Mitacs Proven Partner in International Innovation Fiona Langdon

Mitacs Proven Partner in International Innovation Fiona Langdon Senior International Partnerships Officer Mitacs June 2019

Mitacs Canada • National research network funded by Canadian government (federal and provincial) • 20 years in operation • 65+ university partners in Canada • 6000+ company partners • 35, 000+ research projects to solve business and societal challenges and drive innovation • 200+ staff, 30+ offices • 4 regional hubs: Vancouver, Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa mitacs. ca | 2

Mitacs Mandate Bring together industry, universities and governments to drive innovation mitacs. ca | 3

Program Goals • Facilitate active partnerships between user organizations and academia • Drive private-sector spending on R&D • Provide experiential learning to graduate students and PDFs to train for nonacademic careers • Raise awareness of the expertise in Canadian universities and industry • Create receptor capacity among Canadian industry and not-for-profits mitacs. ca | 4

Characteristics of Our Programs • In partnership with universities • Proactive business development team works with applicants • Maintain high research standards through peer-review • Work on business timelines • Active involvement of partner organizations • Students must spend significant time with partner • Cash contributions • Measure impact and outcomes mitacs. ca | 5

Building Research Collaborations Between Academia and Industry • Scalable, multidisciplinary projects • From $15, 000 to $2 M+ • Co-fund model: 1$ industry = 1$ Mitacs • All disciplines, all sectors • Match the R&D needs of a company to a grad student (Masters, Ph. D, Post-Docs) and his/her supervisor • Our flagship program! mitacs. ca | 6

Impact of Mitacs Accelerate The majority of Mitacs activity supports small and mediumsized (SME) businesses: 75% of companies are small-to-medium-sized enterprises 66% hired by small-to-medium-sized enterprises mitacs. ca | 7

By 2020, We aim to… • Deliver 10, 000 internships per year, making experiential education a cornerstone of Canada’s innovation training system 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 2015/16 2016/17 Accelerate mitacs. ca | 8 Elevate 2017/18 GRI 2018/19 GRA 2019/20 Accelerate International 2020/21 Policy Fellowships 2021/22

International Research Partnerships A comprehensive approach • Global knowledge flow is key to economic & social progress § Improves competitiveness • Encourage international innovation linkages & research collaborations § Soft-power effects • Provide young people the opportunity to participate in an increasingly globalized economy § Investment in international experiences requires long-term vision mitacs. ca | 9

Mitacs Globalink Program • Provides funding for international research collaborations in Canada and abroad, with universities and companies • Showcases Canadian research landscape to international students • Supports international research abroad for students in Canada Australia Brazil China EU France Germany India Israel Japan mitacs. ca | 10 Korea Mexico Norway Tunisia Ukraine United Kingdom United States and growing……

Two-way Research Mobility mitacs. ca | 11

Accelerate International • Research collaborations between international companies and grad students, faculty at all the universities • $15 K per project • 16– 24 weeks (25% at home university) • All disciplines, no application deadlines mitacs. ca | 12

Globalink Research Internships (GRI) • Undergraduate students • 12 week summer research internships • 12, 000+ applications and 2, 250 research projects for ~1, 000 places • Full cost of participation covered (airfare, accommodation, living stipend, prof. skills development workshops, student mentors, etc. ) mitacs. ca | 13

Globalink Research Award (GRA) • University-University collaborations • $6 K Research Grant • 12– 24 week research project abroad • Supports the mobility of senior undergraduate and graduate students • Academic supervisor + host academic supervisor abroad • All disciplines, no application deadlines mitacs. ca | 14

Globalink Research Awards & MSCA RISE • Co-funding by Mitacs to participate in Research and Innovation Staff Exchanges (RISE), part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions • Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in Canada may receive funding through the Mitacs Globalink Research Award, or through the Mitacs Accelerate International program • Conduct research projects at universities and businesses in the EU Member States mitacs. ca | 15

For more information… Our Offices: Montreal Office 405 Ogilvy Avenue, Suite 101 Montréal, QC H 3 N 1 M 3 Tel. 514. 840. 7491 Toronto Office 100 College Street, Suite 522 Toronto, ON M 5 G 1 L 5 Tel. 647. 478. 5904 Vancouver Office 6190 Agronomy Road, Suite 301 Vancouver, BC V 6 T 1 Z 3 Tel. 604. 822. 9189 mitacs. ca | 16 Mitacs also has offices in: • • Calgary Fredericton Halifax Hamilton Kingston London Ottawa Quebec City • • • Saskatoon Scarborough Trois-Rivières St. John’s Victoria Waterloo • Winnipeg • About Mitacs: www. mitacs. ca • About Globalink: https: //www. mitacs. ca/en/programs/ globalink • About Accelerate International: https: //www. mitacs. ca/en/programs/ accelerate/mitacs-accelerateinternational

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