We are proud to work with small- and mid-sized companies to advance innovation in Canada. For a small company, doing research isn’t simple especially in the light of the new economic reality. Projects and lab equipment are costly and it’s difficult to find and attract specialized talent. We understand what small businesses need to innovate.
88% of business Mitacs supports are small and mid-sized companies.
You’re proud of everything you’ve accomplished — but you want to innovate and grow even more. Developing your company’s innovation roadmap requires a clear path, the right expertise, access to an unparalleled research network, and budget.
No matter the size of your company, our 100+ advisors can connect you to top-tier colleges and universities, and the brightest researchers, to help solve your innovation challenges — and you can fund as little as 45% of the cost of the project.
Tap into a national research network
Leverage your R+D or Innovation budget
Reduce the risk of accessing and hiring research expertise
Mitacs has fostered thousands of successful collaborations between organizations and researchers.
With the launch of its invention that converts greenhouse-gas emissions into high-value fuels and chemicals before they are released into the environment, founders Drs. Paul Addo and Beatriz Molero Sanchez take pride in helping to improve their world.
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Creating digitally fabricated dam models for hydraulic and seismic testing. Under a multi-phase project supported by commercial and educational entities, Austin Engineering creates digitally fabricated dam models for hydraulic and seismic testing at both their own hydraulics lab and at the University of British Columbia’s Applied Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Structures (ALAMS) in Kelowna, […]
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Vancouver, BC — Mitacs has launched a new summer program, the Mitacs Business Strategy Internship, to stimulate Canada’s economic recovery in the COVID-19 era; the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business (UBC Sauder) is the first academic partner. Mitacs’s Business Strategy Internship intends to bolster Canada’s economic recovery by supporting businesses that need […]
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These are tough times for small and medium-sized businesses in B.C. and across the country. But if you’re an SME with an idea that could contribute to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, a new program can help you spring into action. Mitacs, a government-funded national nonprofit that aims to foster growth and innovation in […]
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