NRC-MITACS-RWTH Globalink Research Award Program

 

RWTH Aachen University proudly announces a new program in cooperation with Mitacs, a Canadian not-for-profit organization that has designed and delivered research and training programs in collaboration with Canadian universities, companies, federal and provincial governments, and the National Research Council of Canada, NRC for short, one of RWTH’s key partners in North America and Canada’s largest federal research organization.

Starting in 2021, this program allows 25 students per year from RWTH to conduct combined research stays at a Canadian partner university participating in the program.

The placements are jointly funded by the NRC, Mitacs and RWTH and can be from six to twelve months in duration. The goals of the program are to strengthen and intensify relations between RWTH, the NRC, and participating Canadian universities; develop international networks; establish joint research and industry projects; prepare joint publications; enhance researcher training; and foster other forms of collaboration.

Who Can Apply?

The program is open to RWTH Master’s students and doctoral candidates who wish to conduct a combined research stay at one of the participating Canadian universities in collaboration with the NRC, working under the joint supervision of an RWTH Aachen professor, a university professor at the Canadian host university, and an NRC researcher.

Scholarship Amount and Funding Period

Up to 18,000 CAD will be provided for six-month to one-year stays.

Duration and Organization of the Research Stay

The research stays are between six and twelve months in duration. A possible extension beyond twelve months may be discussed on a case-by-case basis.

Selection Criteria

• Master’s student or PhD student at RWTH Aachen University
• Excellent academic performance
• For Master’s students: Minimum GPA (German “Notendurchschnitt“) of 3.0

 

Application Deadline

There is no application deadline; applications can be submitted at any time.

Please note, however, the adjacent note.

 

Open Projects

Title	Location	Duration	Level	Requirements
Advanced Anode Materials for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis (PEMWE)	Carleton University	Twelve months	MSc or PhD students	see project description
Integrated Decision Support System for Health and Safety	Carleton University	Twelve months	PhD students	Background in biomedical signal analysis, image/video processing, computer vision, machine learning or deep learning
Structured-light 3D Tomography	Laval University	Six months	MA or PhD students	Student in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science. Experience in 3D vision, 3D imaging, signal processing and nonlinear regressions
Bioinspired Multifunctional Ceramics	McGill University	Twelve months	PhD students	Ability to work in a team Fundamentals of Solid Mechanics Fundamentals of Materials Engineering Basic knowledge of CAD software Basic knowledge of a finite element software
Alchemical Perturbation DFT Simulations of High Entropy Alloys for Electrochemical Energy Applications	McMaster University	Twelve months	MSc or PhD students	see project description
Smart Textiles for Health and Well-being	McMaster University	Six to twelve months	MSc or PhD students	see project description
Intelligent Query and Learning System for Logistics	Ontario Tech University	Twelve months	MSc or PhD students	see project description
Ultrastructural analysis of neuroinflammation	University of Alberta	Twelve months	MSc or PhD students	see project description
Implementation of HR-EBSD and ECCI for advanced microstructure analyses on the Nanoscale 2.0	University of British Columbia	Six months	PhD students	see project description
Virtual Reality Cognitive Rehabilitation for Depression at Home: An Exploration of bWell-D	University of British Columbia	Twelve months	MSc or PhD students	see project description
Analysis of Renewable Ammonia Production and Transmission across the Atlantic Ocean	University of Waterloo	Twelve months	MSc students	Ability to work in a team and fluent in English Undergraduate studies in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering, or a closely related field Knowledge in programming in Excel and Python Enthusiasm in renewable energy and sustainability Experience with process modelling (required), TEA or LCA (optional)
Sensitivity analysis on ammonia shipping as a hydrogen carrier	University of Waterloo	Twelve months	MSc or PhD students	see project description
Techno-economic analysis of dual purpose NH3+CO2 transport from BC to Asi	University of Victoria	Twelve months	MSc or PhD students	see project description

 

Researchers

• Step 1: Identify a research leadership team: NRC Research Officer, Canadian Academic Supervisor, RWTH Aachen Supervisor.
• Step 2: Articulate a joint project: Describe the project and suitability for Master’s or PhD student, time duration and any knowledge or know-how pre-requisites (template provided). The project description is advertised to RWTH students on the RWTH Aachen website.
• Step 3: Complete Application Documents: Supervisors complete letters of reference (templates provided) and the student completes the Mitacs application.

Students

Express your interest in a project listed below by emailing your CV, letter of interest and transcripts to: Jan Müller specifying the project number.

Note: Please account for four to six months for the application and travel visa process. A complete application package requires contributions from the student, their supervisor at RWTH Aachen University, a host supervisor at a Canadian university and a researcher-supervisor from NRC in Canada.

 

After Your Application is Submitted

Mitacs will review the application, in collaboration with the NRC. After the decision has been made, Mitacs will inform applicants about the outcome of the application.