Mitacs, in partnership with Canadian academic institutions, launched the application period for the Business Strategy Internship program. The program provides $10,000 or $15,000 per intern to allow them to undertake a four-month internship project with a partner organization in Canada.
About the Program:
Interns will work with their academic supervisor to co-design a project with their partner organization to work on the organization’s innovation activities, helping them improve their products, processes, or services. Throughout the internship, Mitacs provides online professional development courses to interns through our e-Campus, EDGE.
The BSI program aims to:
- support innovation* to generate knowledge and its transfer between academic and non-academic sectors
- strengthen the innovation capabilities of partner organizations
- support the creation and ownership of intellectual property in Canada
- promote collaboration between sectors by reducing the risk for companies to engage in innovation
- provide work-integrated learning and professional skills training to increase the employability of post-secondary students
- ensure and promote equitable access by underrepresented groups to foster inclusive innovation
*Innovation projects are expected to lead to change and improvements for the partner and/or community, through exploration, design, and implementation of improvements/efficiencies in business models, products, processes, or service delivery.
For further information about the Business Strategy Internship program or for application details, click here.
