Mitacs: Elevate

Build your career through this competitive annual fellowship for up to two years. Elevate includes a research management training program and a postdoctoral fellowship. Your partner organization’s financial contribution starts at $30,000 (Standard Elevate) per year or $40, 000 (Thematic Elevate) per year. About the program Mitacs Elevate is a postdoctoral fellowship with an exclusive professional development curriculum component. Fellows address complex challenges through: A two-year research project with a partner organization in need of high-level expertise A professional development curriculum that prepares Elevate fellows for success as leaders in research and industry Fellows progress through the program in a cohort, giving them cross-disciplinary networking and peer-learning opportunities they might not have otherwise in their careers. Over the two-year fellowship, fellows divide their time between their partner organization's project and academic institution-based research with their academic supervisor. The Elevate Fall 2022 call will offer 2 award options: Standard ($60k) and Thematic ($80k).

Grant Deadline

Deadline not available

Funding Amount

$60,000

Type of Grant

Grant

Sectors

Artificial Intelligence

Demographics

Incorporation

For Profit, Non Profit

Perks

Networking

Region Restriction

This grant is restricted to whole of Canada

Keywords

funding, development, business, network, communication, career, strategic planning, management experience, Increasing Research, organization, leadership

Age Restriction

This grant is age restricted from 18 to 100

Eligibility and Requirements

Eligibility

Partner organizations are eligible if: 

• They are incorporated in Canada 
• They are end users of the research
• They have an office or site where the fellow undertakes at least 50% of the fellowship interacting with the partner 
• They are for-profit corporations and crown corporations receiving no more than 50% of their revenues from government sources
• They are eligible not-for-profit (NFP) corporations such as industry associations, charitable organizations, and economic development organizations.
• They are a hospital or municipality in Canada.

NOTE: 

Please contact a Mitacs Advisor to discuss the eligibility of an NFP organization before submission of the completed application package

Ineligible organizations include: 

• Government departments, agencies or ministries
• Academic institutions
• Indigenous governments
• Foreign companies 

Postdoctoral fellow eligibility: 

• They are Canadian citizens, permanent residents or international applicants
• They are based at an academic institution (including colleges or polytechnics) located in Canada for the duration of the fellowship
• Their date of graduation from a PhD program is less than five years to proposed start date of the Elevate project, unless:
• Fellows who have had a break in their career due to military service, illness, or family leave may be considered exceptions and must be approved in advance of application
• If this situation applies to you or you have any questions, please contact Mitacs at elevate(at)mitacs.ca
• ​They have fulfilled all PhD degree requirements (e.g., successful defence, final deposit, and sign-off of the dissertation), meet the postdoctoral fellow eligibility criteria at their home academic institution, hold a postdoctoral fellow status for the entire duration of their Mitacs Elevate fellowship
• They can commit to the two-year Mitacs Elevate fellowship, including the exclusive professional development curriculum. Replacement or substitute fellows are not allowed
• Fellows who have held a Mitacs Accelerate award as a Master's or PhD student are eligible as long as they have not completed more than one year (three internship units equivalent) of Mitacs Accelerate at postdoctoral level. This must be completed before the start of the Mitacs Elevate fellowship
• Fellows cannot apply to multiple Mitacs programs for the same period of time.

Fellows are ineligible if they have: 

• Been employed for more than six months in an R&D position outside the academic institution after receipt of their doctoral degree
• Received an offer of employment from the proposed partner organization except an offer of this fellowship or short-term employment of up to six months while awaiting a decision on the Mitacs Elevate fellowship
• Completed more than one year (three internship units equivalent) of Mitacs Accelerate at the postdoctoral level before the start of the Elevate fellowship; and
• Previously held a Mitacs Elevate award. Fellows who have completed Mitacs Elevate are also ineligible for Mitacs Accelerate
• If the application is not recommended for an award, fellows may not be eligible to apply again if they have accumulated more than six months of industrial or partner organization work. It is recommended that fellows accept a temporary contract only if necessary and that the period is kept as short as possible. 

Grant Application website

https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/elevate

Contact

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