March 10, 2020, Winnipeg, MB – Today, Research Manitoba and Mitacs announced the release of an Impact Report titled: Research Partnerships in Manitoba Leverage Innovation.

Research Manitoba collaborated with Mitacs to develop this report to describe the results and impacts of Manitoba-based research and communicate the impacts to a wide variety of audiences. Some of the key results published in the report include:

-Research Manitoba invested $850,000, which supported 221 internships — leveraging $5.7 million from industry and national partners in 2018–19 for research in Manitoba
-Investing in interns creates jobs in Manitoba
-The students developing unique skills and expertise enhance and strengthen Manitoba’s workforce
-Economic growth in Manitoba is created through the expansion of and innovations developed by Mitacs partner companies

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