Mitacs Elevate postdoctoral fellowship 2024: (Deadline Not Specified)

A professional development curriculum that prepares Elevate fellows for success as leaders in research and industry

Fellows progress through the program in a cohort, giving them cross-disciplinary networking and peer-learning opportunities they might not have otherwise in their careers.

Over the one or two-year fellowship, fellows divide their time between their partner organization’s project and academic institution-based research with their academic supervisor.

The Elevate program offers:

1. An award valued at $60,000 per year with a minimum stipend of $55,000

• Partner organization contributes $30,000 per year

  2.  An exclusive professional development curriculum

3.  Proposal assistance, including application feedback, from a Mitacs Advisor

4.  Certificate of completion after receipt of their exit survey and final report submission

Fellows can access the Elevate curriculum on our learning management system, EDGE.

About Mitacs

Mitacs is a national, not-for-profit organization that has designed and delivered research and training programs in Canada for 20 years. Working with 70 universities, 6,000 companies, and both federal and provincial governments, we build partnerships that support industrial and social innovation in Canada. Mitacs was founded in 1999 as a Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence, dedicated to supporting applied and industrial research in mathematical sciences and associated disciplines. In 2003, we launched a research internship program designed to increase deployment of highly educated gra…

Mitacs Elevate postdoctoral fellowship

• Type Fellowship
• Organisation Mitacs
• Country to study Canada
• School to study–
• Course to study Not specified
• State of Origin
• Gender Men and Women
• Application Deadline Not Specified

Aim and Benefits of Mitacs Elevate postdoctoral fellowship

Successful applicants receive a Mitacs Elevate award of $60,000 per year, for a total award of $120,000 for two-year projects, as well as the mandatory research management training curriculum.

A minimum stipend/salary of $55,000 per year is allocated to the fellow, and up to $5,000 is allocated to research costs. Mitacs follows tri-council guidelines with respect to the use of funds towards eligible research costs.

Awards are typically forwarded annually as a lump sum of $60,000 to the supervising faculty member, to be held as a research grant at their home academic institution, pending Mitacs’s receipt of the following:

• the $30,000 annual partner contribution
• any necessary documentation such as a Declaration of Conflict of Interest and/or other documentation as appropriate

Please note: Costs can only be incurred after research approval of the proposal AND the receipt of the partner funds at Mitacs as per Mitacs Policy.

Use of Funds

Mitacs funds may be used to support the direct costs of research as specified in the Tri-Agency’s Financial Administration guidelines and in accordance with your academic institution’s guidelines for research expenses. Innovation projects in the Business Strategy Internship program are eligible to include direct project costs in accordance with the same guidelines. Please direct any questions about eligible expenses for Mitacs projects first to your academic institution and second to your Mitacs Advisor or grant management contact.

Additional eligible expenses (for both research and innovation projects) include:

• In accordance with the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (specifically Chapter 9: Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples of Canada) recognizing the importance of respecting the culture and traditions of Indigenous peoples and acknowledging the necessity to incur expenditures in that regard in the conduct of research, the following expenditures are eligible:
  • costs related to community mobilization and engagement, including culturally relevant promotional items such as tobacco, cloth, feasting and gift-giving for honouring ceremonies, and cash reimbursements (in a method acceptable to the individual or community being reimbursed) to compensate community participation;
  • honoraria for Indigenous Elders and community experts;
  • contracts and/or consultant fees for knowledge translation and communication activities for Indigenous Elders, community members and other Indigenous knowledge-holders involved in activities related to the Indigenous community;
  • a salary research allowance to help cover the costs to temporarily replace co-applicants from eligible Indigenous not-for-profit organizations to release them from their duties to the organization.
• In accordance with NSERC guidelines for Research Partnerships Programs Project Management Expenses, and other funding agencies, direct project management expenses may be included in the research costs portion of the grant. The maximum amount that may be allocated to project management costs is 10% of the value of the standard cash contribution of the partner organization to the grant, prior to any discounts. (i.e., for a standard Accelerate internship, the partner contribution is $7,500, so 10% or $750 would be available for direct project management expenses.) Please contact your local Mitacs Advisor for more information.
• Eligible expenses for colleges only, and only for expenses outlined in the project costs portion of the grant:
  • Costs associated with faculty releases from teaching duties to enable college faculty to supervise student projects (up to $9,000 per course release, per semester, per faculty)
  • Costs associated with paying part-time faculty to participate in the project (up to $9,000 per semester)
• Information regarding the Mitacs Travel Subsidy fund can be found in the Terms and Conditions section below.

Requirements for Mitacs Elevate postdoctoral fellowship Qualification

Postdoctoral fellow eligibility: 

• They are Canadian citizens, permanent residents or international applicants.
• They are based at an academic institution (including colleges or polytechnics) located in Canada for the duration of the fellowship.
• Their date of graduation from a PhD program is less than five years to proposed start date of the Elevate project, unless:
  • Fellows who have had a break in their career due to military service, illness, or family leave may be considered exceptions and must be approved in advance of application
  • If this situation applies to you or you have any questions, please contact Mitacs at [email protected].
• They have fulfilled all PhD degree requirements (e.g., successful defence, final deposit, and sign-off of the dissertation), meet the postdoctoral fellow eligibility criteria at their home academic institution, hold a postdoctoral fellow status for the entire duration of their Mitacs Elevate fellowship.
• They can commit to the two-year Mitacs Elevate fellowship, including the exclusive professional development curriculum. Replacement or substitute fellows are not allowed
• Fellows who have held a Mitacs Accelerate award as a Master’s or PhD student are eligible as long as they have not completed more than two year (six internship units equivalent) of Mitacs Accelerate at postdoctoral level. This must be completed before the start of the Mitacs Elevate fellowship.

• Elevate alumni that have completed a 1- or 2-year Elevate project will be able to apply for another Elevate project. Postdocs can only be funded for a maximum of 3 years
• Postdocs can complete nine internship units (typically 3 years) of Mitacs funding, including any combination of Elevate & Accelerate in any order (e.g. Accelerate after an Elevate; hold more than one Elevate). One year of Elevate counts as 3 internship units.
• Fellows cannot apply to multiple Mitacs programs for the same period of time.

Fellows are ineligible if they have: 

• Been employed for more than six months in an R&D position outside the academic institution after receipt of their doctoral degree
• Received an offer of employment from the proposed partner organization except an offer of this fellowship or short-term employment of up to six months while awaiting a decision on the Mitacs Elevate fellowship
• If the application is not recommended for an award, fellows may not be eligible to apply again if they have accumulated more than six months of industrial or partner organization work. It is recommended that fellows accept a temporary contract only if necessary and that the period is kept as short as possible.

Application Deadline

Not Specified

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Mitacs on apply.mitacs.ca to applyElevate proposals are now accepted all year round.

Before you apply

1. Check the eligibility of the postdoctoral fellow, academic supervisor and partner organization. 
2. If you are collaborating with a not-for-profit, hospital, or municipality, you must seek partner and project eligibility approval before proceeding by connecting with a Mitacs advisor in your region
3. If you have a potential conflict of interest (COI):
4. If you are uncertain whether you have a COI, please consult the Mitacs Conflict of Interest Policy or contact [email protected]
   b. Postdoctoral fellow COI: Submit the completed Intern eligibility and COI Declaration to your Mitacs Advisor in accordance with the deadlines listed above
   c. Academic supervisor COI: Bring your COI to your academic institution’s attention and include in your final application the documents below:

• Details on academic supervisor’s involvement with non-academic partner organization
• Evidence that the academic supervisor’s academic institution is aware of the conflict
• A description of the academic institution’s mitigation measures

How to apply

1. Connect with a Mitacs Advisor

a. Get your Elevate application started here
b. Refer to guidelines under Elevate downlaods on how to write your proposal. IMPORTANT: When filling in the proposal, please make sure to follow the format provided. Changing or modifying the format provided may result in your application becoming ineligible.

  2.  Upload the following documents to your Elevate application:

a. For postdoctoral fellow, please upload the following to your profile:

• Postdoctoral fellow’s CV
• One (1) recommendation letter* from a former supervisor or person familiar with the fellow’s research expertise
• Any supplementary documents as applicable

b. For academic supervisor, please upload the following to your profile:

• Proposed academic supervisor’s CV
• One (1) recommendation letter* from the proposed academic supervisor
• Any supplementary documents as applicable

c. For partner organization, please upload the following to your profile:

• One (1) recommendation letter* from an eligible partner organization including financial contribution in dollar amount
• Any supplementary documents as applicable

*All recommendation letters must include letterhead and signature. Please refer to Recommendation Letter Guidelines under Elevate downloads.

You will receive an email confirmation that your application has been received.

For more details visit: OFFICIAL LINK.