Mitacs Research Award
Aboriginal Peoples
Arctic and Northern Regions
Community, Regional & Enterprise Development
Creative Arts, Culture and Heritage
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with your unit
Memorial Deadline: Monday 26th, April 2021
External Deadline:
Description
Mitacs is undertaking a Pilot Program called the Mitacs Research Award. The award will provide four (4) opportunities for senior undergraduate and graduate students, who self-identify as a First Nations, Métis or Inuit participant, to undertake a short-term paid research training internship at a Canadian institution. Students receive an opportunity to enhance their skills through interaction with faculty and hands-on research and training experience.
NOTE: There may be an additional call to follow if all placements are not filled, or if additional placements are provided.
The primary goals of the opportunity are to:
- * Enable students to develop connections/collaborations with Post-Secondary Education faculty members/researchers
- * Provide students with hands-on research and training experience
- * Build students’ research skills, project management skills, and subject/technical knowledge
- * Increase awareness of potential educational and career pathways for students
- * Identify new research connections or directions, potential for further collaboration, or project continuation through other Mitacs programming
Concept model
- * Projects are designed and led by students
- * Mitacs will contribute $6,000 to be allocated to student stipend
- * The award will cover research projects of 12-16 weeks duration
- * Each project will require supervision to oversee the work and the student
- * Students are expected to meet weekly with their supervisor to report on the progress of their project virtual meetings are acceptable
- * Both students and supervisors will be required to complete a Mitacs Exit survey at the end of the internship reporting on skills developed and providing feedback on the experience
- * Projects submitted to Mitacs will be evaluated internally to confirm eligibility for the opportunity (eligibility requirements below)
- * Students must complete a Final report and deliver a final presentation summarizing the work that was completed to their supervisor during the last week of the award term
- * Supplemental online training will be provided to students through the Mitacs learning management system
Eligibility requirements
Students must:
- * Be a registered senior undergraduate or graduate student at an eligible academic institution
- * Not be an active participant in another Mitacs project
- * Self-identify as a First Nations, Métis or Inuit participant. Eligible students opting to apply under the Indigenous status criteria must provide reasonable indication of Indigenous status
- * Copy of academic transcript to be provided at time of submission (minimum B- cumulate average)
Supervisors must:
- Be a faculty member eligible to hold Tri-Council funding
Information about Mitacs can be found here.