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OCI TalentEdge Internship and Fellowship

Status

Status not published

Intake follows the Ontario fiscal year and pauses when the annual allocation is committed.

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Amount
35,000 CAD

Subsidises the cost of hiring students, recent graduates or postdoctoral fellows into Ontario companies for defined R&D projects; internship values have historically been around CAD 10,000-15,000 per four-month term and fellowships up to about CAD 35,000.

You must co-fund 50%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI)

public · regional

Deadline: Open all year — Intake follows the Ontario fiscal year and pauses when the annual allocation is committed.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

You fund 50% yourself.

Who can apply

Ontario-based companies; intern must be enrolled at or recently graduated from an Ontario postsecondary institution.

How to apply

  1. Register on AccessOCI.
  2. Identify the intern or fellow and the project.
  3. Submit application with company cash contribution.
  4. Approval and placement.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.oc-innovation.ca/programs/talent/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.oc-innovation.ca

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