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Accelerate Fellowship

Mitacs Accelerate Fellowship provides a long-term funding and internship option for master’s and PhD students. Recipients can also access professional development training that helps them ensure project success and gain in-demand career skills.

Offered by Mitacs

Amount

$10,000 or $15,000 Standard Award (1:1), or $13,333 Cluster Funding (1:1.2), per internship unit; a $15,000 unit is $7,500 from the partner organization and $7,500 from Mitacs

Quick eligibility check

Years in business
No minimum stated
Employees
No limit stated
Revenue
No limit stated
Legal structure
Incorporated, non-profit, other
Location
Anywhere in Canada

Who can apply

Applicants must be:

  1. Masters and PhD students as a longer-term funding and internship option.
  2. For-profit corporations and eligible not-for-profit corporations, municipalities, and hospitals in Canada
  3. not-for-profit corporations, hospitals, and municipalities, as well as the project’s economic orientation for these partners, must be assessed prior to proposal submission
  4. All sectors

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