Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program

The CREATE program supports the training and mentoring of teams of highly qualified students and postdoctoral fellows from Canada and abroad through the development of innovative training programs. These programs encourage collaborative and integrative approaches between large and medium or small sized institutions to address significant scientific challenges and facilitate the transition of new researchers from trainees to productive employees in the Canadian workforce. The program fosters the acquisition and development of important professional skills among students and postdoctoral fellows that complement their qualifications and technical skills and improve their job readiness for careers in industry, government, non-governmental organizations and/or academia. The CREATE program is designed to improve the training and mentoring environment for Canadian researchers of tomorrow in areas such as technical and professional skills, collaboration, as well as by providing mentoring and mobility experiences relevant to both academic and non-academic research environments. Training programs will be recognized for their innovative nature to create a rich research training and mentoring environment, the excellence of the researchers and their success in training highly qualified personnel for future employment in all sectors, and their capacity to raise the standard for best practices in research training, mentoring and development of professional skills.