Gabriel Garcia Curiel, M.Eng., M.B.A. Strategic Account Manager ggarciacuriel@mitacs.ca (514) 705-3846 Supporting Collaborative Research
Mission: Support innovation ✓ ✓ Computer science Forestry ▪ Small & medium business ✓ ✓ Engineering History ▪ Large business ✓ ✓ Anthropology Languages & linguistics ▪ Not-for-profit ✓ ✓ Economics Mathematics ▪ Research centers ✓ ✓ Chemistry Business ✓ ✓ Geography Education ✓ ✓ Health sciences Interactive arts ✓ ✓ Genetics Psychology ✓ ✓ And more… Social work mitacs.ca | 2
Mitac’s Approach Stimulate collaborative innovation Projects based on mutual participation of: – Academia – Industry – Students Common interest and objectives Supports business growth and creates jobs mitacs.ca | 3
Mitacs supporting collaborative research Mitacs is a national, independent, not-for- profit organization that fosters growth and innovation. mitacs.ca | 4
Mitacs supporting collaborative research Our goal is to develop the next generation of researchers and innovators for Canada’s knowledge - and innovation-based economy . We proactively bring together industry and academia to help support R&D initiatives which solve business and societal challenges. mitacs.ca | 5
Mitacs investing in innovation Provinces Universities Approximately $140M will be invested in our academic institutions in 2019 mitacs.ca | 6
Mitacs partnerships are key International research network 20,000+ research projects funded 67 post-secondary institution partners + partnerships with more than 6,000 Canadian companies We partner with federal and provincial governments, post- secondary institutions, companies and research networks mitacs.ca | 7
We have a highly flexible model to help you We have agreements with more than 50 like-minded organizations to support research collaborations Our BDs work with you, industry and not-for-profits across the country We have 80+ Business Development staff — all with advanced degrees — working with post-secondary institutions across Canada mitacs.ca | 8
We have a highly flexible model to help you We have 80+ Business Development staff — all with advanced degrees — working with post-secondary institutions across Canada • Industry-facing team that proactively brings companies to universities • University-based team helps support the submission process • Fully integrated Mitacs process to submit, review research project applications as well as award grants. mitacs.ca | 9
The benefits to you Additional exposure and knowledge, enhancing your students’ education Student + Postdoctoral Fellowship grants for research & training Access to large/real data sets from industry Publication rights maintained mitacs.ca | 10
The benefits to you Intellectual Property is negotiated directly between the academic institution and the partner organization High application success rate Support disciplines which may not have traditional industry connections or other sources of funds (e.g. SS+H) Support students and postdoctoral fellows without using existing budgets mitacs.ca | 11
Our program objectives Promote high-quality research Support all Attract new disciplines funding Support Stimulate flexible and international collaborative research research collaborations initiatives Increase professional opportunities for students & researchers mitacs.ca | 12
Our programs ACCELERATE ELEVATE GLOBALINK National and international 2-year industrial postdoc International exchange research collaborations research collaborations of students to and + training from Canada mitacs.ca | 13
Accelerate
Mitacs Accelerate Applied research collaborations between Open to academic researchers & Canadian and institutions across international companies and the country not-for-profit organizations Participation of graduate students and postdocs in Open to all scalable modules of 4 to 6 months academic disciplines No competition: Applications are accepted any time mitacs.ca | 15
Mitacs Accelerate More than Small- and large-scale multidisciplinary projects 20,000 Over 95% internship modules application in Canada success rate Funding from since 2007 $15,000 to multi-million $ Both domestic and Decision within foreign students and Quick , simple 6 – 8 weeks postdoctoral fellows application process are eligible mitacs.ca | 16
Building research collaborations — Accelerate Accelerate internship modules submitted by fiscal year (projection for 2019/2020) 12,000 11,000 9,800 10,000 8,000 6,000 5,000 4,250 4,000 3,650 4,000 2,900 1,950 1,700 2,000 1,300 1,040 630 229 0 mitacs.ca | 17
Building research collaborations — Accelerate Accelerate internship modules by university 700 600 500 400 1,600 300 1,400 200 1,200 1,000 100 800 0 2018 – 19 2017 – 18 mitacs.ca | 18
Mitacs Accelerate A researcher spends a minimum of 4 to 6 months — or one module — on a project. You can have as many modules as you need. The researcher spends a minimum of 25% of their time with each side (post-secondary institution & partner organization) mitacs.ca | 19
Mitacs Accelerate — example investment $7.5K/module $7.5K/module from partner organization Total working budget $15K/module Up to Minimum $5K/module $10K/module to stipend or to stipend research expense mitacs.ca | 20
Mitacs Accelerate Candidates can do multiple 4- to 6- month modules • Master’s up to 24 months (up to 4 modules) • PhD’s up to 48 months (up to 8 modules) • Postdocs up to 36 months (up to 9 modules) mitacs.ca | 21
Mitacs Accelerate International Collaborations between international companies and grad students/faculty at post-secondary institutions $15K per 4- to 6-month module All disciplines, no application deadlines Undertake projects in any of our partner countries mitacs.ca | 22
Elevate
Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral researchers Two-year collaborations transform research into for postdoctoral long-term commercial value researchers for the partner Open to all Professional training in management academic disciplines Research collaborations with private sector or Applications selected via competition non-profit partners mitacs.ca | 24
Mitacs Elevate Other expenses $5,000 Salary/stipend for per year for two years postdoctoral fellow $55,000 Value of training program per year for two years $7,500 per year for two years Annual Contributions* $30,000 $30,000 from partner from Mitacs (+$7,500 value in training) *per year over two years mitacs.ca | 25
Mitacs Elevate training program Provides a foundation for fellows to broaden 24-month program their skill set 3 CORE FOCUSES Personal and Leadership and Communications and Professional Management Relationship Building Management mitacs.ca | 26
Globalink
Mitacs Globalink Federal government mandate The world’s brightest to create and foster students come international research to Canada collaborations Develops Provides Canadian students & connections and postdoctoral fellows opportunities ambassadors in university research or abroad abroad 28 agreements in 17 partner countries (plus EU) mitacs.ca | 28
Mitacs Globalink Two primary programs under the Globalink umbrella: Globalink Globalink Research Internships Research Award mitacs.ca | 29
Mitacs Globalink Research Internships Open to international 12-week summer senior undergraduate + research internships masters students in Canada 12,000+ applications and 2,250 research projects for approx. 1,000 placements No additional cost to Full cost of participation is covered by Mitacs Canadian professors > valued at $12K working with students mitacs.ca | 30
Mitacs Globalink Research Award Open to senior 6K undergraduate and University-University graduate students, and research grant collaborations postdoctoral fellows Academic supervisor 12- to 24-week All disciplines, domestically + no application research project host academic deadlines abroad supervisor abroad mitacs.ca | 31
Pilots
Mitacs Pilots Canadian Science Policy Fellowship Faculty members from Canadian Embeds academic researchers (PhD holders) in academic institutions or PhD the public sector for a year holders at any career stage Promotes evidence-based decision-making within federal or select provincial governments and provides fellows with skills to influence policy-making mitacs.ca | 33
Mitacs Pilots Accelerate for Accelerate for Colleges Undergraduates The Accelerate program Full partner universities can has been open to colleges apply for 10 undergraduate & polytechnics, in pilot Accelerate internships form, since April 1, 2018 mitacs.ca | 34
Mitacs Pilots Mitacs Entrepreneur International A grant for start-ups housed in Provides a boost to help new Canadian incubators to travel companies commercialize abroad to explore global markets internationally Travel of 4 to 6 weeks to an international incubator, which provides a “soft landing” in Launching in a new country, assists in setting up contacts Spring 2019 with potential clients, suppliers, capital, etc. mitacs.ca | 35
Thanks to our funding partners mitacs.ca | 36
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