Funding, News and Announcements

Updated October 24 - information session details added

Mitacs is pleased to launch another thematic call in cooperation with several of its international partners. This is a competitive call for applications to the Mitacs Globalink Research Award program in all areas of strategic importance for the Canadian and international research communities.

Under the joint supervision of a home and host professor at a university in Canada and an institution affiliated with one of Mitacs’s international partners, senior undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral fellows included in successful applications will receive a $6,000 research award to conduct a 12- to 24-week research project in the other country. Eligibility criteria may vary between participating international partners. 

The themes include but are not limited to the list below. Please note that there is a great deal of scope under the open theme social and scientific innovation, all kind of projects can be submitted under that specific theme:

1. Advanced computing (AI and Quantum technologies)
2. Clean technologies
3. Global Health
4. Open theme: Social and scientific innovation

Click here for more details.

Infomation Session

Aishwarya Mohan, Mitacs Advisor will be hosting an info session for the Dalhousie research community on the Globalink Research Award Thematic call currently accepting applications.

The Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) Thematic call supports research collaborations between Canada and select partner organizations by providing funding support of $6000 for senior undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral fellows to conduct a 12- to 24-week research project in the other country. To learn more about the current GRA thematic call, attend the info session!

Time: October 27, 2022 from 2:30 - 3:15pm AST
Location: Online via Teams

Meeting ID: 250 982 664 10
Passcode: 89SPD9 

Deadlines

Internal: Deadline to obtain ORS signature is November 14, 2022 at 4:30pm. Contact email is Erin.Murphy@dal.ca. For additional resources, click here for guidance on internal deadlines and submission processes.

Funder: November 25, 2022 at 5pm PT (9pm AST). Contact email is Aishwarya Mohan (amohan@mitacs.ca)