The Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) supports research collaborations between Canada and eligible countries and regions. Under the joint supervision of a home and host professor, successful senior undergraduate students, graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows will receive a $6,000 research award to conduct a 12- to 24-week research project in the other country. Awards are subject to available funding.

Each project supported by the Program should not only support the priority research areas and objectives of McMaster, as outlined in  McMaster’s Strategic research Plan 2024-2029,  but also provide benefits for Canada.

The new and simplified GRA program features important changes, some of which are detailed below:

• Only two streams: allocation and quantum. The program will no longer be co-delivered with international partners. Instead, Mitacs will fully fund all projects. 
  • Allocation stream: participating universities will receive an allocation of internship units (IUs). Co-funding is not required

• • Quantum stream: open to all universities. No IUs limit per university and does not count in the allocation. Co-funding is not required
• Each intern is now allowed a maximum of two IUs per academic lifetime (across projects)
• Increased project duration: two years

Mitacs Selection Criteria:

• Quality of the research proposal
• Level of supervision and mentorship committed by the host supervisor
• Strength of recommendation by the home supervisor
• Relevance to society and industry
• Expected benefit to Canada

Value:  

Each successful application will receive a research grant of $6,000 per internship unit ( one 12 to 24 weeks internship) .

Application Process:  

• Notify ROADS (Miky Dumitrescu: dumitrm@mcmaster.ca) if you intend to submit an application, indicating whether inbound or outbound, the institution/ academic partner, and the country of collaboration, keeping in mind that the application MUST be submitted to Mitacs at least 16 weeks before the start of the planned internship term.
• Carefully verify the student’s eligibility using the details provided on the program’s webpage: Globalink research award (GRA)
• Generate your on-line application using the Mitacs portal: https://gra.mitacs.ca/
• Download your completed, signed application and forward it to ROADS (dumitrm@mcmaster.ca ) for review and university endorsement. Please note – the applications are accepted on a continuous basis  and the proposals will be endorsed by the university on a “first come, first serve” basis only, until the 18 UI quota is fully subscribed. Submit your completed application and the fully executed grant approval form specific to your faculty to ROADS. Grant approval forms are available for download here
• Following the institutional review and approval, submit the application to Mitacs through their portal: https://gra.mitacs.ca/ .

Do not hesitate to contact ROADS (dumitrm@mcmaster.ca)  if you have any questions.

For general questions about the Mitacs GRA program, please contact the Programs team: international@mitacs.ca.