Talent Development – TalentEdge Internship Program (TIP)

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Overview of the Talent Development – TalentEdge Internship Program (TIP) program:

The TalentEdge Internship Program (TIP) of Ontario’s Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) provides support for current college and university students, recent graduates and Master’s graduates, to work on industry-driven research and development projects related to automotive and smart mobility technology such as Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (C/AV) technologies, Electric Vehicles (EV), battery technologies, metallurgical (metal & mining) technologies, and other related areas. Companies can tap into world-class talent coming out of Ontario’s publicly-funded post-secondary institutions and strengthen their capacity to develop new products, services and processes, while interns receive hands-on industry experience in areas such as software and hardware development, artificial intelligence, and data analytics.

Benefits of the Talent Development – TalentEdge Internship Program (TIP) program:

Project-based, with clearly defined R&D activities, milestones, and outcomes to be completed within the Internship duration
Commercially ready technologies for application in mass light vehicles (cars, trucks and vans)
Heavy duty vehicles (commercial vehicles, trucks, buses, recreational vehicles, and others used for goods movement)
Transportation infrastructure
Intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
Transit-supportive systems and vehicles
SMEs must work with an industry partner, or in some cases, an academic partner, to help bring their technology closer to commercialization.

Eligibility criteria of the Talent Development – TalentEdge Internship Program (TIP) program:

Intern:
Final-year undergraduate student; Masters or PhD student; or within three years of graduation from an undergraduate or Masters program from an accredited college or university
Applicant/Industry Partner:
Institution-based Internship:
Applicant: principal investigator at an accredited, publicly-funded Ontario university
Industry partner: for-profit company with operations in Ontario
Company-based Internship:
Applicant: for-profit company with operations in Ontario