Since 1999, MITACS has played a leadership role in linking businesses, government and not-for-profits with over 50 of Canada’s universities to develop cutting-edge tools to support the growth of our knowledge-based economy. 

Through the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program, MITACS funds mathematical sciences research projects throughout the country, focusing on five key economic sectors: biomedical and health; environment & natural resources; information processing; risk & finance; and communication, networks & security.

However, our programs also focus on developing the up-and-coming generation of Canadian researchers through skills training & entrepreneur workshops, technical training events, graduate and post-doctoral internships and math outreach activities.

Through our graduate and post-doctoral internship program, MITACS has expanded its mandate to lead the country in the creation of internships in all industry sectors and academic disciplines. Whether in engineering, psychology, business, or medicine, MITACS ACCELERATE is Canada’s premiere program offering students the opportunity to apply their research to real-world issues.

MITACS has a proven track record of supporting leading research, while connecting Canadian businesses and organizations to the next generation of skilled workers.  We help businesses and organizations access advanced university expertise so that they can develop the products of tomorrow today. 

At MITACS we’re building Canada’s knowledge economy, one research collaboration at a time.

MITACS: Making research count

“Working with MITACS allows FDM Software to expand our development environment as we benefit from new resources, additional personnel, and innovative expertise.”

 – Ed Colin, President, FDM Software Ltd