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Office of Commercialization and Industry Engagement

Mitacs 鈥� Further Information


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  • Full-time undergraduate students, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows (PDFs) in any academic discipline offered at AV俱乐部 (note: students and PDFs can be Canadian citizens, permanent residents or international students)
  • Companies eligible for this program must be incorporated as听for profit听and can be located in Canada or in any of our partner countries ()听
  • Eligible not-for-profit organizations must either have their headquarters in Canada or have a Canadian branch if their headquarters are located internationally.听

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Intellectual Property (IP) Considerations听

If you鈥檙e planning a Mitacs project at/with AV俱乐部, you may want to explore some of these key considerations at the beginning of your planning process.听

If you鈥檙e a student or postdoc鈥�

Do you intend to publish or use the IP you develop during your Mitacs project for other purposes (i.e. to fulfill the requirements of your thesis or to launch a startup)?

It鈥檚 important to consider that the company/not-for-profit you鈥檙e working with may have a vested interest in the IP generated during the Mitacs project. Keeping this in mind, you鈥檒l want to consider how you鈥檇 like to use the results of your work and manage conversations around IP with the company accordingly. If you haven鈥檛 considered how you鈥檒l use your work in the future, it鈥檚 beneficial to discuss this with your academic supervisor. They may want to ensure that the results of the Mitacs project are able to be published and/or used for future research purposes. 

If you鈥檙e an academic supervisor鈥�

Do you plan on contributing your IP to the Mitacs project?

If yes, it鈥檚 important for you to be aware that AV俱乐部鈥檚 standard Mitacs research agreement does not cover the IP of faculty members.  This doesn鈥檛 prevent you from contributing your background IP if you鈥檙e not concerned with maintaining ownership over it.  

If you鈥檙e a company/not-for-profit鈥�

Do you have an interest in owning/protecting the intellectual property (IP) created during the Mitacs projects?

If yes, it鈥檚 important to note the IP provisions within AV俱乐部鈥檚 [PDF 337 KB].  Though slight adjustments can be made, deviation from the standard agreement is not encouraged due to time and resource constraints of the Mitacs planning process. 

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If you have any questions, please contact Aishwarya Mohan by email at amohan@mitacs.ca or by phone at (782) 641-2916.