Talent and Research
Powering Innovation
As a national innovation connector, we drive industry–academic collaboration, deploy skilled talent, and build innovation capacity to strengthen Canada’s productivity and global competitiveness.
Turning New Knowledge
Into Impact
We drive Canada’s prosperity by connecting businesses and researchers and providing unrivaled access to talent and financial support, turning ideas into impactful innovations.
Unlocking the Power of
Collaboration
We’re dedicated to driving innovation and enhancing productivity, sales, and revenue for our partners through strategic partnerships and exceptional support.
Canada needs results.
Mitacs delivers.
Canada is competing for what comes next. The economies and enterprises that succeed will be built from ambition, speed, and talent that transforms research into real-world results.
That’s where Mitacs comes in. We connect big ideas, people, and businesses to deliver a return on innovation.
12,500+
Enterprise partners
$1.68B+
Invested in R&D
53,000+
Highly skilled
program participants
program participants
* April 2018 – March 2026
Return on Innovation
Mitacs partners innovate faster
Unlock job opportunities.
Compete globally.
Scale and grow stronger.
89%
Partners say Mitacs was essential to their R&D project from inception to execution.
1 in 2
Partners report new product and technology development thanks to their Mitacs collaboration.
70%
Mitacs program participants remain in R&D roles in Canada; one in three get hired by their host company.
17%
Former program participants go on to found or co-found a business.
* Reporting as of May 2026
Mitacs Model
A simple but powerful approach
Mitacs supports business–academic research collaboration through paid placements for undergraduate to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
We work closely with post-secondary institutions to match students with partnering Canadian enterprises who co-fund the placements. This includes private sector businesses, not-for-profits, municipalities, and health-sector organizations.
The Mitacs Difference
Building Canada’s competitive advantage in ways no other organization can
Mitacs powers what’s next by:
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Unlocking access to deep, cross-disciplinary talent and R&D capacity through an unmatched network of universities and colleges
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Meeting Canada’s businesses where they are and equipping them for what’s next
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Moving ideas from lab to market at the speed of today
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Supporting job creation and readying students and postdoctoral researchers with industry experience and connections to professional networks
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Bringing Canada to the world through international partnerships, global networks, and talent attraction
Areas of Focus
Where we deliver return on innovation
Artificial Intelligence
Fostering AI adoption through access to research partnerships and talent pipelines.
Health and Life Sciences
Accelerating the path from discovery to treatment and commercialization.
Defence and Security
Strengthening sovereign capability through investment in dual-use innovation and technologies.
Quantum
Connecting world-class quantum research to real-world applications.
Manufacturing and Robotics
Building the industrial base for a more resilient economy.
Energy and Critical Minerals
Supporting the research and businesses leading Canada’s energy transition and resource advantage.
Partner Stories
Big ideas. Ambition. Results.
Partnerships that build Canada’s competitive advantage.
Mitacs in numbers
(April 2018 to March 2026)
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Mitacs is funded by the Government of Canada, the Government of Alberta, the Government of British Columbia, Research Manitoba, the Government of New Brunswick, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Government of Nova Scotia, the Government of Ontario, Innovation PEI, the Government of Quebec, the Government of Saskatchewan, and the Government of Yukon.