Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) Program 2026 – YOA

Deadline: Unspecified

Applications are open for the Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) Program 2026. Grow your potential, increase your innovation horizons, construct new or strengthen worldwide analysis collaborations with one other college, by way of the Globalink Research Award (GRA) program.

The Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) program helps analysis collaborations between Canada and eligible nations and areas by way of intern(s) worldwide mobility. Under the joint supervision of a home and host professor, profitable senior undergraduate college students, graduate college students, and postdoctoral fellows can do one or two 12-24 weeks internship(s).

The program is obtainable by way of two streams:

• Allocation stream: Participating Canadian universities obtain a set variety of internship items per 12 months. Each college will handle their allocation. Rules and situations might differ. Contact your native Mitacs advisor for particulars, earlier than beginning to develop a challenge.
• Quantum stream: Open to all Canadian universities. The challenge have to be within the quantum sector (contains however not restricted to: Quantum computation ({hardware}), algorithms, and software program – Quantum communication, networks, and cryptography – Quantum metrology, sensing, imaging, and supplies.). No restrict of tasks per Canadian college and doesn’t depend within the college’s allocation.

Funding

Each intern will obtain $6,000 per internship unit (IU):

• $6,000 analysis award to conduct one 12- to 24-week analysis challenge within the different nation. This is one internship unit (IU).
• $12,000 analysis award to conduct one 24- to 48-week analysis challenge or two 12- to 24-week analysis tasks within the different nation. This is 2 internship items (IUs).

Eligibility

Intern

• Must be registered as full-time senior undergraduates, graduate college students, or postdoctoral fellows at an eligible Canadian establishment or eligible worldwide establishment and stay as such all through their Globalink Research Award.
• Postdoctoral fellows might apply if their date of commencement from a PhD program is not more than 5 years previous to the proposed begin date of the analysis challenge and so they have postdoctoral standing at an eligible establishment.
• Cannot undertake a analysis challenge at an establishment the place they’ve beforehand accomplished a level.
• Cannot undertake a analysis challenge in a rustic the place they maintain citizenship.
• Permanent residents or residents of Canada who’re enrolled in an eligible nation aside from Canada and who want to do a challenge in Canada are eligible to apply.
• Permanent residents or residents of Canada who’re enrolled in a Canadian establishment and who maintain citizenship in an eligible nation might apply to do a challenge there.
• Must be the authorized age of majority in Canada (18 years of age or older).
• Must meet journey necessities for his or her supposed vacation spot, together with visa and/or immigration necessities and related documentation.
• Cannot maintain greater than two Globalink Research Award or Mitacs-JSPS Summer Program Award per tutorial lifetime.
• Interns might not take part in multiple MITACS internship on the similar time.

Supervisor

• Must maintain a college place at an eligible college.
• Must be eligible to oversee graduate college students.
• Supervisors at Canadian establishments: Must be eligible to carry Tri-Agency funding.

Application

Note the application course of might differ relying on the Canadian college and its internship unit allocation. Check along with your native Mitacs Advisor to find out in case your challenge matches the funding necessities on your establishment and to request the hyperlink to the GRA Application Portal.

Awards are provided in partnership with Mitacs’s tutorial companions and are topic to accessible funding. It is really helpful candidates apply not less than 16 weeks previous to the deliberate begin date.

For extra info, go to Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) Program.