This service is dedicated to:
- Businesses and not-for-profit organizations looking for the right researcher to support them in their innovation projects
- Mitacs works with domestic and international partners to circulate your opportunity throughout our post-secondary networks to find you candidates who are the best fit.
- Researchers (professors or students) looking for the perfect opportunity to put their skills and knowledge into practice
- If you apply for a project, and the company is interested, Mitacs will connect you to the company to discuss and potentially develop the Mitacs research proposal.
Here is what to do
If you are a researcher (student – from college to undergrads and graduate students – or post-doctoral fellows as well as recent graduate students from a Canadian college or university), explore the available projects using the filters below, and apply using the link at the end of the project description.
If you are a for-profit corporation, an eligible not-for-profit organization, a municipality or a hospital needing academic expertise for an upcoming project, please complete this form.
If you are a faculty member at a Canadian or foreign academic institution and are interested in one of these projects, please contact a member of our business development team.
For more information on the eligibility criteria for Research and Innovation projects, see our Accelerate and BSI programs respectively.
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Seaweed based binder qualification for carbon storing insulation manufacturing - BC-1035
Project type:
Innovation
Desired discipline(s):
Chemistry, Natural Sciences
Name of company:
Seafoam Materials
Estimated length of project:
6 months to 1 year
Preferred start date:
09/15/2026
Location(s):
Vancouver, BC, Canada
No. of positions:
1
Desired education level:
Master'sPhDRecent graduateDigital Storytelling and Community Engagement Initiative - BC-1034
Project type:
Innovation
Desired discipline(s):
Visual arts, Social Sciences & Humanities
Name of company:
Teqare
Estimated length of project:
Longer than 1 year
Preferred start date:
As soon as possible.
Location(s):
BC, Canada
No. of positions:
1
Desired education level:
CollegeUndergraduate/BachelorMaster'sPhDPostdoctoral fellowRecent graduateDevelopment of extensible SA002+ device variants based on SA001 architecture - ON-1235
Project type:
Innovation
Desired discipline(s):
Engineering - computer / electrical, Engineering, Engineering - mechanical, Computer science, Mathematical Sciences
Name of company:
SamPull Technologies Inc.
Estimated length of project:
6 months to 1 year
Preferred start date:
As soon as possible.
Location(s):
Brampton, ON, Canada
No. of positions:
1
Desired education level:
CollegeUndergraduate/BachelorMaster'sPhDPostdoctoral fellowRecent graduatePrivacy and security for a civic engagement focused mobile application - QC-899 / Confidentialité et sécurité pour une application mobile axée sur l'engagement citoyen - QC-899
Project type:
Innovation
Desired discipline(s):
Engineering - computer / electrical, Engineering, Computer science, Mathematical Sciences
Name of company:
Activists of Tomorrow
Estimated length of project:
4 to 6 months
Preferred start date:
As soon as possible.
Location(s):
QC, Canada
No. of positions:
1
Desired education level:
Master'sPhDPostdoctoral fellowCommercialization of the SHARP governance intelligence system - BC-1033
Project type:
Innovation
Desired discipline(s):
Computer science, Mathematical Sciences, Business, Social Sciences & Humanities, Economics
Name of company:
Sharp Mind Sharp Style Strategy Inc.
Estimated length of project:
4 to 6 months
Preferred start date:
As soon as possible.
Location(s):
South Surrey, BC, Canada
No. of positions:
1
Desired education level:
Master'sCommercialization of the SHARP governance intelligence system - BC-1032
Project type:
Research
Desired discipline(s):
Computer science, Mathematical Sciences, Business, Social Sciences & Humanities, Economics
Name of company:
Sharp Mind Sharp Style Strategy Inc.
Estimated length of project:
4 to 6 months
Preferred start date:
As soon as possible.
Location(s):
South Surrey, BC, Canada
No. of positions:
1
Desired education level:
Master'sAI-driven emergency communications and drone intelligence platform - ON-1234
Project type:
Innovation
Desired discipline(s):
Aerospace studies, Engineering, Engineering - computer / electrical, Statistics / Actuarial sciences, Mathematical Sciences
Name of company:
FliK Industries
Estimated length of project:
4 to 6 months
Preferred start date:
As soon as possible.
Location(s):
Toronto, ON, Canada
; Scarborough, ON, Canada
; Mississauga, ON, Canada
No. of positions:
2
Desired education level:
Master'sPhDComputer vision for pedestrian accessibility from street-level imagery - BC-1027
Project type:
Research
Desired discipline(s):
Engineering - computer / electrical, Engineering, Computer science, Mathematical Sciences, Resources and environmental management, Natural Sciences
Name of company:
Ponder Technologies Inc.
Estimated length of project:
Flexible
Preferred start date:
09/02/2026
Location(s):
Vancouver, BC, Canada
; Burnaby, BC, Canada
; Greater Vancouver Regional District, BC, Canada
; Canada
No. of positions:
1
Desired education level:
Master'sPhDScaling multi‑modal operational AI for real‑time public service and enterprise deployment - ON-1233
Project type:
Innovation
Desired discipline(s):
Engineering - computer / electrical, Engineering, Computer science, Mathematical Sciences, Operations research
Name of company:
NeutralAiz Inc.
Estimated length of project:
6 months to 1 year
Preferred start date:
As soon as possible.
Location(s):
Waterloo, ON, Canada
; Toronto, ON, Canada
No. of positions:
1-5
Desired education level:
CollegeUndergraduate/BachelorMaster'sPhDPostdoctoral fellowRecent graduateDeveloping and executing an AI driven sales and marketing strategy to expand domestic and global revenue growth - ON-1232
Project type:
Innovation
Desired discipline(s):
Business, Social Sciences & Humanities, Economics, Interactive arts and technology
Name of company:
Aero Plastics Inc.
Estimated length of project:
4 to 6 months
Preferred start date:
As soon as possible.
Location(s):
Concord, ON, Canada
No. of positions:
1
Desired education level:
Undergraduate/BachelorMaster'sRecent graduate