Mitacs Innovation Intermediaries

The Mitacs Innovation Intermediaries project provides an in-depth look at how Mitacs works in practice to support research and innovation through academic-industry collaboration. Innovation intermediaries are actors in innovation ecosystems that support collaboration between two or more parties, during various stages of the innovation process.

The project provides a new opportunity to bring together the collective knowledge, wisdom, and experience of Mitacs experts across Canada, to offer a fresh understanding of “what works” when mediating and enabling academic-industry innovation in practice. Project insights will also be informed by the views and experiences of academics and businesses who have received Mitacs support.

Bridging the Gap: The Role of Innovation Intermediaries in Canada is the first of two reports on innovation intermediaries. It examines the “what, why, and how” of innovation intermediaries: what they are, why they play a role in supporting innovation, and how they function. It draws on examples of intermediary practice in Canada, with a particular focus on their role in supporting collaboration between Canadian academic institutions and organizations.

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Joining the Dots: The Role of Mitacs as an Innovation Intermediary in Canada is the second and final report from the Mitacs Innovation Intermediaries project. This report investigates the way in which Mitacs, one of Canada’s largest national innovation intermediaries, acts to support and enable research and innovation (R&I) between academia and industry.

The aims of this report are twofold. Part one “zooms in” to explore how Mitacs works to deliver three universal innovation intermediary functions – creating linkages between innovating organizations, delivering supporting services, and building strategic capability in the innovation ecosystem. Part two then “zooms out” to join the dots between these individual practice-focused insights. Three overarching strategic themes are highlighted and explored.

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