Deadline: Unspecified
Applications for the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program 2025 are now open. The Science Horizons Youth Internship Program is an employer support program that helps post-secondary graduates acquire hands-on work experience and mentorship in an environment-related STEM field.
The Science Horizons Youth Internship Program gives employers the freedom to:
- Gain access to funds to hire scientific and technical staff with less financial risk;
- Grow their business;
- Hire talent eager to utilize their skills;
- Develop new talent within their company.
Benefits
- The Science Horizons Youth Internship Program covers the cost of a participant’s salary by 80% up to a maximum of $25,000. The program helps bio-economy employers hire the talent they need and help graduates gain skills to secure full-time employment in environmental fields.
- In addition to the paid internship contribution, employers may be eligible up to a maximum of $5,000 for training, skills development, and/or wrap-around services.
Eligibility
Participants must:
- be new (not yet employed) to the organization applying for funding;
- be aged 30 or under at the beginning of the internship;
- be a graduate from a post-secondary institution (does not have to be a STEM grad) – Canadian or International;
- a Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or persons who have been granted refugee status in Canada;
- be legally entitled to work in Canada according to the relevant provincial and Canadian legislation and regulations; and
- not be in receipt of Employment Insurance (EI) benefits;
- agree with in person and virtual midpoints;
- have not participated in any of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy Programs targeted at post-secondary graduates.
The internship must:
- be conducted with a bio-economy organization;
- be in an environment-related STEM field;
- be a minimum of 30 hours per week with a required duration between 4-12 months;
- establish and maintain a process for supervising and mentoring an intern;
- have the employer contribute at minimum 20% of the total cost of the paid internship (not including wrap-around services)
- provide a work environment that is safe, respectful, inclusive, free of harassment, abuse, and discrimination and is in compliance with all applicable laws;
- not be funded by another federally-funded program like IRAP, Mitacs, etc.;
- see the participant added to the employer’s payroll which includes Federal/Provincial tax deductions (CPP, EI, etc.); and
- meet one of the following additional requirements:
- The work experience offers skills development and training opportunities
- The work experience is related to the interests and pursuits of youth
- The work experience offers a salary that is above the minimum wage
- The work experience offers opportunities for advancement
Eligible employers under the Science Horizons program include:
- Individuals;
- For-profit organizations (small- or medium-sized enterprises, corporations, or industry associations);
- Provincial and territorial, municipal and local governments including institutions, agencies and Crown Corporations;
- Post-secondary institutions; and,
- Organization, including but not limited to non-government organizations, including non-profit organizations, Indigenous organizations, including band councils/tribal councils and local organizations.
Application
Follow the steps outlined in the Application Instructions document and submit all fully completed forms and necessary supporting documentation as required.
For more information, visit Science Horizons Youth Internship.
