Value
$6,000Description
The Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) supports research collaborations between Canada and select partner organizations and eligible countries and regions.
Under the joint supervision of a home and host professor, successful senior undergraduate students, graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows will receive a $6,000 research award to conduct a 12- to 24-week research project in the other country. Awards are offered in partnership with Mitacs’s Canadian academic partners (and, in some cases, with Mitacs’s international partners) and are subject to available funding.
Eligible Applicants
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
- Undergraduate applicants completing their first post-secondary degree must have completed their second year of studies prior to departure. All applicants enrolled in an undergraduate degree must have maintained a B average in their two most recent semesters prior to application. This average can be cumulative over the two semesters.
- 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
Eligible Expenses
The program supports travel and research with academic institutions between Canada and the following countries and regions:
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- India
- Iran (Travel to Canada only)
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea
- Latvia
- Lebanon (Travel to Canada only)
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tunisia
- Ukraine (Travel to Canada only)
- United Kingdom
- United States
Deadline Date
The call for applications is now closed. Previous deadline: Professors can submit projects by November 25, 2022, at 5p.m. PT.Contact
Contact Name: Mitacs
E-mail Address: international@mitacs.ca
Website: https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/globalink/globalink-research-award