Sponsor

Mitacs

Program

Career Connect

For More Information

Mitacs Career Connect Website [1]

Description

Mitacs Career Connect provides meaningful work experience for young graduates while helping companies find the talent they need to grow their business. Mitacs Career Connect currently has opportunities for projects that aim to protect the environment, create positive environmental outcomes, or address an environmental or climate change-related challenge.

Eligibility

Interns

• Degree or diploma post-secondary graduates
• Between 15 and 30 years old at the start of the placement
• A Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person who has been granted refugee status in Canada (no work permits or student visas)
• Not receiving employment insurance benefits during the placement
• Not currently employed by the organization
• Not immediately related to the organization supervisor, or the company’s director(s) and senior officer(s)

Hiring organizations

• Must support a green project in the science, technology, engineering or math fields
• Be sole proprietorships; for-profit organizations; provincial, territorial, regional, or municipal governments; post-secondary institutions; non-governmental organizations; or Indigenous organizations
• Provide a full-time paid work placement for six months
• Establish and follow processes for intern supervision
• Pay the approved intern salary per six-month placement

Funding Availability

Placements valued at $20,000 to $25,000, subsidized by Mitacs at 50%.
Funding is limited and awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.

Maximum Project Value

$25,000

Indirect Costs

0%

Project Duration

Six Months

Special Notes

Placements must:

• Offer a full-time six-month placement in a STEM field, with a focus on protecting the environment, creating positive environmental outcomes, or addressing an environmental or climate change challenge. Opportunities in the following areas are currently supported:
  • Natural resource sectors, including energy, forests, minerals and metals, and earth sciences
  • Climate change categories, including but not limited to:
    • green manufacturing
    • carbon and climate change mitigation
    • energy efficiency and green building
    • green services
    • renewable/green energy
    • resource conservation
    • environmental protection
    • alternative/sustainable transportation
    • sustainable planning/urban design
    • green retail
    • eco-tourism
• Provide a clearly defined plan for the placement, including scope of work and anticipated results, and intern support such as mentorship and coaching
• Pay the intern a salary as outlined in the approved budget ($20,000–$25,000) 
• Enhance the intern’s career readiness

How to Apply

Full application submissions must include the following completed and submitted forms through the Mitacs Career Connect portal:

1. Eligibility check of internship [3] (submitted by Hiring Organization)
2. Eligibility check of intern [4] (submitted by Intern)
3. Completed and signed Contribution Agreement form [5] (submitted by Hiring Organization)
4. Completed and signed Participant Information Form [6] (submitted by Intern)

Completed applications are processed in order of receipt, and Mitacs will notify applicants within two weeks.