BioTalent s Student Work Placement Program; SWPP

The UBC Science Co-op Program is hosting a Bio Talent 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.

Amount: Bio Talent 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 (women in STEM, Indigenous students, persons with disabilities, members of a visible minority, and newcomers).

• Projects 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 and 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 full-time or part-time students at a Canadian post-secondary institution, including undergraduate, master's, PhD, or postgraduate students; and be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person with refugee protection under the law. International students are not eligible.