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Faculty members and staff who provide co-op work terms can now apply for a new student wage subsidy of $7,500. The subsidy is available to faculty and staff who hired Science co-op students during the fall term or plan to hire during the winter semester.

To access the 75 percent subsidy:

1. If you hired a Fall 2020 co-op student or wish to employ a winter co-op student, please notify SCCE at hiresci@mcmaster.ca that you wish to apply for the subsidy.
2. SCCE will submit the funding application on behalf of faculty and staff and work through the process together.
3. SCCE will support your co-op student through the funding application.
4. You and your student will complete a work-term evaluation for ICTC.
5. You pay your student as usual. We will submit the paperwork to secure the wage subsidy at the end of the work-term and will ensure you receive the wage subsidy at the end of the work-term.

Please note

1. Faculty and staff may apply for funding to hire multiple students. However, each student position may be funded by only one Student Work Placement Program.
2. Students must be enrolled full-time and must be Canadian, Permanent Resident or have Refugee Status to be eligible.
3. ICTC has waived their ‘net new’* requirement to March 31, 2021.
4. Find out more about ICTC and the WIL Digital program here.
5. Contact Science Career & Cooperative Education to find out more about the subsidy.