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Vancouver, BC — Mitacs is partnering with NSERC, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, to advance COVID-19-related solutions. In response to the pandemic, the partner organizations will provide additional funding and connect with the unparalleled expertise of researchers across Canada.
NSERC recently launched two new grants: NSERC Alliance COVID-19 grants, research funding for universities of up to $50,000 for one-year projects that address challenges caused by the pandemic; and the tri-agency college grants, Applied Research Rapid Response to COVID-19, that will provide support for up to $75,000 for colleges and polytechnics to work with their partners to address this unprecedented crisis.
Mitacs recently launched an initiative to expedite the approval process and leverage funding for COVID-19-related research projects. As one part of that initiative and for a limited time, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) responding to COVID-19 can incorporate an Accelerate internship with a reduced contribution of $3,750 to the $15,000 award.
The new collaboration between Mitacs and NSERC aligns both organizations and their offerings to rapidly drive the development of solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic between industry and not-for-profit partners and academic researchers.
Once an NSERC Alliance or college COVID-19 project is funded, qualifying partner organizations and projects can add Mitacs-funded internships to augment the research collaboration.
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John Hepburn, CEO and Scientific Director, Mitacs
“As a nation, we are working together to combat COVID-19. Mitacs is pleased to partner with NSERC to accelerate the flow and exchange of research expertise between academic institutions, business, and not-for-profit partners. Through partnerships like this one, and the resulting collaborations, will we develop innovative solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic for our near- and long-term future.”
Alejandro Adem, President, NSERC
“NSERC is pleased to leverage Mitacs programs to add resources to the recently launched Alliance and College COVID-19 grants. Our programs, which connect partners with experts in the natural sciences and engineering, will benefit from Mitacs’s on-the-ground business development staff across the country. Together we will solve pandemic-related challenges for Canadians.”
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