Dear Lakehead Students,

In collaboration with Mitacs, Lakehead is pleased to offer 30 Research Training Awards (RTA) to returning Lakehead students, for the summer of 2020.  Awards are in the amount of CAD 6,000 for student-driven research projects of 12-16 weeks in duration (projects must be completed within that time frame).  Projects may begin as soon as approved by Mitacs, but must begin no later than August 31, 2020. 

Application and selection guidelines

Student Eligibility.  Full-time undergraduate and graduate students are eligible (including international students), in any discipline.  Students must be registered during the award period (previous winter for undergraduates, spring/summer for graduate students) and Fall 2020. Undergraduates who have recently graduated but have committed to a graduate program in the fall at Lakehead are also eligible. Students who are actively working on another Mitacs-funded project are not eligible.

Faculty Supervisor. A Lakehead Faculty member (must be Tri-Council eligible) must agree to supervise the student research project, and is expected to meet with the student at least once a week – meetings can be virtual.

Projects.  Because of safety measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, students should propose projects that can be conducted remotely.  If the campus re-opens while the project is underway, the project can continue on campus, provided it can be safely conducted under the guidelines in place at that time.  Twelve weeks is the minimum project length, 16 weeks is the maximum.

Program Coordinator:  Jill Sherman, Office of Research Services, intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.

If you would like to participate and have a research project idea:

1. Download and review the Toolkit and the Application template. 
2. Contact a Faculty member who might be your supervisor, and discuss your project idea.
3. Complete the application in Word (do not change any of the document settings) and submit it to the Dean of your Faculty by May 25, 2020.  If you have questions about completing the application, you can contact the Program Coordinator.
4. Each Faculty will have a limited number of awards. Your Faculty Dean will oversee the selection process and make recommendations of selected candidates to the Vice President (Research and Innovation) by June 1.
5. If selected, you will then work with the Program Coordinator to submit your application to Mitacs. Mitacs will give a decision on your application within 1-2 weeks.
6. At the end of the project, you will be required to prepare and deliver a final report and a presentation to the supervisor during the last week of the award period.

Associated Documents

The Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) program provides support to a core of the most promising researchers at a pivotal time in their careers. The fellowships are also intended to secure a supply of highly qualified Canadians with leading-edge scientific and research skills for Canadian industry, government and academic institutions.

This call for proposals for joint research and development (R&D) projects addressing medium-term solutions which will prepare society for the post-COVID-19 world and for combatting future pandemics is now open to Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who wish to collaborate on R&D projects with partners in Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany (to be confirmed), the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and Turkey.

Canadian participants with eligible projects may receive financial support through the National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP). Participants from other countries must contact their respective national funding authorities engaged in this call - listed on the EUREKA Website.

The governments of Canada and Germany are working together to foster and support collaborative industrial research and development (R&D) projects with a high potential for commercialization. This call for proposals is open to organizations from Canada and Germany who wish to form a project consortium to perform collaborative projects focussed on developing innovative products, processes, or technology-based services via innovative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for industrial production in the context of value-added manufacturing.

This bilateral call for proposals is managed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), including the NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) and the NRC National Program Office.

EUREKA has launched a multilateral call for proposals for joint research and development (R&D) projects on advanced materials. Participating countries include Austria, Belgium (Flanders, Wallonia), Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Malta, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

Open to:

• small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
• large enterprises and industries
• universities
• research organizations
• others

Only eligible Canadian SMEs can receive funding through NRC IRAP. All other Canadian participants must secure funding from other sources or be self-funded.

Sectors of focus:

• Advanced materials projects focussed on the following technologies/industries:
  • Carbon industry and chemistry, including lightweight materials, composites and recycle of plastics as well as nanomaterials and plastic materials
  • Machinery, robots, and metal industry
  • Secondary batteries and sensor technology (including energy storage)
  • Semiconductors and display

The Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (AVIN)'s WinterTech Development Program will support Ontario SMEs in the mobility space and their partners to validate, test, prototype and demonstrate new products and technologies designed to meet the unique demands of winter weather conditions. WinterTech will leverage the strengths and innovative capabilities of Ontario SMEs in the mobility space and our unique winter weather conditions to establish the province as a testbed for mobility products and services in severe winter weather conditions. Through AVIN's WinterTech Development Program, Ontario is a global leader in the commercialization of new winter-ready mobility technologies and solutions.

Currently funding is available from The Egg Farmers of Ontario for research that meets the priorities outlined in Ontario Layer Sector of the Poultry Research Strategy.

OSF invites researchers with project proposals that match Ontario Sheep’s Research Priorities to complete the attached Letter of Intent Form and submit it no later than Monday, June 1^st, 2020. Full proposals will be solicited in June with the target of having proposals approved by September 2020.

To review the full call for proposal click here 

To view, the letter of intent form (Fillable Pdf) click here