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Leverage your R+D/Innovation budgets and make your money go further
Mitacs brings innovation to more people in more places across Canada and around the world.
Learn MoreWe work closely with businesses, researchers, and governments to create new pathways to innovation.
Learn MoreNo matter the size of your budget or scope of your research, Mitacs can help you turn ideas into impact.
Learn MoreThe Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards and the Mitacs Awards celebrate inspiring entrepreneurs and innovators who are galvanizing cutting-edge research across Canada.
Learn MoreDiscover the people, the ideas, the projects, and the partnerships that are making news, and creating meaningful impact across the Canadian innovation ecosystem.
Learn MoreExecuting your innovation strategy requires funds, networks, and markets — and the talent to accomplish all that.
The path to successful innovation can be rocky, requiring the right expertise, resources, and strategies to seamlessly navigate common roadblocks. Often, businesses struggle to understand the market, identify growth potential, access funding, manage resources, foster partnerships, and recruit the best talent. The result can leave companies stalled.
Understanding how to maneuver through business and innovation challenges can be overwhelming for entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), pulling time, energy, and focus from the research and development efforts needed to succeed.
In a survey by Guidant Financial, SMEs ranked lack of capital as their No. 1 challenge. Recruiting and retaining talent ranked second.
With over 20 years of experience facilitating successful shared-cost collaborations between industry and postsecondary institutions, Mitacs has the expert knowledge, expansive network, and key resources to help businesses achieve their innovation goals. We have the knowledge and expertise to aid with funding and help find you top research talent from colleges and universities across Canada and around the world.
Leverage your R+D/Innovation budgets and make your money go further
We work with you to develop the scope and the roadmap of the project to achieve your goals
We provide you with access to expertise not available in-house
Mitacs has fostered thousands of successful collaborations between organizations and researchers.
Tiny microorganisms in waste rock may offer a low-cost solution to a giant problem and create access to uranium deposits previously too environmentally risky to reach. Turns out they enjoy eating sugary treats. Companies decide to start the mining of a particular uranium deposit based on many factors. One major consideration for mining is the […]
Read MoreSolar power generation for charging electric vehicles and illuminating remote communities Timing is everything. In cleantech innovation, it’s the difference between leading and falling behind. For Professor Martin Ordonez’s team at the UBC Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering who work in power electronics and conversion, one of the ways of being ahead is developing […]
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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 […]
Read MoreToronto, 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 […]
Read MoreThe strong support from governments across Canada, international partners, universities, colleges, companies, and community organizations has enabled Mitacs to focus on the core idea that talent and partnerships power innovation — and innovation creates a better future.