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Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour , June 2, 2014 - Fredericton
Provincial government investing in program to hire new interns
The provincial government has invested $297,500 into two Mitacs programs for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The funding allows for 35 research and development internships and fellowships - 33 through Mitacs Accelerate and two through Mitacs Elevate. Both programs connect applied research with industry needs. From left: Kevin Englehart, professor of electrical and computer engineering and executive co-ordinator of the Centre for Research in Dermoskeletics at the University of New Brunswick (UNB); Fredericton-Silverwood MLA Brian MacDonald; Stéphane Bédard, president and chief executive officer of B-TEMIA; David Burns, vice-president of research at UNB; Rob Smith, master's student, UNB; Eric Bosco, chief business development partnerships officer, Mitacs; and Chris McGibbon, professor of kinesiology and scientific director of the Centre for Research in Dermoskeletics (UNB).