Supporting Collaborative Research & Training

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1 Supporting Collaborative Research & Training Zsuzsa Papp, Ph.D. Business Development, Mitacs Saskatchewan Oct 14,

2 About Mitacs National research network ( ) 60 + academic private sector partners 11 partner countries Growing: > 10,000 research projects funded 2

3 Mitacs Program Goals Support applied research collaborations Academic Train graduate students & postdocs for their careers Encourage international research Private Sector collaborations International 3

4 Our Core programs Step Free training workshops: Communications, Project Management Grad students + PDFs Globalink International Grad students + Undergrads GRA GRI Accelerate Applied research projects with industry/non-profit partners Grad students + PDFs Elevate 2 year PDF project with a prof + industry partner in Canada Additional skills training toward R&D management career PDFs 4

5 Globalink Research Award Globalink Research Award Apply to Mitacs by November 8, 2017 Results announced in March week research projects overseas Projects must begin within 1 year of the award letter being issued TRAVEL ABROAD Degree Level Citizenship Funding Destinations Senior Undergraduate & Graduate Canadian citizens, permanent residents and international students $5,000-$7,000 CAD Brazil, China, France, India, Israel, Korea, Mexico, Tunisia TRAVEL TO CANADA Degree Level Citizenship Funding Origin M2 & PhD French citizens, permanent residents and international students $5,000-$7,000 CAD French universities & Inria Research Centres 5

6 MITACS ACCELERATE 6

7 Mitacs Model Industry/community partner Professor Trainee (University) (Postdoc/ MSc/PhD) 7

8 Project Eligibility Eligible participants Research internship for graduate students and postdocs Organization Professor Full time graduate student (MSc: 2 units, PhD-PDF: 6 units max) Research Interaction Ideally 50-50% (min 25%) Economic orientation 8

9 Eligible Partners Businesses with facilities in Canada (domestic or foreign) Start-ups or multinational (no age/size limitation) Utility providers, some crown corporations Eligible not-for-profits 9

10 Program flexibility All disciplines, anywhere in Canada Canadian or foreign citizens Research internship for graduate students and postdocs Non-competitive, no deadlines Scalable projects, 4-month internships can be combined Quick application NSERC and SSHRC agreements* 10

11 Industry partners:. how can you find them? - Ask prof, colleagues, network - Internet - Follow media releases, read the news - Search engines - Social media (LinkedIn) - Mitacs Website (past projects) - Mitacs Website (open projects «interns wanted») how can you get to them? - Network: events, personal network - Reach out: cold s, cold calls 11

12 Reaching out to a partner Tips for writing cold s Use Their Name Don t write too much White Space Get to the Point Quickly - Don t ramble on about knowing they re busy and how impressive they are Be Friendly. Don t be overly formal Intrigue Them without Overselling Tell them that you have a product or idea that fits in well with what they re already doing: your value to them Ref : 12

13 Once you have an interested prospective partner bring me in as a «third party research financer» who can share the cost and set-up project mechanics 13

14 Next steps Visit our website to see past Mitacs projects companies? possible research projects? colleagues? Register to receive calls for proposals /en/mitacs-calls-proposals 14

15 For more information Zsuzsa Papp (Business Development Specialist) (306) Register to receive updates: /en/mitacs-calls-proposals Visit our website to see past Mitacs projects Mitacs Funding Partners 15

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17 3. Accelerate Funding Models Standard Model Cluster Model 17

18 5. Developing a proposal and the application procedure Developing a proposal: Industry partner has a challenge to be addressed of interest to professor/s and their research group Participants work with Mitacs BD to develop project (eligibility, flexibility, funding, procedures) Professor/postdoc writes proposal with industry input Mitacs BD checks application for completeness Applicants collect signatures Applicants submit final application package to Mitacs BD Mitacs BD submits application to Mitacs Company is invoiced by Mitacs Approved in 6-8 weeks (peer review: revision request?) Award letter to university, university receives funds (grant) 18