Put your talent to work with a paid internship at an organization that needs your expertise. Funding starts at $15,000, and your partner organization’s financial contribution starts at $7,500.
HOW IT WORKS
1. The match
A student, a supervising professor, and a partner organization develop a research project
3. The project
Projects receive $15,000 in funding for each four-month internship
Who is eligible?
- Full-time students at all Canadian colleges and full-time grad students at all Canadian universities
- Full-time graduate students in select Mitacs partner countries (visit the Accelerate International tab for more details)
- Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and international students over the age of 18
- All academic disciplines
- Eligible businesses and not-for-profit organizations operating in Canada
- Under the Accelerate Entrepreneur initiative, eligible intern-owned start-ups at approved incubators. Contact accelerate@mitacs.ca to confirm your start-up’s eligibility.
- For-profit businesses operating outside of Canada
Timelines
- Apply anytime
- Six- to eight-week peer review
- College students can do two four-month internships, master’s students can do up to four four-month internships and PhD students can do up to eight
- The Mitacs Accelerate Fellowship supports longer-term projects for graduate students
- Internships start at four months
Expectations
- Spend approximately 50% of the internship with the academic institution and 50% with the partner organization
- Submit a final report and exit survey summarizing project results and experiences
- Follow the Accelerate Code of Conduct
Benefits
- Apply your skills in a non-academic environment
- Broaden your professional network
- Get a stipend/salary starting at $10,000 per four-month period
- Build out your CV with peer-reviewed research
