Details
| Opportunity Name | Globalink Research Award |
| Agency | Mitacs |
| Value | $6,000 |
| Indirect Costs | Ineligible |
| Duration | 12 to 24 weeks |
Deadlines
| Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | 11-06-2024 |
| Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 11-13-2024 |
| Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | 11-18-2024, by 9:00AM EST |
| Application due at agency | 11-20-2024, by 5:00PM PST |
Objective
To offer senior undergraduate, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in Canada the opportunity to participate in 12-to-24 week research projects under the joint supervision of a home and host professor at a university in Canada and an institution affiliated with one of Mitacs’ international partners.
The themes for this year’s thematic call are:
- Digital and Emerging technology (e.g. AI, Advanced Computing, Cybersecurity, Semiconductors)
- Sustainability and Net Zero (e.g. Electric Vehicles, Critical Minerals, Hydrogen, Energy Transition, Oceans, Clean Technology)
- Life Sciences (e.g. Biomanufacturing, Bioeconomy, Agri-Food, Agri-Tech, Health Sciences)
- Humanities and Social Innovation (open category)
Eligibility
Students and postdoctoral fellows
- Must be registered as full-time senior undergraduates, graduate students, or postdoctoral fellows at an eligible Canadian institution or eligible institution outside Canada and remain as such throughout their Globalink Research Award
- Postdoctoral fellows may apply if their date of graduation from a PhD program is no more than five years prior to the proposed start date of the research project and they have postdoctoral status at an eligible institution.
- Cannot undertake a research project at an institution where they have previously completed a degree
- Cannot undertake a research project in a country where they hold citizenship
- Permanent residents or citizens of Canada who are enrolled in an eligible country other than Canada and who wish to do a project in Canada are eligible to apply.
- Applicants who hold citizenship of Canada and another eligible country may apply to do a project in either country
- Cannot undertake a research project in a country where they hold citizenship
- Must be the legal age of majority in Canada (18 years of age or older)
- Must meet travel requirements for their intended destination, including visa and/or immigration requirements and associated documentation
- Cannot hold more than one Globalink Research Award per academic lifetime
- Cannot have previously held a Mitacs-JSPS Summer Program award
Supervising professors
- Must hold a faculty position at an eligible institution
- Must be eligible to supervise graduate students
- Supervisors at Canadian institutions: Must be eligible to hold Tri-Agency funding
- Supervisors outside of Canadian institutions: Must be affiliated to an eligible partner
How to Apply
Please contact your Faculty Research Office for information on their internal deadlines.
If you are interested in applying to this competition, please contact Rachel Sung, Senior Advisor, Business Development, Mitacs at sungr@yorku.ca.
York University researchers are reminded that all applications for external research funding, including Letters of Intent, must be reviewed and approved by the Office of Research Services before they are submitted to the granting agency. For internal approval, the application must be accompanied by a completed ORS Checklist, which requires the Dean’s signature. Please send the complete application, with the finalized budget and a completed ORS checklist to sciapps@yorku.ca, five days prior to agency deadline.
ORS is accepting electronic applications – the process is outlined here.