Mitacs and RDC fund 100 Memorial internships

Newfoundland's Research & Development Corp (RDC) and Mitacs Accelerate are contributing $500,000 and $720,000 respectively to support 100 collaborative R&D internships for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows at Memorial Univ. The internships will provide each successful student with $15,000 over a four-month period ($7,500 from Mitacs/RDC and $7,500 from the industry partner). Their time will be split evenly between the university and the company involved. The internships cover a wide range of research themes including ocean technology, energy, aquaculture, forestry, minerals and mining and agriculture....