Competition

* Unless explicitly noted, all times indicated for deadlines are for the appropriate NL timezone (NST or NDT)

Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) is proud to partner with Mitacs on this funding opportunity for Indigenous university, college or postgraduate students across the country to work with their academic supervisor and partner with a local service provider or Indigenous community organization.

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MHRC and Mitacs are partnering through the Mitacs Indigenous Pathways Initiative, to support the brightest Indigenous university or college students conducting research in mental health at one of Canada’s many post-secondary institutions. These interns will share their time between academic institutions and partner organizations, tying together their research with the end-users to ensure the project is tailored to and appropriate for that community’s needs and people with lived experience.

This jointly funded Indigenous studentship is part of MHRC’s 2025-2026 Studentship cycle, where students share their time between academic institutions and community service providers, tying together their research with the needs of the end-users — the community and people with lived experience. MHRC aims to drive systemic change by encouraging the adoption of effective, research-informed, and client-centric approaches to mental health treatment.

IWFC invites researchers undertaking projects on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), with particular emphasis on those engaging in close, respectful collaboration with individuals possessing lived or living experience in this field.

Before you begin your application, please contact Memorial's Mitacs advisors, who will assist you in completing the application process: Heidi Crummell, 709-327-8902, hcrummell@mitacs.ca

Submit directly to the funding agency as per their instructions. Sage 1 applications do not get submitted to the Faculty of HSS or Research Initiatives and Services (RIS) for review.

Note: If you are invited to submit to Stage 2, the application will then need to be submitted through Memorial's Researcher Portal for unit and institutional reviews and approvals. Contact the GFOs in this scenario ASAP.

If you plan to apply to this competition please notify an HSS Grants Facilitator, Heather C. O’Brien (HSSResearchAdmin@mun.ca or 864-8603) or Matthew Milner (HSSResearchGrants@mun.ca or 864-8050), of your intent. While the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences does not provide approval, HSS GFOs may be able to assist with proposal and application development.