Maximizing Research Impact with Mitacs Programs

1. Delivering innovation through research and development Leslie Bone Business Development Specialist, Ryerson lbone@ryerson.ca March 26th, 2019

2. Why Mitacs? • National research network • 20 years in operation • 12,000+ research projects • 60+ academic partners

3. Mitacs program goals • Support flexible, collaborative research projects • Attract new funding • Maintain high-quality research • Support all disciplines • Support international research collaborations in Canada and abroad • Train graduates and postdocs for their careers • Industry

4. Accelerate Mitacs’ premiere internship program designed to build collaborations between industry and academia

5. Accelerate • Program supports collaborative research projects with industry or eligible non-profit partners in Canada or abroad • Open to graduate students and postdocs • Open to all disciplines • Partner is required to contribute cash for the project • Funding starts at $15,000 • Internship length starts at 4 months • Interns gain industry/community experience • Non-competitive (over 97% success rate)

6. Funding Standard funding model: One Internship Unit • Overall project length and scope collaboratively defined by academics and partner • 1 internship unit: 4 month research project • Intern’s time is split ~50/50 between partner and university (min 25%, max 75%) • Flexible funding options including min $5,000 or max $10,000 match per internship unit $7,500 Partner $7,500 Mitacs $15,000 Over 4-6 months $10,000 minimum intern stipend $5,000 other project-related expenses

7. Eligible Partners • Must have physical location (not solely virtual) • Partners can include: • For-profit and crown corporations • Domestic or foreign-owned • Utility providers, NGOs • Eligible not-for-profits • International: for-profit partners in any Mitacs partner countries

8. Accelerate – Flexible Program • Multiple companies and/or universities/colleges are possible on one application • Focus of work at both sites is on joint project • Projects can be a mix of domestic and International Accelerate • Project application can be prepared in advance of student arrival (TBD) • Timeline from submission to start date: • Domestic ~6-8 weeks • International component of project ~16 weeks • Start dates can be pushed up to 1 year

9. Accelerate - Other opportunities • Masters and PhD Fellowships • Similar to standard Accelerate but supports longer term projects • Masters: 2 years funding • PhD: 4 years funding • Entrepreneurship Pilot • Similar to standard Accelerate but supports graduate student or postdoc-owned companies

10. Elevate A competitive postdoctoral fellowship program, designed to build industry-ready scientists

11. Elevate - Creating research leaders • Two-year fellowship for postdoctoral fellows that includes research management training • Supports research collaborations between academia and partners • Open to all disciplines • Competitive applications • Two calls a year, winter and spring Next call will open in May

12. Elevate • Fellows time is split ~50/50 between company and university (min 25%, max 75%) • Partner must be located in the same province • Fellows must be less than 5 years from completion of PhD • Can combine 1-3 internship units of Accelerate funding beforethe start of the Elevate fellowship Winter Call Call opens: November Proposal due: February Results announced: June Project start by: September Spring Call Call opens: May Proposal due: July Results announced: November Project start by: February

13. Globalink Research Award Bilateral university to university mobility

14. Globalink Research Award Partner countries • Australia • Brazil • China • EU members • India • Israel • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Norway • Tunisia • U.S.A. • United Kingdom *If you don’t see a particular country on this list, please email Leslie Bone to confirm eligibility

15. Globalink Research Award - Outbound • 3-6 month research project at a university abroad • Open to senior undergrads, graduate students and postdocs • $6,000 award (covers travel, accommodation, stipend etc) • Jointly supervised by Canadian and international supervisors • No deadline, non-competitive (very high success rates!) • Submit applications 16 weeks prior to expected travel

16. Globalink Research Award - Inbound • Open to senior undergrads, graduate students and postdocs from Mitacs partner countries • Supports a 3-6 month research project at Ryerson in collaboration with an international university • $6,000 award • $3,000 from PI (or the visitor’s home institution or other source) • $3,000 from Mitacs • Jointly supervised by Canadian and international supervisors • No deadline, non-competitive (very high success rates!) • Submit applications 16 weeks prior to expected travel

17. Globalink Research Award Partner countries • Australia • Brazil • China • EU members • India • Israel • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Norway • Tunisia • U.S.A. • United Kingdom *If you don’t see a particular country on this list, please email Leslie Bone to confirm eligibility

18. Summary of programs and funding

19. Please reach out if you have questions! Leslie Bone Business Development Specialist, Ryerson lbone@ryerson.ca 416-805-2547 www.mitacs.ca Our Funding Partners