MITACS Accelerate

Mitacs-Accelerate is a graduate research internship program which connects graduate students and post-docs in any discipline at Canadian Universities with companies through short to medium-term research projects which address a company need.

During a Mitacs-Accelerate internship, the intern spends approximately half of his or her time onsite with the company, collecting data and interacting with staff; the balance of her time is spent at the university, developing innovative approaches to solving the research challenge in collaboration with faculty and fellow students.

The program provides grad students and postdocs with the unique opportunity to apply their research to a issue faced by a company while making vital connections with industry. Faculty members benefit also from the program as it can be a stepping stone to establishing a greater collaboration with a private sector partner.

For each four-month internship unit, the company contributes $7,500 which is matched, in BC, by Mitacs through the support of the Networks of Centres of Excellence’s Industrial R&D Internship Program and the BC Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation. Of the $15,000, the intern receives a $10,000 stipend with the remaining $5,000 supporting other costs associated with the research project.

For more information about the Mitacs-Accelerate program, visit www.mitacs.ca/accelerate or contact Laurence Meadows.

Through unique research and training programs, Mitacs is developing the next generation of innovators with vital scientific and business skills. In partnership with companies, government and academia, Mitacs is supporting a new economy using Canada’s most valuable resource – its people.