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Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) is proud to partner with Mitacs on this funding opportunity for Canadian university & college students across the country to work on a mental health research project with their academic supervisor and community partner.

The successful applicant will be awarded $15,000 for a four- or six-month term; funds will be paid directly to the student’s academic institution and held by the student’s supervisor. The project would begin in September 2022 and end by December or early February 2022. 

This jointly funded internship is part of MHRC’s 2022-2023 Studentship cycle, where students share their time between academic institutions and community service providers, tying together their research with the needs of the end-users — the community and people with lived experience. MHRC aims to drive systemic change by encouraging the adoption of effective, research-informed, and client-centric approaches to mental health treatment.

Eligible students must:

1. Be a Canadian citizen and/or permanent resident
2. Be enrolled in a) a Masters program at an accredited Canadian University, OR b) in a post-graduate certificate at a Canadian College.
3. Be seeking to conduct a mental health research project in collaboration with both an academic supervisor and an eligible community partner (see call for proposals). Preference will be given to projects addressing the unique needs of diverse and/or vulnerable populations in Canada

EN: Fall 2022 Studentship Call — Mental Health Research Canada (mhrc.ca)

FR: RSMC-Mitacs automne 2022 — Recherche en sante mentale Canada (mhrc-rsmc.ca)

Contact Details

Internal Dal/Mitacs contact: Aishwarya Mohan, amohan@mitacs.ca
Mitacs contact: Jillian Murray, jhatnean@mitacs.ca
MHRC contact: Sarah Murphy, smurphy@mhrc.ca

Deadlines

Internal

April 15, 2022 at 4:30pm. Click here for guidance on internal deadlines and submission processes.

Funder

2 Stage application process:

Deadline for EOI to MHRC: April 22, 2022
If successful: full Mitacs Accelerate proposal due June 10, 2022
Projects must start by:  September 31, 2022