Globalink Research Award Thematic Call 2021

Mitacs will be launching a special thematic call for the Globalink Research Award program on September 1 with an application deadline of December 1.  The pre-call announcement gives you extra time to begin identifying potential collaborators.  An info session will be organized around mid-September and announced on September 1.  The themes are AI and Quantum Computing; Achieving Net Zero; and Global Health (please see the sub themes below).

In most cases, projects can include undergraduate and graduate students as well as post-doctoral fellows, and can be bi-directional (even include both inbound and outbound students on the same project). Student/PDF awards are for CAD 6,000 for full-time research projects of 6-12 weeks.  Some partners may have alternative eligibility criteria and award guidelines.

 Specific features of the GRA thematic call:

•        No financial contribution required

•        Theme-based

•        Competitive call

•        Multiple Mitacs international partners participating: 21

•        Multiple students per application: up to 5 in either direction

•        Application package available online through a webform

Themes & Subthemes :

1. Advanced computing (Quantum and AI)

 Quantum computing 

 Advanced materials for computing and other advanced computing technologies 

 AI and health 

 AI and climate change 

 Cybersecurity 

2. Achieving Net Zero 

 Sustainable technologies 

 Future cities/IoT 

 Environmental sustainability 

 Circular economy 

 Water 

 Food Security 

3. Global Health

 OneHealth 

 Innovations in therapies and prevention 

 Biomanufacturing 

 Healthy aging 

 Mental health and wellbeing 

Match making service: Research Request for International Collaboration (RRIC):

If you already have a research project in mind and one or more interested students, and would like to work with one or more specific Mitacs international partner(s) but you don’t have any prior contact or collaboration with that institution or researcher, you can submit the attached form and Mitacs will assist in making the connections.  There is no need to use this form if you already have a research collaborator at a Mitacs partner institution.

Complete the form and return it to intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.  The ORS will review, and If the project idea will contribute to Lakehead’s research priorities, it will be forwarded to Mitacs.  Mitacs will then contact the appropriate international partner so they can share the opportunity with their network.

PARTICIPATING PARTNERS

Some partners are specific institutions, some are funding agencies covering many institutions. Please note that partners may have their own specific eligibility criteria as described on the Mitacs website. Please check under the “International Partners Information” tab on the Thematic Call webpage: 

https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/globalink/globalink-thematic-call