Accelerate Fellowship

About this program

Subsidized research internships connecting Canadian businesses with graduate students and postdocs. Company pays $7,500/unit, Mitacs matches with $7,500, creating $15,000 of research talent for each unit. Scalable — 1 to hundreds of units.

What this program funds

Mitacs administers the Accelerate Fellowship, a federal program that subsidizes research internships pairing Canadian businesses with graduate students and postdocs. The program is open to incorporated businesses, SMEs, startups, and nonprofits working in research and development, information technology, life sciences and biotech, clean tech, and agriculture and food sectors. The program operates nationally.

Funding works on a cost-sharing model. For each internship unit, the participating company contributes $7,500 and Mitacs matches this amount with $7,500, creating $15,000 in research talent per unit. Organizations can scale participation from one unit to hundreds, with total funding ranging from $7,500 to $500,000. The program accepts applications on a rolling basis with no set deadline.

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