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Presentation – Mitacs: New Funding for undergraduates to work on collaborative research projects

Posted on: Sep 28, 2020

CUE Research, the Faculty of Management and the BMO-CIAR are glad to invite CUE Faculty Members and students to the presentation by Eric Loo, Mitacs Business Development Specialist. During the presentation, Mr. Loo will provide updates to Mitacs’ Accelerate program, and introduce the Business Strategy Internship.

Both programs are now open to CUE undergraduate students.

Interested CUE Faculty members and students are welcome and encouraged to attend.

 

PRESENTATION DETAILS

Time

Noon

Date

Wednesday, October 7th, 2020

Audience

CUE students and faculty members. This event is restricted to members of CUE.

Link

Join via Google Meet.

 To gain access, please login using your CUE account, click on the Google Meet link and request access when prompted.

Mitacs Accelerate is a funding program that seeks to provide funding for research internships for eligible students, who benefit from participating at both CUE and a partner organization, who provides matching funds. For information on identifying potential partner organizations, please contact the BMO CIAR.

The new Business Strategy Internship is a student placement program that provides “$10,000 to students who develop innovative projects designed to help an organization thrive in the new economic environment”.

If you are interested in these programs, please reach out to the Office of Research Services. To participate in the BSI program, please contact Sherry Palichuk, Program Coordinator in the Faculty of Management. Eric Loo can be contacted directly by email or phone (587.335.3778).

The following information was obtained from Mitacs