BioTalent Canada is now accepting applications for Spring/Summer 2025 SWPP placements
Deadlines:
- Now accepting applications: Spring/Summer 2025 term placements with the earliest start date of April 1, 2025 and latest end date of August 31, 2025. The submission deadline is July 31, 2025.
- Fall 2025 term placements with the earliest start date of August 1, 2025, and the latest end date of December 31, 2025. The application intake will take place from August 1, 2025, to December 6, 2025.
- Winter 2025 term placements with the earliest start date of December 1, 2025, and the latest end date of March 31, 2026. The application intake will take place from December 1, 2025, to February 28, 2026.
The Student Work Placement Program is a paid internship/work integrated learning initiative that equips students with the skills and experience needed to start their career in the bio-economy.
The program has helped over 15,000 students secure placements and increase their post-grad job readiness since 2017.
Hear a few stories from previous participants below.
Get your foot in the door to start your career.
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Get your foot in the door to start your career.
Gain valuable work experience with up to $7,000 in paid internship salary coverage costs to start your career in the bio-economy. By participating in the Student Work Placement Program, students can benefit from:
- Increase job-readiness post-graduation
- Gaining valuable skills needed by employers
- Showcasing real experience on resumes
To participate in the program, either:
- the student position needs to have a biotechnology focus
- the employer needs to have a biotechnology or healthcare focus (with an overlap with the bio-economy).
Please note: international students are not eligible.
Students from all programs (STEM, healthcare, business, etc.) from any postsecondary institutions across Canada can take part in BioTalent Canada’s Student Work Placement Program. They can get placed with a biotechnology or a healthcare organization (with an overlap into the bio-economy) who is creating a work-integrated learning opportunities and who meets the program criteria.
To qualify for the program, either:
- the student position needs to have a biotechnology or healthcare focus (with an overlap with the bio-economy) or
- the employer needs to have a biotechnology or healthcare focus (with an overlap with the bio-economy).
To participate in a student work placement, you 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;
- be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person with refugee protection given under the law;
- be legally able to work in Canada according to the laws and regulations of the province or territory where you live.
BioTalent Canada assumes no legal responsibility towards applicants or companies seeking paid internships.
Please note, employers apply to the program. For employer application information please visit BioTalent.ca/co-opfunds.
If you are interested in applying to a work placement or if you want to find out more about this program, we can answer all your questions. Please contact Colleen at 1-866-243-2472, ext. 218 or [email protected].
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Funded in part by the Government of Canada’s Student Work Placement Program. 
