Internship Program with Innovative Small and Medium Enterprises

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Eligibility Criteria

SMEs
To be eligible for this program, your business must:

  • be a small or medium enterprise with less than 500 employees
  • be incorporated and for profit
  • wish to enhance its innovation capability
  • be willing to establish a trusting relationship with NRC’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP)

Graduates
To be eligible for this program, a graduate must be:

  • a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or person who has been granted refugee status in Canada
  • between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive)
  • a post-secondary graduate
  • not in receipt of employment insurance benefits
  • a first-time youth participant in a placement of the Career Focus Program of the Youth Employment Strategy (YES) 
  • legally entitled to work according to relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations

Summary

You may be eligible for financial assistance to hire post-secondary science, engineering, technology, business and liberal arts graduates. Graduates work on innovative projects within you business and may participate in research, development and commercialization of technologies. In some cases, a business may collaborate with a National Research Council (NRC) institute or with Industry Canada’s Communications Research Centre (CRC).

Benefits
As an SME, you will receive financial support towards the employment of post-secondary graduates who will work on technical opportunities in your business and on non-technical, but technology-related projects, such as:

  • research and development, engineering, multi-media
  • development of new products and processes
  • market analysis for a new technology-based product
  • business development related to science and technology activities
  • improvement of customer services, etc.

What is the process?
 Together, you and the NRC-IRAP Industrial Technology Advisor will develop and submit a project proposal.

Internships last between six to twelve months and are available anywhere in Canada. NRC’s Industrial Research Assistance Program is responsible for delivering the program through its 235 Industrial Technology Advisors located in over 90 communities from coast to coast.

The maximum support provided is $15 000 to help cover a part of the graduate’s salary. As an SME, you are responsible for covering other expenses, such as fringe benefits and overhead costs.

How to Apply
SMEs
 SMEs may contact the nearest NRC-IRAP office by calling the toll-free number listed below.

The program is ongoing, there is no application deadline.

Contact Information:

Alberta Contact(s):
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
National Research Council Canada
250 Karl Clark Road
Edmonton, Alberta  T6N 1E4
Telephone: 780-495-6509
Fax: 780-495-6510
Toll-free (information): 1-877-994-4727
Web site: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html

British Columbia Contact(s):
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
National Research Council Canada
Suite 650
1185 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia  V6T 4E6
Telephone: 604-666-6062
Fax: 604-666-7204
Toll-free (information): 1-877-994-4727
Web site: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html

Manitoba Contact(s):
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
National Research Council Canada
435 Ellice Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3B 1Y6
Telephone: 204-983-0092
Fax: 204-983-8835
Toll-free (information): 1-877-994-4727
Web site: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html

New Brunswick Contact(s):
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
National Research Council Canada
1411 Oxford Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia  B3H 3Z1
Telephone: 902-426-3138
Fax: 902-426-1624
Toll-free (information): 1-877-994-4727
Web site: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html

Newfoundland and Labrador Contact(s):
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
National Research Council Canada
Kerwin Place and Arctic Avenue
Memorial University Campus
P.O. Box 12093
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador  A1B 3T5
Telephone: 709-772-5228
Fax: 709-772-5067
Toll-free (information): 1-877-994-4727
Web site: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html

Northwest Territories Contact(s):
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
National Research Council Canada
250 Karl Clark Road
Edmonton, Alberta  T6N 1E4
Telephone: 780-495-6509
Fax: 780-495-6510
Toll-free (information): 1-877-994-4727
Web site: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html

Nova Scotia Contact(s):
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
National Research Council Canada
1411 Oxford Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia  B3H 3Z1
Telephone: 902-426-3138
Fax: 902-426-1624
Toll-free (information): 1-877-672-2672
E-mail: info@nrc-cnrc.com
Web site: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html

Nunavut Contact(s):
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
National Research Council Canada
Kerwin Place and Arctic Avenue
Memorial University Campus
P.O. Box 12093
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador  A1B 3T5
Telephone: 709-772-5228
Fax: 709-772-5067
Toll-free (information): 1-877-994-4727
Web site: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html

Ontario Contact(s):
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
National Research Council Canada
Suite 903
55 St. Clair Avenue East
Toronto, Ontario  M4T 1M2
Telephone: 416-973-4484
Fax: 416-973-4303
Toll-free (information): 1-877-994-4727
Web site: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html

Prince Edward Island Contact(s):
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
National Research Council Canada
1411 Oxford Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia  B3H 3Z1
Telephone: 902-426-3138
Fax: 902-426-1624
Toll-free (information): 1-877-994-4727
Web site: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html

Quebec Contact(s):
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
National Research Council Canada
Suite P-101
75 de Mortagne Boulevard
Boucherville, Quebec  J4B 6Y4
Telephone: 450-641-5300
Fax: 450-641-5301
Toll-free (information): 1-877-994-4727
Web site: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html

Saskatchewan Contact(s):
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
National Research Council Canada
435 Ellice Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3B 1Y6
Telephone: 204-983-0092
Fax: 204-983-8835
Toll-free (information): 1-877-994-4727
Web site: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html

Yukon Contact(s):
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
National Research Council Canada
Suite 650
1185 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia  V6T 4E6
Telephone: 604-666-6062
Fax: 604-666-7204
Toll-free (information): 1-877-994-4727
Web site: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html

National Contact(s):
General Inquiries
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
National Research Council Canada
Building M55, Montreal Road
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0R6
Fax: 613-952-1086
Toll-free (information): 1-877-994-4727
E-mail: publicinquiries.irap-pari@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html



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