Deadline: September 18, 2024
Applications are open for the Mitacs Globalink Research Internship 2025. Access Canada’s dynamic and innovative research landscape, gain valuable hands-on research experience in your chosen field, and open the door to exciting international opportunities in the future through a Globalink Research Internship. Open to undergraduate students in Mitacs’s partner countries, the competitive initiative facilitates 12-week internships in research projects hosted by Canadian academic-institution faculty members in a variety of academic disciplines, from science, engineering, and mathematics to the humanities and social sciences.
Mitacs Globalink Research Internship is a competitive initiative for international undergraduates from the following countries and regions: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Mexico, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the United States. From May to October of each year, top-ranked applicants participate in a 12-week research internship under the supervision of Canadian academic institution faculty members in a variety of academic disciplines, from science, engineering, and mathematics to the humanities and social sciences.
Mitacs Globalink Research Internships can offer you an international experience like no other. Canada features excellent universities, outstanding research facilities, cutting-edge industry innovation, and unparalleled undergraduate training opportunities.
Benefits
The Globalink research internship award amount includes:
- Funding to contribute to the cost of a round-trip airfare to Canada (amount varies depending on country of origin).
- Funding to contribute to the cost of transportation from the airport in Canada to accommodation.
- Stipend for housing (amount varies depending on country of origin).
- Stipend towards student enrollment fees (amount varies depending on host institution).
- Stipend for food and incidentals (amount varies depending on country of origin).
- Emergency health insurance policy for the duration of the internship.
- Support from student mentors on campus in Canada.
- Access to industry events and professional development courses.
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Be at least 18 years of age at the time of application.
- Be enrolled in a full-time undergraduate or combined undergraduate/master’s program at an eligible institution.
- Have one to three semesters remaining in their program as of fall 2025.
- Meet the grade requirements for their country of study.
- Apply to a minimum of three and a maximum of ten projects and ensure selections are from at least three different Canadian provinces.
- Be fluent in the oral and written language of the project (English and/or French).
- Be available to complete an internship lasting 12 consecutive weeks between May 1 and October 31. You must be able to start your internship anytime between May 1 and July 31. Anything before or after those dates is not allowed.
- Not have been awarded a Globalink Research Internship project in the past.
Any applicant who is currently affiliated with, or in receipt of funding or in-kind support from one or more of the institutions on the list of NROs is not eligible to participate in a Mitacs-funded project involving research that aims to advance a Sensitive Technology Research Area (STRA). Mitacs will also screen a sample of applications, selected at its sole discretion, and validate the accuracy of the completed declarations. Mitacs reserves the right to decline funding, at any point, for a project that advances a sensitive technology research area because of affiliations of concern.
Application
For more information, visit Mitacs Globalink Research Internship.
