Research Admin Offices:

• MILO

Disciplines:

• Health Sciences

Sponsors:

• McMaster

Deadlines:

Description:

NSERC and Mitacs are pleased to build on the success of their existing partnership with a new joint initiative that will support the R&D efforts of Canadian university researchers and their partners, while supporting highly qualified personnel including students and/or postdoctoral fellows.

Through NSERC’s Alliance grants and Mitacs’s Accelerate, this new opportunity is available to Canadian researchers through a single application submission and review process. Applicants are invited to include in their Alliance application a request for additional support through Mitacs Accelerate internships as a component of the training of highly qualified personnel.

Alliance grants support university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors, on their R&D efforts that will create economic, social and/or environmental benefits to Canada.

Accelerate puts the talent of students and postdocs to work with a paid internship at an organization that needs their expertise.

Alliance-Accelerate applications require the following information when outlining the training of highly qualified personnel:

• A description of the role of the Mitacs interns in the research project and an explanation of the quality of the research-based training experiences provided to the interns
• A description of how the internship partnership organization is committed to providing supervision and mentorship to the interns
• An explanation of how the number of Mitacs interns and the number of internship units are appropriate to the scope of the project

Additional Program Information:

Information Webinars

NSERC and Mitacs will also host information webinars for University Research Grant Offices.

Please see the date below and links to participate:

English session

Webinar No. E1: April 26, 2021; 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)

Meeting code: 185 482 5041; Password: NSERC-MitacsE1

Eligibility:

Who can Apply?

• Applicants must meet both NSERC’s and  Mitacs’ eligibility criteria both when the application is submitted and when funding is released.
• Canadian university researchers eligible to receive NSERC funds can apply independently or as a team with co-applicants who are also eligible academic researchers. Applicants must have at least one partner organization (in the private, public or not-for-profit sector) whose cash contributions will be recognized for cost-sharing (see Alliance grants: Role of partner organizations) but other partner organizations who play an important role in the research project may be included in the application, whether or not their cash contributions are recognized for cost sharing.

Application/Nomination Process:

Application Procedure

Applicants who wish to include Mitacs Accelerate internships in their Alliance application should contact their local  Mitacs business development representative to obtain the Mitacs supplemental application and budget spreadsheet. Additionally, applicants will fill out the Alliance proposal template following the instructions for completing an Alliance grant application. Applicants will submit the completed proposal template and supporting documents, including the personal data form with CCV attachment for the applicant and all co-applicants, and the Mitacs supplemental application and budget spreadsheet through NSERC’s online system. The partner organization’s contact person will be invited through the online system to provide information about the partner organization following the partner organization instructions.

Consult the Alliance grant application checklist for a summary of information that needs to be addressed in a completed application.

Resources:

• Program Website

Contact:

For support, please contact:

Ryan Caldwell,  caldwejr@mcmaster.ca
Ross Huyskamp, huyskar@mcmaster.ca

*Applicants must submit the NSERC/Mitacs joint application form to NSERC with their Alliance proposal.