Science Horizons Youth Internship Program 2025 [Canada Only] Deadline: Unspecified

Applications for the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program 2025 are now open. The Science Horizons Youth Internship Program is an employer support program that helps post-secondary graduates acquire hands-on work experience and mentorship in an environment-related STEM field.

The Science Horizons Youth Internship Program gives employers the freedom to:

• Gain access to funds to hire scientific and technical staff with less financial risk;
• Grow their business;
• Hire talent eager to utilize their skills;
• Develop new talent within their company.

Benefits

• The Science Horizons Youth Internship Program covers the cost of a participant’s salary by 80% up to a maximum of $25,000. The program helps bio-economy employers hire the talent they need and help graduates gain skills to secure full-time employment in environmental fields.
• In addition to the paid internship contribution, employers may be eligible up to a maximum of $5,000 for training, skills development, and/or wrap-around services.

Eligibility

Participants must:

• be new (not yet employed) to the organization applying for funding;
• be aged 30 or under at the beginning of the internship;
• be a graduate from a post-secondary institution (does not have to be a STEM grad) – Canadian or International;
• a Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or persons who have been granted refugee status in Canada;
• be legally entitled to work in Canada according to the relevant provincial and Canadian legislation and regulations; and
• not be in receipt of Employment Insurance (EI) benefits;
• agree with in person and virtual midpoints;
• have not participated in any of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy Programs targeted at post-secondary graduates.

The internship must:

• be conducted with a bio-economy organization;
• be in an environment-related STEM field;
• be a minimum of 30 hours per week with a required duration between 4-12 months;
• establish and maintain a process for supervising and mentoring an intern;
• have the employer contribute at minimum 20% of the total cost of the paid internship (not including wrap-around services)
• provide a work environment that is safe, respectful, inclusive, free of harassment, abuse, and discrimination and is in compliance with all applicable laws;
• not be funded by another federally-funded program like IRAP, Mitacs, etc.;
• see the participant added to the employer’s payroll which includes Federal/Provincial tax deductions (CPP, EI, etc.); and
• meet one of the following additional requirements:
  • The work experience offers skills development and training opportunities
  • The work experience is related to the interests and pursuits of youth
  • The work experience offers a salary that is above the minimum wage
  • The work experience offers opportunities for advancement

Eligible employers under the Science Horizons program include:

• Individuals;
• For-profit organizations (small- or medium-sized enterprises, corporations, or industry associations);
• Provincial and territorial, municipal and local governments including institutions, agencies and Crown Corporations;
• Post-secondary institutions; and,
• Organization, including but not limited to non-government organizations, including non-profit organizations, Indigenous organizations, including band councils/tribal councils and local organizations.

Application

Follow the steps outlined in the Application Instructions document and submit all fully completed forms and necessary supporting documentation as required.

Deadline: Unspecified

For more information, visit Science Horizons Youth Internship.

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