OVIN Talent Development Fellowship Program (OVIN-TFP)

The OVIN Talent Development Fellowship Program (OVIN-TFP) 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 (CAV) technologies, Electric Vehicles (EV), battery technologies the metallurgical (metal & mining) sector and other related areas. Companies can tap into world-class talent to 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.

Fellow: 

• Received PhD within the last five years

Applicant/Industry Partner: 

• Institution-based Fellowship: Applicant is a principal investigator from an Ontario-based post-secondary institution and has an eligible Ontario-based company as the contributing Private Sector Industry Partner.
• Company-based Fellowship: Applicant is the eligible Ontario-based company

Project: 

• Project-based, with clearly defined R&D activities, milestones, and outcomes to be completed within the fellowship duration 

To inquire about the program and to open an application, please complete a client intake form. An OCI Business Development Manager (BD) will contact you to discuss the opportunity and assist you.

Reference documentation (the Program Guidelines, the OCI Funding Agreement, the Eligible Expenditures Guide, the Full Proposal Questionnaire, the Letter of Support Template, and the Data and Information Sharing Protocol (DISP) documents) are available on the OVIN Resource Document Page.