No. Accelerate internships are full-time internships, which means participants are expected to be spending 50% of their time at the partner organization and 50% of their time at their host academic institution. • Interns cannot simultaneously hold Accelerate internships, or combine them with any other Mitacs internships or fellowships that overlap. • While a Mitacs […]

The maximum allowable number of internships varies depending on your current academic designation:  College students can complete up to three internship units  Undergraduate students can complete up to three internship units  Master’s students can complete up to six internship units  PhD students can complete up to twelve internships  Postdoctoral fellows can complete up to nine […]

Yes. Mitacs Accelerate is open to any academic discipline.

No, Mitacs does not offer any scholarships to cover university tuition fees. Our programs are designed to offer support to students conducting research projects.

Mitacs cannot support an internship in which the intern is doing work they were previously doing as an employee or contractor. We can allow internships where the student has previously been an employee or contractor under the following conditions: • The intern has gone back to school to pursue a new post-secondary diploma or degree […]