Tap into talent coming out of Ontario’s publicly-funded post-secondary institutions to strengthen your capacity to develop new products, services, and processes, while fellows receive hands-on industry experience and mentorship opportunities in areas related to automotive and smart mobility technology.
The TalentEdge Fellowship Program (TFP) of Ontario’s Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) provides support for PhD graduates and post-doctoral fellows, to work on industry-driven research and development projects related to automotive and smart mobility technology such as Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (C/AV) technologies, Electric Vehicles (EV), battery technologies, metallurgical (metal & mining) technologies, and other related areas. Companies can tap into world-class talent coming out of Ontario’s publicly-funded post-secondary institutions and strengthen their capacity to develop new products, services, and processes, while fellows receive hands-on industry experience and mentorship opportunities in areas such as software and hardware development, artificial intelligence, and data analytics.
Best Suited For
Fellow:
- Received PhD within the last five years
Applicant/Industry Partner:
- Institution-based Fellowship:
- Applicant: principal investigator at an accredited, publicly-funded Ontario university
- Industry partner: for-profit company with R&D operations in Ontario
- Company-based Fellowship:
- Applicant: for-profit company with R&D operations in Ontario
Project:
- Project-based, with clearly defined R&D activities, milestones, and outcomes to be completed within the fellowship duration