Mitacs Accelerate

Overview of the Mitacs Accelerate program:

Solve your research challenges with academic expertise, leveraged funding, and one-to-one support from Mitacs. Internships start at four months and can scale up as much as you need — your financial contribution starts at $7,500.

Benefits of the Mitacs Accelerate program:

• Access academic expertise
• Build a customized research plan with support from Mitacs representatives
• Augment your R&D budget
• Get better leveraging for projects with three or more interns and six or more internships
• Identify new markets, commercialize results, and assess potential employees

Eligibility criteria of the Mitacs Accelerate program:

• For-profit corporations and eligible not-for-profit corporations, municipalities, and hospitals in Canada
• For-profit businesses operating outside Canada
• Under the Accelerate Entrepreneur initiative, eligible intern-owned start-ups at approved incubators. Contact [email protected] to confirm your start-ups eligibility
• The eligibility of not-for-profit corporations, hospitals, and municipalities as well as the projects economic orientation for these partners must be assessed
• Prior to proposal submission
• All sectors