Mitacs Accelerate Global Excellence Award

About the reward:

The Mitacs Accelerate Global Excellence Award is an exciting funding opportunity targeting individuals who will relocate to Canada for a collaborative, industrial-based research project at an eligible Canadian academic institution and with a Mitacs-eligible partner (private company, not-for-profit organization, municipality, or hospital).

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

Mitacs is pleased to partner with CIFAR to offer up to an additional 10 fellowships to researchers affiliated with CIFAR.

How to Apply:

Calling all exceptional international researchers and Canadians studying abroad: this is your opportunity to take part in high-impact industrial research collaborations with leading Canadian academic and industry partners.

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.

The application deadline has been extended until September 11, 2026.

Apply here!