Bringing Innovation Into Reach with Mitacs

Joseph Santarelli is a Senior Business Development Advisor at Mitacs, a national non-profit funding organization, which empowers Canadian innovation through effective partnerships that deliver solutions to our most pressing problems. He has a background in Mechanical and Civil engineering and has over five years of experience developing industry and academic collaborations that support social and technological innovation in Canada. Joseph has helped hundreds of companies, non-profits, professors, and students work together across all disciplines to create meaningful change to improve quality of life for all Canadians by assisting them in accessing funding and a national network of academics and innovators.

In this presentation, Joseph will explain:

• How Mitacs funding fits into the innovation ecosystem
• Research and Development program options and how Mitacs supports industry and academia
• International mobility programs for students and PDFs, with an emphasis on Quantum opportunities
• How to combine Mitacs projects with other funding options like NSERC Alliance Advantage to achieve more objectives
• How academics can find eligible partners and companies actively looking for researcher collaboration

Date: Friday, October 17 2025
Time: 9am PST (12pm EST)
Registration: No cost to register. Register now.

Hosted by CACMSA, CKN, FIP-Composites@Western and National Research Council.