Funding

The Accueillez un stagiaire program helps Quebec businesses address their workforce needs. The employer must be a non-profit organization or a private sector company based in Quebec and have a business address in the province.

Application period: Applications for the Fall 2025 term opens September 1, 2025.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

BioTalent Canada provides cost barrier reductions to employers who are in biotechnology or are healthcare organizations (with an overlap into the bio-economy).

Application period: Application intake for Fall 2025 term placements will take place from August 5, 2025, to December 6, 2025. Application intake for Winter 2026 term placements will take place from December 1, 2025 to February 28, 2026.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

This program supports the development of connections between post-secondary students, employers in agriculture, and post-secondary institutions and contributes towards preparing a job-ready workforce for the Canadian agriculture industry.

Application period: Applications are open on an ongoing basis.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

This program is funded by the Federal Government and the CCAA is the official delivery partner for the aviation and aerospace sector. Employers must be involved in the aviation/aerospace industry, i.e. directly as an aviation/aerospace organization or indirectly, as a supplier of good and services for the aviation/aerospace industry.

Application period: Application for the Spring 2025 – 2026 period are closed. Check back for the next round of applications.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

ECO Canada’s Student Work Placement (Co-op) Program collaborates with institutions and employers across the country to fund work placements that offer students real-world experience in the environmental field while they are still in school.

Application period: Applications are open on an ongoing basis.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

EHRC’s Empowering Futures Program is Canada’s student work placement initiative for the electricity industry, which includes firms that provide sector support, including renewables, in any of the following areas: R&D, business development, and energy efficiency.

Application period: Applications are closed for the Summer 2025 term. Check back for the Fall 2025 application period.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

EMC, a preferred partner with the Government of Canada, delivers the SWPP subsidy to Canadian Manufacturers and related sectors. Employers can get up to $7,000 per placement when hiring post-secondary students.

Application period: Applications for the Fall 2025 term opens July 28, 2025, at 12:00 noon ET to August 8, 2025, at 4:00 pm ET.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

SWPP+ provides post-secondary students with work opportunities related to their field of study. Funding from SWPP+ ensures employers of all sizes in the food and beverage manufacturing industry have an opportunity to engage the next generation and build a talent pipeline for the future.

Application period: Applications for the Fall 2025 term are now open.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

This program supports post-secondary students’ experiential learning opportunities to develop technical, foundational, and work-ready skills while they work in Canada’s digital economy.

Application period: Applications for the Fall 2025 term are now placed on a waitlist due to high volume of submissions and limited funding.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

Magnet provides employers with wage subsidies to hire post-secondary students for paid work experiences. Students in turn benefit with quality work experience so they can secure employment in their chosen fields of study.

Application period: Applications for the Fall 2025 term opens August 2025. Due to limited funding, applications submitted at this time will be added to a waitlist.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

Gearing Up drives systematic change by aligning post-secondary student skills training with mining industry requirements through employer delivery of work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities.

Application period: Applications are now open for the fiscal year April 1^st, 2025.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

TOP is an initiative of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce designed to help Canadian business or not-for-profit organizations located anywhere in Canada to hire post-secondary students on WIL placements.

Application period: Fundings for the Summer 2025 term has been filled and any new applications will be put on a waitlist. Check back for the Fall 2025 application period.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

This program supports Canadian businesses and non-profits by financing their decisions to hire a student in a tech-focused work placement.

Application period: Applications for the Fall 2025 term are now open.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

Propel offers post-secondary students in any discipline the opportunity to gain the skills sought by employers through hands-on, paid work-integrated learning opportunities in tourism and hospitality. The wage subsidy can be accessed by businesses from all facets of the visitor economy: accommodations, food and beverage services, recreation and entertainment, transportation, and travel services.

Application period: Applications are open on an ongoing basis.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

This program works to increase the job readiness of students registered in post-secondary programs by allowing employers to take advantage of a wage subsidy to not only reduce overhead costs of hiring and training new talents, but to also build your talent pool for the future with experienced candidates.

Application period: Applications are open on an ongoing basis.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

Venture for Canada offers a wide range of programs at various cost commitment levels, providing students and recent grads with the entrepreneurial skills today’s Canadian startups and SMEs needs.

Application period: Applications for the Fall 2025 term are now closed. For the best chance to secure funding for future cohorts after Fall 2025, apply now.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

This program provides skilled individuals with exciting internships experiences at technology companies and in tech roles at non-tech companies across BC, while providing valuable subsidies to employers to help grow and scale their team.

Application period: Applications are open on an ongoing basis.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

This wage subsidy is funded by Service Canada to assist employers from not-for-profit organizations, the public sector, and private sector organizations with 50 or fewer full-time employees for the summer period.

Application period: Applications for the Summer 2025 term are closed. Check back for the next round of applications.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

GreenWorks is Ampere’s digital skill development and employer program for businesses and individuals in the natural resources sector, or focused on natural resources related work. The program offers a combination of wage support (up to $30,000) and training for employers, and internships and training for young Canadians. This program is funded by the Green Jobs Initiative, in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources Canada.

Application period: Applications are open on an ongoing basis.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

The Generation Power program connects Indigenous youth with employers in the energy industry through work placements. Employers, which include project developers, non-profit organizations, communities, utilities and government, can gain a wage subsidy of 75% (up to $30,000) for the position for up to 12 months.

Application period: Applications for the 2025-2026 cohort are now open.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

The Innovator Skills Initiative provides up to $10,000 to help employers hire a new employee, including co-op students and international students enrolled in an accredited post-secondary institution in BC.

Application period: Applications for the Fall 2025 term are now open until November 20, 2025.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

Note: Innovate BC also provides other funding for hiring employees outside of co-op, scaling up, adopting new tech, etc., which you can find here.

This research award provides leveraged funding of $15,000 CAD per four- or six- month internship, where interns will work collaboratively with their academic supervisor and partner organization (can be for-profit corporations, not-for-profit corporations, municipalities, or hospitals) on a research project. Internships start at 4 months and can scale up as much as needed.

Application period: Applications are open on an ongoing basis.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.     

NSERC USRA – Domestic Students

Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) are opportunities for undergraduate students to consider graduate studies and/or a research career by providing research work experience that complements their studies in an academic setting. Through these awards, eligible professors receive a subsidy to hire students to work on interesting research-related jobs and projects. USRA NSERC offers funding of up to $6,000.

Application period: Applications open in February/March of each year.

For more information regarding the award, contact Chiara Longhi at chiara.longhi@ubc.ca. To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

Work Learn International Undergraduate Research Awards (WLIURA) – International Students

WLIURA subsidizes UBC professors to hire international undergraduate students to work full-time on their research projects in the Summer (May – August). The value of the awards (the supervisor’s reimbursement) is $6,000 per student. The WLIURA position can be counted as a co-op work-term by Forestry students.

Application period: Applications for Summer 2025 is closed. Check back for the Summer 2026 application period.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

This program helps organizations in BC reach their climate goals while giving university students in climate-related fields a chance to hone their skills and acquire relevant work experience by offering up to $15,000 to eligible organizations to hire a student to assist with a climate action project in your organization/community.

Application period: Applications for the Summer 2025 term are closed. The next uptake will be in the Fall of 2025.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

If you are a co-op student who has received an international job offer, you can apply for financial support through the Patrick Duffy International Work Experience Grant. This grant is specifically dedicated to UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship students to make co-op work terms outside of Canada feasible by subsidizing your plane tickets and living expenses.

You can apply anytime as soon as you have the job offer. To apply, send the job offer to the UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship co-op office, and we will set up a meeting with you to review the job. You will then be asked to fill up a form to be submitted for approval.

For more information, contact the UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship co-op office.

PLT Canada offers a 50% wage match, with up to $6,000 in reimbursements, to employers hiring youth into Green Jobs, such as jobs in the forest sector, parks, conservation, natural resource management, environmental education, and more.

Application period: Applications are open on an ongoing basis.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

This tax incentive offers tax deductions for current and capital expenditures as well as investment tax credits to encourage businesses to conduct research and development in Canada.

Application period: Application deadline depends on your income tax filing due date, which depends on what type of taxpayer you are (individual, corporation, or trust).

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

The Student Energy Green Jobs program provides up to $21,500 covering wage and mandatory employment related costs for a new role on your team. Eligible employers include those in the natural resources sector while youths employed has to be aged 18 – 30.

Application period: Applications are open on an ongoing basis.

To apply online or learn more about eligibility criteria, click here.

This funding is available through the UBC Centre for Advanced Wood Processing for companies that are focusing on value-added manufacturing in the wood products industry (product development or manufacturing improvement) and situated in BC.

For more information, contact Jason Chiu at Jason.Chiu@ubc.ca or (604) 822-0082.