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Mitacs Accelerate

Our ProcessÌýforÌýAdministeringÌýMitacs AccelerateÌý
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  • Timeline toÌýproject start date:Ìý
    2-4 monthsÌý(variable if MitacsÌýparticipantÌýneeds to be identified)

  • Parties involved:Ìý
    OCIE manager, MitacsÌýparticipantÌýand faculty supervisor,ÌýindustryÌýrepresentative, and MitacsÌýrepresentative for Â鶹´«Ã½

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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.

OCIEÌýworks withÌýMitacsÌýto connect industry and/or not-for-profit organizations with talented students and post-doctoral fellows (PDFs) through the Accelerate program.ÌýTogether, they work on collaborative projects that can vary in length from four months to multiple years.Ìý

Conflict of Interest

Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Definition of Conflict of Interest Policy, and note the COI in the Mitacs application, Section 3.5. 

Management of Payments

Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s policies and procedures.


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TheÌýÌýprogram matches an industry or not-for-profit partner’s 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.Ìý

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.Ìý

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.Ìý

*It's possible to have multiple internship units per project.ÌýÌý

Please note: there’s also funding available to student entrepreneurs through the MitacsÌýAccelerate EntrepreneurÌýprogram. Read more about it in ourÌýInformation for Startups section.

A diagram outlining the process followed when facilitating Mitacs Accelerate partnerships between Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers, companies, and the Mitacs Grants Team.

The Mitacs Halifax representative is Aishwarya Mohan.ÌýIf you have any questions, please contact her by email at amohan@mitacs.caÌýor by phone at (782) 641-2916.