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ACCELERATE Canada Internship Program

ACCELERATE Canada , Canada's Graduate Internship Program, connects Canadian companies with the high-quality expertise within the country's universities.

What the program offers to the Canadian Obesity Network's researchers:

- Opportunities for new research collaborations with industry
- A novel training experience and enhanced career opportunities for grad students and postdocs
- A unique way to establish a new collaboration with a minimal investment of time and resources
- Funding for graduate students and postdocs

How it works:

- Graduate student interns spend 50% of their time over four months on site with a partner, researching an issue of interest to all parties
- The balance of the intern's time is spent at their home university, further advancing the research under the guidance of a faculty supervisor
- The partner's contribution of $7,500 for the four-month internship is matched by MITACS, resulting in a $15,000 research grant to the intern's supervising professor
- The intern receives a minimum of $10,000 for the four-month period, with the remaining $5,000 towards additional costs associated with the internship.

Please complete this short survey if you are interested in the program!

Thank you!

For more information, email: at CON: info@obesitynetwork.ca; or Duncan Phillips at MITACS: dphillips@mitacs.ca.

http://www.acceleratecanada.ca