Vancouver, BC — The University of British Columbia and the University of Washington are partnering with Mitacs on the Incubator Internship Pilot, a unique start-up exchange program in support of the Cascadia Innovation Corridor. The program will foster stronger networks and ecosystem access for start-ups in the region by leveraging the common and complementary strengths […]

Vancouver, BC —Mitacs is welcoming three new members to its board of directors this fall. With diverse experience in business from across Canada and a long-standing tradition of community service, Kelly Lendsay, Bruce MacDougall, and Doug Mitchell bring valuable insight and experience to the Mitacs board.   Mitacs’s board of directors oversees the organization’s mandate […]

Montreal, QC—Mitacs, a national not-for-profit research and training organization, and Concordia University announce a new partnership that will provide funding for international research internships for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. Through the Mitacs Globalink program, 50 students at Concordia University can participate in 12- to 24-week research projects, jointly supervised by faculty at […]

Vancouver, BC – Mitacs announced its year-end highlights today for the period ending March 31, 2018. Last year, the organization delivered almost 8,000 internships to help reach its goal of 10,000 work-integrated placements by 2020–21. Of those, Mitacs supported 6,740[1] research internships with industry in Canada and 1,159 international research collaborations, representing $123.5 million[2] in […]

Vancouver, BC – Mitacs welcomes nominations for the 8th annual Mitacs Awards, a series of honours that recognize outstanding students, fellows, and professors who have participated in Mitacs programs. Past winners were recognized for their outstanding contributions, such as research to stop cancer from spreading, help elite athletes overcome sleep disturbances, and improve efficiency of […]

Lincoln, ON—Putting research in the hands of those who use it to create and innovate leads to increased competitiveness, economic growth and job creation. That’s why the Government of Canada continues to support the country’s researchers whose discoveries inspire entrepreneurs and innovators in the agriculture, health and commercial sectors. Today, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister […]

Vancouver, BC—Mitacs and the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) signed an agreement this week to provide research internship opportunities for graduate students in Canada and Brazil through CAPES’s Program for Institutional Internationalization (CAPES-PrInt) and Mitacs’s international research program. The initiative promotes Canada and Brazil as destinations for research opportunities, […]

Vancouver, BC — The school year may be coming to a close, but a group of grade 10 and 11 Vancouver students who are participating in a one-of-a-kind pilot project are already thinking about the changes they can make to nip mental illness in the bud once school resumes in the fall. The project, called […]

Burnaby, BC—Students throughout the province are benefiting from a provincial investment of $10 million in internship programs that connect budding researchers with industry partners to solve real-world problems. “Research internship programs are giving our students and researchers the skills, knowledge and experience they need to advance our knowledge-based economy and build the best B.C.,” said […]

Ottawa, ON—Canada and France are building on a partnership to increase international research exchanges for university students in both countries through Mitacs’s programs. The signing builds on an existing relationship established between Mitacs and Campus France in 2014, and aims to expand Mitacs research internships to university consortia and other higher education institutions in France. […]

Montreal, QC—Seven up-and-coming Canadian researchers-turned-entrepreneurs received recognition, and a total of $25,000, for their groundbreaking industry contributions that are helping to improve lives in Canada and globally at the 2018 Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards. The awards celebrate start-up companies founded by outstanding former Mitacs interns, postdoctoral fellows, and training participants, who have gone to lead their […]

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs, a national not-for-profit research and training organization, and the European Commission, announce a new partnership to expand research opportunities for Canadian and European graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who receive funding through the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program. Through the partnership, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) and Research and Innovation Staff Exchanges (RISE) […]