[5] The two-year program has the objective of providing postdoctoral fellows with professional and leadership development training with a partner organization.
[10] The program matches PhD-level researchers to government agencies to influence evidence-based policy-making.
[11] The program offers travel grants to Canadian start-ups housed in university-linked incubators.
[12] The program provides funding to students who develop innovative projects designed to help Canadian businesses.
[17] In 2015, the federal government pledged $56.4 million over four years (starting in 2016) to Mitacs in support of graduate-level research and development internships.