BioTalent Canada’s Student Work Placement Program (SWPP) Funding Information Session

The UBC Science Co-op Program is hosting a BioTalent Canada’s Student Work Placement Program (SWPP) Funding Information Session to support employers interested in applying for funding for the Fall 2025 term. 

• Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
• Time: 12pm-12:30pm Pacific Time/3pm-3:30pm Eastern Time
• Location: Via Zoom

Can’t attend live? Register and we’ll send you a link to the recording.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected] (UBC Science Co-op Team).

BioTalent Canada’s Student Work Placement Program – Information:

Amount: BioTalent Canada’s SWPP provides employers a wage subsidy of 50% for a student’s salary, up to a maximum of $5,000, or 70%, up to a maximum of $7,000 for students that identify as one of Canada’s federally-recognized under-represented groups (woman in STEM, Indigenous students, persons with disability, members of a visible minority, and newcomers).

Eligibility: 

• Project must have a biotechnology or healthcare focus (with an overlap with the bio-economy; this includes global health projects with an overlap with the bioeconomy.
• Employers must be based in Canada need to have a biotechnology or healthcare focus (with an overlap with the bio-economy); PHSA (i.e., BCCH or BCWH) is an eligible institution, however, post-secondary institutions (universities, colleges and polytechnics) are not eligible as employers. 
• Students must be enrolled as a full-time or part-time student at a Canadian post-secondary education institution, including undergrad, Masters, PhD or post-graduate students; and be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person with refugee protection given under the law. International students are not eligible

Learn more about BioTalent Canada here.

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