Mitacs Elevate
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$ 1000
in Funding
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Purpose: Mitacs Elevate helps organizations build their business with support from top-ranked, highly trained research talent.
- Participating fellows work closely with partner organizations to understand their business needs and apply research principles to address these needs.
- Participating organizations build crucial relationships, oversee development, and access university resources that may otherwise be unavailable.
Program Highlights
Funding Amount
Issuer
Program Type
Deadline
$60,000
Mitacs
Subsidy
Open Until Filled
Program Highlights
Funding Amount
$60,000
Issuer
Mitacs
Program Type
Subsidy
Deadline
Open Until Filled
AgriCommunication Program
Mitacs Elevate
Company Requirements
Postdoctoral fellow eligibility:
- They are Canadian citizens, permanent residents or international applicants.
- They are based at an academic institution (including colleges or polytechnics) located in Canada for the duration of the fellowship.
- Their date of graduation from a PhD program is less than five years to proposed start date of the Elevate project, unless:
- Fellows who have had a break in their career due to military service, illness, or family leave may be considered exceptions and must be approved in advance of application
- If this situation applies to you, please contact a Mitacs advisor.
- They have fulfilled all PhD degree requirements (e.g., successful defence, final deposit, and sign-off of the dissertation), meet the postdoctoral fellow eligibility criteria at their home academic institution, hold a postdoctoral fellow status for the entire duration of their Mitacs Elevate fellowship.
- They can commit to the Mitacs Elevate fellowship, including the exclusive professional development curriculum. Replacement or substitute fellows are not allowed
- Elevate alumni that have completed a 1- or 2-year Elevate project will be able to apply for another Elevate project. Postdocs can only be funded for a maximum of 3 years
- Postdocs can complete nine internship units (typically 3 years) of Mitacs funding, including any combination of Elevate & Accelerate in any order (e.g. Accelerate after an Elevate; hold more than one Elevate). One year of Elevate counts as 3 internship units.
- Fellows cannot apply to multiple Mitacs programs for the same period of time.
