Delivering innovation through research and development Leslie Bone

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

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

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

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

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) www. mitacs. ca 5

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 www. mitacs. ca $7, 500 Partner $7, 500 Mitacs $15, 000 Over 4 -6 months $10, 000 minimum intern stipend $5, 000 other project-related expenses 6

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 www. mitacs. ca 7

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 www. mitacs. ca 8

Accelerate - Other opportunities Masters and Ph. D Fellowships – Similar to standard Accelerate but supports longer term projects q Masters: 2 years funding q Ph. D: 4 years funding Entrepreneurship Pilot – Similar to standard Accelerate but supports graduate student or postdoc-owned companies www. mitacs. ca 9

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

Elevate - Creating research leaders Next call will open in May www. mitacs. ca 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 11

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 Ph. D Can combine 1 -3 internship units of Accelerate funding before the start of the Elevate fellowship Spring Call opens: May Proposal due: July Results announced: November Project start by: February www. mitacs. ca Winter Call opens: November Proposal due: February Results announced: June Project start by: September 12

Globalink Research Award Bilateral university to university mobility www. mitacs. ca 13

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 www. mitacs. ca 14

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 www. mitacs. ca 15

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 www. mitacs. ca 16

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 www. mitacs. ca 17

Summary of programs and funding Program Open to Length Partner contribution Mitacs contribution Total grant Research collaborations between industry and academia Accelerate Masters, Ph. D, Postdocs Min 4 months to years (scalable in size) Elevate Postdocs 2 years $7, 500 (with flexibility) $30, 000 $25, 000 $15, 000 $60, 000 International university to university research collaborations Globalink Research Award – OUTBOUND Senior undergrads, Masters, Ph. D, Postdocs 3 -6 months NA $6, 000 Globalink Research Award – INBOUND Senior undergrads, Masters, Ph. D, Postdocs 3 -6 months $3, 000 $6, 000 www. mitacs. ca 18

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 www. mitacs. ca 19