Support for Student Researchers

Students working together to build circuit boards and small electronic devices

Interested senior undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows, should speak to their faculty advisor or graduate supervisor prior to initiating an application for any of the funding programs below.

Funding Program	Deadline	Benefit	Duration	Contact
Mitacs Accelerate (external link, opens in new window)	Ongoing	$10,000, $15,000 or $20,000/4 to 6 months	Scalable 4 to 6-month internship	Leslie Bone lbone@torontomu.ca (opens in new window)
Mitacs Accelerate Entrepreneur (external link, opens in new window) (PDF file) Accelerate Entrepreneur Handout (opens in new window)	Ongoing	$10,000, $15,000 or $20,000/4 to 6 months	Scalable 4 to 6-month internship	Leslie Bone lbone@torontomu.ca
Mitacs Elevate (external link, opens in new window)	Ongoing	$60,000/year	2-year postdoctoral fellowship	Leslie Bone lbone@torontomu.ca (opens in new window)
RIADI Internship Program (opens in new window)	Ongoing	Administrative & research support	500–1,000 hour internship	N/A
Mitacs Globalink (external link, opens in new window) Please note that the Globalink Research Award (external link) (Ukraine) is ongoing	Ongoing	Travel expenditures	12–24 week research project	Leslie Bone lbone@torontomu.ca
Mitacs Business Strategy Internship (BSI) (external link, opens in new window) (PDF file) BSI Academic Handout (opens in new window)	Ongoing	$10,000 or $15,000/4 to 6 months	Scalable 4 to 6-month internship	Leslie Bone lbone@torontomu.ca
Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) (external link, opens in new window) (PDF file) Application Overview (PDF file) Instructions for Form 202	February 28, 2023 4:00 pm (EST)	$6,000 (plus supervisor supplement)	14–16 weeks (summer 2023)	Linda Hurrell lhurrell@torontomu.ca
Ontario- Rhône-Alpes (ORA) Summer Research Program (external link, opens in new window)	Ongoing	$1,500	3 months	issask@torontomu.ca
Ontario-Jiangsu (OJS) Summer Research Program (external link, opens in new window)	Ongoing	$3,000	4 months	issask@torontomu.ca
Ontario-Baden-Württemberg (OBW) Summer Research Program (external link, opens in new window)	Ongoing	$2,600 - $3,500	2–3 months (summer)	issask@torontomu.ca
Ontario-India Summer Research Program (external link, opens in new window)	Ongoing	$3,000	8–12 weeks	issask@torontomu.ca
The Research Support Fund and Incremental Projects Grant (external link)	Ongoing	Up to $1,000	N/A	issask@torontomu.ca