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Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)
A nationally funded program (NSERC, with limited CIHR & SSHRC) designed to foster undergraduate research experience across all disciplines.
- Value:
- $6,000 student stipend (paid as a salary through the summer)
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Required minimum supervisor top-up ($2730 in 2025) to meet wage requirements
- Internal deadline: February 2, 2026 (4:00 pm)
Chinook Summer Research Award
An undergraduate research award open to all disciplines.
- Value: $6,000 stipend (award paid in full in May)
- No supervisor contribution required
- Internal deadline: February 2, 2026 (11:59 pm)
Alberta Innovates Summer Research Studentship (AI SRS)
An undergraduate award focused on human health research.
- Value: $7,200 stipend (award paid in full in May)
- No supervisor financial contribution required
- Internal deadline: February 2, 2026 (11:59 pm)
If you have questions about eligibility, internal processes, or supporting student applications, please contact ORIS at oris.internal@uleth.ca. If a student is having issues with the application portal, they should contact the awards office at awards@uleth.ca.
Mitacs:
Globalink Research Award
Grow your potential, expand your innovation horizons, build new or strengthen international research collaborations with another university, through the Globalink Research Award (GRA) program. Open to full-time senior undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, the award enables talented researchers to undertake one 12 to 48 - week project or two 12 to 24 - week projects with a host supervisor in Canada or abroad.
Internal Deadline: January 23, 2026
Funder Deadline: January 30, 2026
Business Strategy Internship
This program fosters collaboration between post-secondary students, postdoctoral fellows, industry partners and academic researchers to tackle critical business challenges and drive innovation. By connecting skilled research talent with organization in need of strategic insights, BSI helps enhance operations, improve processes, and develop new opportunities. Previous provincial caps have been removed. Projects exceeding 10 units will require suggested reviewers.
Accelerate
This research-based internship program brings together post-secondary students, postdoctoral fellows, industry partners, and academic researchers to solve complex challenges and advance new ideas. By fostering applied research and knowledge transfer, Accelerate enables all stakeholders to achieve their goals - whether its developing cutting-edge solutions, exploring new markets, or commercializing research breakthroughs.
Any questions? Your local Mitacs Advisor, Alex Engel, would be happy to make time for you and answer any questions you may have about Mitacs programs and the benefits they have to offer. Alex can be reached by email at aengel@mitacs.ca
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