LOCATION: Canada
Mitacs Elevate is a postdoctoral fellowship with an exclusive professional development curriculum component. Fellows address complex challenges through: A one or two-year research project with a partner organization in need of high-level expertise, and A professional development curriculum that prepares Elevate fellows for success as leaders in research and industry.
ELIGIBILITY:
They are Canadian citizens, permanent residents or international applicants.
They are based at an academic institution (including colleges or polytechnics) located in Canada for the duration of the fellowship.
Their date of graduation from a PhD program is less than five years to proposed start date of the Elevate project, unless:
Fellows who have had a break in their career due to military service, illness, or family leave may be considered exceptions and must be approved in advance of application
If this situation applies to you or you have any questions, please contact Mitacs at elevate@mitacs.ca.
They have fulfilled all PhD degree requirements (e.g., successful defence, final deposit, and sign-off of the dissertation), meet the postdoctoral fellow eligibility criteria at their home academic institution, hold a postdoctoral fellow status for the entire duration of their Mitacs Elevate fellowship.
They can commit to the two-year Mitacs Elevate fellowship, including the exclusive professional development curriculum. Replacement or substitute fellows are not allowed
Elevate alumni that have completed a 1- or 2-year Elevate project will be able to apply for another Elevate project. Postdocs can only be funded for a maximum of 3 years
Postdocs can complete nine internship units (typically 3 years) of Mitacs funding, including any combination of Elevate & Accelerate in any order (e.g. Accelerate after an Elevate; hold more than one Elevate). One year of Elevate counts as 3 internship units.
Fellows cannot apply to multiple Mitacs programs for the same period of time.
BENEFIT:
Successful applicants receive a Mitacs Elevate award of $60,000 per year, for a total award of $120,000 for two-year projects, as well as the mandatory research management training curriculum. A minimum stipend/salary of $55,000 per year is allocated to the fellow, and up to $5,000 is allocated to research costs. Mitacs follows tri-council guidelines with respect to the use of funds towards eligible research costs.
