Mitacs Accelerate Global Excellence Award
Powering Innovation Through Global Talent
The Mitacs Accelerate Global Excellence Award aims to draw outstanding international researcher talent and Canadians currently studying abroad to industrial research projects in partnership with leading Canadian researchers — enabled by a competitive funding package of Can$170,000 over two years.
About the award
The Mitacs Accelerate Global Excellence Award is a new fellowship opportunity targeting individuals who will relocate to Canada for a collaborative, industrial-based research project at an eligible Canadian academic institution and with a private sector partner organization.
Jointly funded by Mitacs and industry partners, this award ensures strong collaboration and impact and will provide an enhanced funding package to support the costs of research as well as relocation.
Each two-year project will be valued at $170,000, broken down as follows:
- $85,000 annual award, with $42,500 + tax per year provided by the partner organization (full contribution for the first year will be invoiced upon project approval)
- Minimum of $70,000 allocated to stipend and up to $15,000 available for research and relocation expenses
Who should apply
Postdoctoral fellows
- Must currently reside outside Canada and intend to relocate to Canada to take up the award
- Eligible within five years of PhD completion (extensions available for parental leave, military service, etc.)
- Must be eligible for postdoctoral fellow status at a Canadian institution
- Canadians/permanent residents returning to Canada or international candidates requiring a work permit are eligible
- Must not have been employed full-time at the partner organization before applying
- Must be 18 years or older
Partner organizations
- Canadian for-profit companies (must receive more than 50 percent of their funds from non-government sources); eligible not-for-profit corporations, municipalities, or hospitals in Canada
- Eligibility can be confirmed with a Mitacs Advisor
Academic supervisors
- Must be faculty at a Canadian academic institution
- Must be eligible to hold Tri-Agency funds
All parties must declare any potential conflicts of interest upon application submission, including:
An academic supervisor in a position of ownership, employment or influence over operations at the partner organization
A postdoctoral fellow in a position of ownership, employment or influence over operations at the partner organization
Program participants with a close family relationship with each other, or with someone in a position of ownership, employment or influence at the partner organization