Mitacs Accelerate
Our Process听for听Administering听Mitacs Accelerate听
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- Timeline to听project start date:听
2-4 months听(variable if Mitacs听participant听needs to be identified)
- Parties involved:听
OCIE manager, Mitacs听participant听and faculty supervisor,听industry听representative, and Mitacs听representative for AV俱乐部
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*The Mitacs agreement is part of the applicaton process and is a non-negotiable standard form agreement to ensure transparency among all parties.
OCIE听works with听Mitacs听to connect industry and/or not-for-profit organizations with talented students and post-doctoral fellows (PDFs) through the Accelerate program.听Together, they work on collaborative projects that can vary in length from four months to multiple years.听
Conflict of Interest
AV俱乐部 advocates transparency as an effective way of managing conflict of interest and the Conflict of Interest Policy - [PDF 109 KB] sets out a mechanism for identifying and addressing actual, perceived or potential conflict of interests.
Examples of perceived or actual conflict of interest include, but are not limited to situations when a Researcher/Faculty/Supervisor:
- conducts or participates in a research project which may affect his or her financial interests or those of a related business
- supervises a graduate or undergraduate student employed by a business in which the university member has a financial interest; or
- where the Mitacs Participant is a closely associated person to the Researcher/Faculty/ Supervisor
The Researcher/Faculty/Supervisor must follow the Procedures outlined in Section 5 of AV俱乐部鈥檚 Definition of Conflict of Interest Policy, and note the COI in the Mitacs application, Section 3.5.
Management of Payments
AV俱乐部 has encountered this situation numerous times and has a process to mitigate the Conflict of Interest. Typically, the Dean, Associate Dean Research or Unit Head in the given Faculty or Provost who does not have a Conflict of Interest will act as signing authority to distribute expenses related to the project in line with the project budget and AV俱乐部鈥檚 policies and procedures.
AV俱乐部 Mitacs Accelerate
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The听听program matches an industry or not-for-profit partner鈥檚 contribution to the cost of a collaborative internship project. Students and/or PDFs can receive up to $15,000 in funding. For example, one internship unit* can see that $7,500 in funding from the project partner (subject to applicable tax) matched with $7,500 from Mitacs per each 4-6 month period of work completed.听
The Mitacs participant completes half of their internship on-site with the industry partner and the other half at the university under faculty supervision. The Mitacs participant is responsible for completing a report about the project that is reviewed by their faculty supervisor and presented to the industry partner.听
This is a great opportunity for students and PDFs to gain relevant hands-on industry skills in a non-academic environment while also building their own professional network.听
*It's possible to have multiple internship units per project.听听
Please note: there鈥檚 also funding available to student entrepreneurs through the Mitacs听Accelerate Entrepreneur听program. Read more about it in our听Information for Startups section.
The Mitacs Halifax representative is Aishwarya Mohan.听If you have any questions, please contact her by email at amohan@mitacs.ca听or by phone at (782) 641-2916.