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DESCRIPTION:Invitation: 91ɬÂţ Office of Sponsored Research\nOutreach Sessi
 on: Engaging industry - Establishing industrial and international collabor
 ations with Mitacs’ programs\n \nDate: Monday\, February 9\, 2015\nTime: 1
 0:30-11:30 am\nLocation: James Administration Building\, Room 302\n**PLEAS
 E NOTE THE DOWNTOWN SESSION IS NOW CLOSED**\n \nDate: Wednesday\, February
  11\, 2015\nTime: 10:30-11:30 am\nLocation: Macdonald-Steward Building\, F
 aculty Lounge\, Room MS2-022\n**PLEASE NOTE THE MACDONALD SESSION IS NOW C
 LOSED**\n \nThe Office of Sponsored Research is pleased to invite faculty 
 members and graduate students to an outreach session focusing on the avail
 able programs sponsored by Mitacs which offers financial assistance to stu
 dents interested in undertaking research through a university-business par
 tnership. This session would also benefit faculty members as these program
 s can lead to new connections with Canadian companies\, increased funding 
 and unique training opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral f
 ellows through applied\, industrial research projects. Mitacs also support
 s 2-way mobility of students between Canada and the international communit
 y\n91ɬÂţ will host Rebecca Reich\, Mitacs Director of Business Developmen
 t\, who will present various programs and provide helpful tips on how to m
 ix and match these programs. She will also provide details on projects tha
 t have successfully used these programs to the advantage of graduate stude
 nts\, postdoctoral fellows and researchers.\nDiscussion will center on the
  following programs:\nMitacs Accelerate and Elevate  \nThrough the Mitacs-
 Accelerate and Mitacs-Elevate programs\, graduate students and postdoctora
 l fellows apply their specialized expertise to business-related research c
 hallenges. Interns (graduate students or postdoctoral fellows) bring new p
 erspectives to the problems faced by the industry partners by spending app
 roximately half of their time on-site with industry and the remainder at t
 he university advancing their research under the guidance of a faculty sup
 ervisor. This program is open to all disciplines and all industrial sector
 s\, and projects can span a wide range of areas\, including manufacturing\
 , technical innovation\, business processes\, IT\, social sciences\, desig
 n\, and more. These programs are offered jointly by Mitacs and the FRQNT.
 \nMitacs Globalink\nThrough the Mitacs-Globalink program\, senior undergra
 duate and Masters students are provided funding to facilitate two-way mobi
 lity to partner countries to do research with a host university. There are
  awards for students coming to Canada and students going abroad to strengt
 hen collaborative ties with countries such as Brazil\, China\, India\, Mex
 ico\, Turkey\, Vietnam and France (limited).\nWe will accept questions ahe
 ad of time so information can be incorporated into the session and help gu
 ide discussion (rreich [at] mitacs [dot] ca (Rebecca) or agnes [dot] wong2
  [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Agnes))\n \n*Refreshments will be served.*\nPlease 
 RSVP to OSR before February 4\, 2015 at the following\nlink for the Macdon
 ald Campus session and \nat the following link for the Downtown Campus ses
 sion.\n \n*Please note that participants will be notified if the session s
 hould be cancelled due to insufficient attendance. *\n \n*To unsubscribe t
 o any or all of the funding opportunity listserv groups\, please visit the
  following link: /research/researchers/funding/sign-f
 unding-alerts*\n
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DTEND:20150209T163000Z
LOCATION:Room 302\, James Administration Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3
 A 2T7\, 845 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Outreach Session: Engaging industry - Establishing industrial and i
 nternational collaborations with Mitacs’ programs (Downtown Campus) **CLOS
 ED**
URL:/research/channels/event/outreach-session-engaging
 -industry-establishing-industrial-and-international-collaborations-mitacs-
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