By Andrew Stokes, Communications Officer

A new national research award is available to help upper-year undergraduate and graduate students conduct research outside of Canada.

“The Mitacs Globalink Research Award offers Queen’s students an excellent opportunity to make international connections early in their research careers and ultimately help the university increase its global engagement,” says Dr. Steven Liss, Vice-Principal (Research).

Mitacs Globalink students visit the Queen's Innovation Park. (Innovation Park Communications)

Queen’s students can apply for the award to support their 12-24 week research project at an accredited university in Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Turkey or Vietnam. The program is open to students from all disciplines and provides awards of up to $5,000 to cover student travel expenses. Mitacs recommends students submit their applications by June 13 for projects starting in September 2014.

The research award is one of several Mitacs Globalink initiatives designed to increase two-way mobility between Canada and Mitacs’ partner universities. Queen’s has participated in the Mitacs Globalink Research Internship program for several years, inviting upper-year undergraduate students from countries like Mexico, Brazil and India to join researchers in a variety of departments. The application deadline for the summer 2015 intake of international interns is June 18, 2014.

Alumni of the research internship program can apply for a Globalink Graduate Fellowship. The program helps past participants return to Canada for graduate studies.

Mitacs is a national, non-profit research organization funded by federal and provincial governments. More information is available on the Mitacs Globalink website.