KBHN-Mitacs Awards
Call for proposal
The Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) and Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit organization that helps build partnerships between academia, industry, and the world, invites undergraduate, college and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows from all disciplines to participate in the 2021 KBHN-Mitacs Awards competition.
What is the KBHN-Mitacs Internship?
KBHN is committed to the implementation of research innovations into practice and ensuring evidence-based solutions reach their intended audience. In support of this goal, the KBHN-Mitacs Awards were established to provide a mechanism for KBHN to respond to opportunities for supporting projects that focus on enhancing services and support for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families across Canada. The KBHN-Mitacs Awards support collaborative research between KBHN, a non-academic partner, and a research intern. The KBHN-Mitacs internship supports opportunities that:
- Partner with small and medium-sized businesses or not-for-profit organizations (including municipalities and hospitals) with emphasis on services and supports for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families.
- Are driven by real-world problems and challenge areas in the field of children-focused neurodevelopmental disabilities
- Are solution-oriented and user-centred, involving children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families and stakeholders in all stages of the research
Who Should Apply?
- Full-time undergraduate, college and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows from all disciplines interested in neurodevelopmental disability research in Canada
- Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and international students over the age of 18.
- All academic disciplines
Why apply?
- These internships provide students with the opportunity to apply skills in a non-academic environment, build their CV with peer-reviewed research, broaden their professional network, and earn a minimum salary/stipend of $10,000 per six-month period (or otherwise as negotiated)
- Partner organizations obtain access to academic expertise, build a customized research plan with support from Mitacs representatives, augment R&D budgets, and benefit from the opportunity to assess potential employees
- Supervising professors build flexible research partnerships and obtain funding for students
Summary
- Award: Ten internship stipends of $20,000 maximum including a $5000 contribution from KBHN, and a contribution from the participating agency or business. The awardees will also be waived registration fees to attend and present at the KBHN Annual conference. The funding will be paid to the academic supervisor for eligible research projects that meet Mitacs guidelines.
- Internship term: Up to Six-month from approval (or otherwise as negotiated)
- Eligibility: Undergraduate, college and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows from all disciplines interested in neurodevelopmental disability research.
- Co-funding: $7,500 is required from Canadian or international industry, municipalities and hospitals; a cost reduction to $3,750 is available for small-and-medium-sized Canadian companies or eligible not-for-profits.
- Application Deadline: August 30, 2021
- Awards Notice: Before November 15, 2021