVID-19 economic recovery begins in earnest. The BSI program […]

Vancouver, BC — The Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) and Mitacs launch the second year of collaborative research awards to support children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families across Canada. College, undergraduate, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows from all disciplines are invited to participate in the 2021 KBHN-Mitacs awards competition. The KBHN-Mitacs awards support collaborative research between KBHN, a non-academic partner, and an intern.  The call for research proposals includes 10 internship […]

New agreement strengthens connections and promotes research exchange opportunities for graduate students and postdocs Vancouver, BC — Today, Mitacs and IC-IMPACTS (the India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnerships to Accelerate Community Transformation and Sustainability) have signed a three-year agreement to support research collaborations in sectors of mutual interest, including integrated water management, safe and sustainable […]

First agreement between Mitacs and the French National Centre for Scientific Research will benefit 50 PhD students and postdocs Vancouver, BC — Today, Mitacs and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) signed a five-year agreement that creates international mobility opportunities for PhD students and postdoctoral fellows from Canada and France. This is the first partnership between the organizations. Participants will […]

Mitacs and Mental Health Research Canada partner again to offer internships to improve mental health services Toronto, ON — Mitacs and Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) are partnering for a second time to support the development of the next generation of mental health researchers. The collaboration will provide funding for master’s and college students from […]

Saskatoon, SK – Two years ago Mitacs and International Minerals Innovation Institute (IMII) announced a partnership to fund student internships to advance research and development into innovations in Saskatchewan’s minerals industry. The two organizations agreed to support Saskatchewan’s major minerals companies by leveraging funding, connections, and academic research expertise. The partnership has helped to advance innovations […]

Toronto, ON — Mitacs and the Banting Research Foundation are proud to announce the winners of the 96th Annual Banting Research Foundation Discovery Awards. This year, 12 investigators — 50% of whom are women — have been awarded one-year grants of up to $25,000 for innovative health and biomedical research projects.  The goal of this prize is […]