Mitacs: Inspiring Innovation
Mitacs: Accelerate
Canada's premier research internship program providing interns with the opportunity to transfer their skills from theory to real-world application, while companies gain a competitive advantage by accessing high quality research expertise.
Each 4-month internship project receives $15,000 in direct funding.
- Visit Mitacs Accelerate for more information.
- See also their Frequently Asked Questions page
Mitacs: Elevate
This is an opportunity for those pursuing a Postdoctoral Fellowship. Postdoctorals create and lead a major industrial research project while establishing vital connections with the local business community. Elevate offers two types of Fellowships for postdoctoral fellows in BC: Industrical and Strategic.
- Visit Mitacs Elevate for more information.
- See also their Frequently Asked Questions page
Mitacs: Step
Step trains graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in essential interpersonal, project management and entrepreneurial skills required for them to succeed in their future career. Visit www.mitacs.ca/step for more information.
The above programs are administered by Mitacs, a federally-funded Network of Centres of Excellence. Apply through www.mitacs.ca
Major External Awards
- Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Canada-Brazil Ciência sem Fronteiras Scholarship Program
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- China Scholarship Council
- Connect Canada Internships
- Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire War Memorial Doctoral Scholarships
- Mackenzie King Memorial Scholarships
- Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Trainee Awards
- Minerva Foundation for BC Women
- Mitacs: Globalink
- Mitacs: Inspiring Innovation
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Awards (NSERC)
- Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP)
- Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions Fellowships (PICS)
- Rhodes Scholarship in Canada
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Awards (SSHRC)
- Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship
- Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS)
- Worksafe Research Training Awards