Grant

Mitacs Accelerate Entrepreneur

Mitacs · Federal (all of Canada)

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Funding
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Amount not published — check the official page
Deadline
Ongoing
Open, accepted on an ongoing basis (no fixed deadline).
Type
Grant
Company stage
Early Stage / Startup, Academic

Overview

Support for student-entrepreneurs to grow their startup, develop the research or technology at its core, advance professional skills and get to market faster. Helps student-entrepreneurs pilot test, refine and commercialize new technologies, products or services.

Who can apply

  • Student-entrepreneurs who hold ownership in the startup
  • the startup must be incubated in an approved incubator or accelerator.
  • Applications accepted at any time and the startup must pay its contribution before the award is released.
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What it can pay for

R&DCommercializationPilot / Demo

Past recipients

No public list of past recipients is linked for this program yet.

Official source

Program details change. Always confirm eligibility, amounts and deadlines on the official page before you apply.

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Last checked by SeedPort: Oct 15, 2026. SeedPort is not affiliated with the funder. Information is summarized from public sources and may be out of date.