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www.mitacs.ca Supporting Collaborative Research & Training Zsuzsa Papp, Ph.D. Business Development, Mitacs Saskatchewan Oct 14, 2017 [email protected]
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www.mitacs.ca 1 www.mitacs.ca
Supporting Collaborative Research & Training
Zsuzsa Papp, Ph.D.
Business Development, Mitacs Saskatchewan
Oct 14, 2017
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About Mitacs
National research network (1999 - )
60+ academic
3000+ private sector partners
11 partner countries
Growing: > 10,000 research projects funded
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Private Sector
International
Academic
Support applied research collaborations
Train graduate students & postdocs
for their careers
Encourage international research
collaborations
Mitacs Program Goals
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Our Core programs
Accelerate
Step
Globalink
Free training workshops: Communications, Project Management Grad students + PDFs
International Grad students + Undergrads
Applied research projects with industry/non-profit partners Grad students + PDFs
Elevate 2 year PDF project with a prof + industry partner in Canada Additional skills training toward R&D management career PDFs
GRA
GRI
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Globalink Research Award Apply to Mitacs by November 8, 2017 | Results announced in March 2018 12-24 week research projects overseas Projects must begin within 1 year of the award letter being issued
Globalink Research Award
TRAVEL ABROAD Degree Level Senior Undergraduate & Graduate
Citizenship Canadian citizens, permanent residents and international students
Funding $5,000-$7,000 CAD
Destinations Brazil, China, France, India, Israel, Korea, Mexico, Tunisia
TRAVEL TO CANADA Degree Level M2 & PhD
Citizenship French citizens, permanent residents and international students
Funding $5,000-$7,000 CAD
Origin French universities & Inria Research Centres
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MITACS ACCELERATE
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Mitacs Model
Professor (University)
Trainee (Postdoc/ MSc/PhD)
Industry/community partner
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Project Eligibility
Eligible participants – Organization – Professor – Full time graduate student (MSc: 2 units, PhD-PDF: 6 units max)
Research Interaction – Ideally 50-50% (min 25%)
Economic orientation
Research internship for graduate students and postdocs
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Eligible Partners
Businesses with facilities in Canada (domestic or foreign)
Start-ups or multinational (no age/size limitation)
Utility providers, some crown corporations
Eligible not-for-profits
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Program flexibility
All disciplines, anywhere in Canada
Canadian or foreign citizens
Non-competitive, no deadlines
Scalable projects, 4-month
internships can be combined
Quick application
NSERC and SSHRC agreements*
Research internship for graduate students and postdocs
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Industry partners:
…. how can you find them? https://www.mitacs.ca/en/newsroom/blog/five-steps-finding-industry-partner
- Ask prof, colleagues, network - Internet
- Follow media releases, read the news - Search engines - Social media (LinkedIn) - Mitacs Website (past projects) - Mitacs Website (open projects « interns wanted »)
… how can you get to them? - Network: events, personal network - Reach out: cold emails, cold calls
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Tips for writing cold emails Reaching out to a partner
– Use Their Name…
– Don’t write too much
– White Space
– Get to the Point…Quickly - Don’t ramble on about knowing they’re busy and how impressive they are
– Be Friendly. – Don’t be overly formal
– Intrigue Them without Overselling – Tell them that you have a product or idea that fits in well with what they’re already doing: your value to them
Ref : https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cold-email-gets-me-75-response-rate-howie-busch
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Once you have an interested prospective partner
bring me in as a
« third party research financer » who can share the cost and set-up project mechanics
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Visit our website to see past Mitacs projects
–companies?
–possible research projects?
–colleagues?
Register to receive calls for proposals www.mitacs.ca/en/mitacs-calls-proposals
Next steps…
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For more information
Zsuzsa Papp (Business Development Specialist) [email protected]
(306) 491 - 2769
Register to receive updates:
www.mitacs.ca/en/mitacs-calls-proposals
Visit our website to see past Mitacs
projects Mitacs Funding Partners
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3. Accelerate Funding Models
Standard Model Cluster Model
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5. Developing a proposal and the application procedure
Developing a proposal: – Industry partner has a challenge to be addressed – of interest to professor/s and their research group – Participants work with Mitacs BD to develop project (eligibility, flexibility,
funding, procedures) – Professor/postdoc writes proposal with industry input
Mitacs BD checks application for completeness Applicants collect signatures Applicants submit final application package to Mitacs BD – Mitacs BD submits application to Mitacs
Company is invoiced by Mitacs Approved in 6-8 weeks (peer review: revision request?) Award letter to university, university receives funds (grant)
