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Mitacs Globalink Research Internship is a competitive initiative for international undergraduates from the following countries and regions: Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Taiwan, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the United States. From May to October of each year, top-ranked applicants participate in a 12-week research internship under the supervision of Canadian academic institution faculty members in a variety of academic disciplines, from science, engineering, and mathematics to the humanities and social sciences.
Mitacs Globalink Research Internships can offer you an international experience like no other. Canada features excellent universities, outstanding research facilities, cutting-edge industry innovation, and unparalleled undergraduate training opportunities.
What a Mitacs Globalink Research Internship offers you:
Mitacs Globalink Research Internships are currently available at over 70 academic institutions across Canada. For more information, please refer to the list of Eligible International Partners in the Eligibility section.
Questions? Contact helpdesk@mitacs.ca.
The Globalink research internship award amount includes:
Applicants must:
Additional international-partner eligibility requirements for students applying for Globalink Research Internships
Partner(s): Fundação Araucária – https://www.fappr.pr.gov.br/
Citizenship requirement: No
Eligible institutions in Brazil: View eligibility list for Brazil – no other institutions can be added
Eligible applicants:
Eligible disciplines:
Minimum cumulative grade point average: 80%
Language proficiency exam requirement: No
Additional requirements:
Partner(s): CRUCH-FUDEA
Citizenship requirement: No
Eligible institutions in Chile: View eligibility list for Chile – no other institutions can be added
Eligible applicants:
Eligible discipline: All
Minimum cumulative grade point average: 67%
Language proficiency exam requirements: Yes
Additional requirements: No
Partner(s): China Scholarship Council (CSC) – https://www.csc.edu.cn/
Citizenship requirement: Yes; Chinese citizenship
Eligible institutions in China: View eligibility list for China – no other institutions can be added
Eligible applicants:
Eligible disciplines: All
Minimum cumulative grade point average: 85%
Language requirements: Yes
Candidates must pass language proficiency exam requirements by meeting one of the following criteria:
Candidates will be required to submit their language proficiency to the CSC before travelling.
Additional requirements:
Partner(s): Minciencias | Ministerio de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación – https://minciencias.gov.co/
Citizenship requirement: Yes; Colombian citizenship
Eligible institutions in Colombia: View eligibility list below – no other institutions can be added
Eligible applicants:
Eligible disciplines: STEAM areas (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics, or Applied Mathematics)
Minimum cumulative grade point average: 76%
Language proficiency exam requirements: No
Additional Requirements: Applicants must be between 18 and 28 years old as of December 31, 2023.
Partner(s):
University of Lorraine – https://welcome.univ-lorraine.fr/
University of Grenoble Alpes – https://www.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/
Citizenship requirements: No
Eligible institutions in France: All French universities
Eligible applicants:
Eligible disciplines: All
Minimum cumulative grade point average:
Language proficiency exam requirements:
Additional requirements:
Note: If you cannot find your home institution on the drop-down menu, email helpdesk@mitacs.ca and we will determine if it can be added to the list
Partner(s): Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) – https://www.daad.de/de/
Citizenship requirements: No
Eligible institutions in Germany: All German universities
Eligible applicants:
Eligible disciplines:
Minimum cumulative grade point average: 2.9/6 or lower (65%)
Language proficiency exam requirement: No
Special instructions: Applicants may request shorter internships, with a minimum 10-week duration, when meeting with professors and to be finalized if they are matched. These exception requests must be sent to, and approved by, the supervising professor and Mitacs.
Note: If you cannot find your home institution on the drop-down menu, email helpdesk@mitacs.ca and we will determine if it can be added to the list.
Partner(s):
Citizenship requirements: No
Eligible institutions in Hong Kong: View eligibility list below – no other institutions can be added
Eligible applicants:
Eligible disciplines: All
Minimum cumulative grade point average:
Language proficiency exam requirement: No
Additional requirements:
Citizenship requirements: No
Eligible institutions in India: View eligibility list below – no other institutions can be added
Eligible applicants:
Eligible disciplines: All
Minimum cumulative grade point average:
Language proficiency exam requirement: No
Additional requirements: No
Partner(s):
Citizenship requirement: Yes; Mexican citizenship
Eligible institutions in Mexico: All Mexican universities
Eligible applicants:
Eligible disciplines:
Minimum cumulative grade point average:
Language proficiency exam requirement:
Additional requirements:
SEP:
JuventudEsGto:
ITESM:
UTR:
Note: If you cannot find your home institution on the drop-down menu, email helpdesk@mitacs.ca and we will determine if it can be added to the list
Eligible institutions in Pakistan: View eligibility list below – no other institutions can be added
Citizenship requirement: No
Eligible applicants:
Eligible disciplines: All
Minimum cumulative grade point average: 80%
Language proficiency exam requirement: No
Additional requirements: No
Partner(s):
Citizenship requirement:
Eligible institution in South Korea: View eligibility list below – no other institutions can be added
Eligible applicants:
Eligible disciplines: All
Minimum cumulative grade point average:
Language proficiency exam requirement:
Additional requirements:
Partner(s):
Citizenship requirement: Republic of China (Taiwan)
Eligible institution in Taiwan: All Taiwanese Universities
Eligible applicants:
Eligible disciplines: All
Minimum cumulative grade point average: CGPA ≧ 3.3 (77%)
Language proficiency exam requirement: Yes
Additional Requirements:
National Science and Technology Council (NSTC): Students are required to provide an official transcript.
Note: If you cannot find your home institution on the drop-down menu, email helpdesk@mitacs.ca and we will determine if it can be added to the list
Partner(s): Tunisia’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHESR) – http://www.mes.tn/
Citizenship requirement: Yes; Tunisian citizenship
Eligible institutions in Tunisia: All Tunisian public universities
Eligible applicants:
Minimum cumulative grade point average: 80%
Eligible disciplines: Engineering
Language proficiency exam requirements: No
Additional requirements:
Note: If you cannot find your home institution on the drop-down menu, email helpdesk@mitacs.ca and we will determine if it can be added to the list
Partner(s): Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine – https://mon.gov.ua/eng
Citizenship requirements: No
Eligible institutions in Ukraine: All Ukrainian universities
Eligible applicants:
Eligible disciplines: All
Minimum cumulative grade point average: 80%
Language proficiency exam requirements: No
Additional requirements:
Partner(s): Universities UK International (UUKi) – https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/
Citizenship requirements: No
Eligible institutions in the United Kingdom: View eligibility list below – no other institutions can be added
The full list of universities participating in the 2024/25 round will be updated on this webpage at the end of July 2024. In the meantime, please contact your international/study abroad department for further information and to find out if they have expressed their interest in participating, before you apply to this scheme.
Eligible applicants:
Eligible disciplines: All
Minimum weighted average: 60% (equivalent to a 2:1)
Language Proficiency Exam Requirements: No
Additional requirements:
American students must apply directly to Fulbright Canada via Fulbright’s website: https://www.fulbright.ca/programs/undergraduate-students/fulbright-canada-mitacs-globalink-program (Please do not complete an application in Mitacs’s application platform)
Partner(s): Fulbright Canada – https://www.fulbright.ca/
Citizenship requirement: Yes – United States citizens
Eligible institutions in the United States: All accredited United States universities
Eligible applicants: United States citizens; full-time undergraduate students with one to three semesters remaining in their program as of Fall 2025
Eligible disciplines: All
Language proficiency exam requirements: No
Additional details: Applicants may complete shorter internships, with a minimum of 10-week duration.
The Globalink Research Internship 2025 Eligible Academic Institutions List (for students applying to the GRI program) is coming soon.
The call for student applications for the summer of 2024 is now closed.
Mitacs encourages you to start working on the following items before the call opens:
In the application, you will also be asked about:
Applications are assessed based on a number of factors, including all eligibility criteria, the student’s Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), the quality of their statement of interest, the quality of the reference letter, and how well their research interests and experience match the research focus of the project or professor. Incomplete applications will not be assessed.