Accelerate - Mitacs
Accelerate - Mitacs supports students, recent graduates, and postdoctoral fellows through collaborative research internships with academic and organizational partners to advance knowledge and innovation.
Funder: Mitacs
Due Dates: Within four months of the last completed internship unit (funding extensions)
Funding Amounts: CAD $15,000 per 4–6-month standard unit; CAD $20,000 per postdoctoral unit; projects can scale to five years
Summary: Accelerate funds collaborative research internships linking Canadian academic institutions and partner organizations to advance knowledge and innovation.
Key Information: Applicants need both Canadian academic and non-academic partners, with a financial contribution from the partner organization.
Description
Mitacs Accelerate supports research-based internships bringing together post-secondary students, recent graduates, postdoctoral fellows, academic supervisors, and partner organizations. Interns work collaboratively on research that can develop solutions, explore markets, or support commercialization. The program helps organizations expand research and development while giving interns applied research experience and professional networks, and helping academics build research partnerships.
Projects must expand knowledge relevant to both the academic community and the partner organization, rather than simply provide consulting or complete a development task. Proposals should demonstrate concrete benefits to the partner and Canada. Partner interaction may be onsite, virtual, or hybrid, provided it includes high-quality interaction and supervision.
