Riipen Level UP
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Eligibility & Details
What this program funds and who can apply
Program Description
Free access to student talent for Canadian businesses and non-profits: post-secondary students complete a 60-hour remote or hybrid project over 2-8 weeks and are paid a $1,400 stipend directly by Riipen, funded by the Government of Canada's Innovative Work-Integrated Learning (I-WIL) Initiatives program. The employer pays nothing and receives no funding.
Eligibility Requirements
- Employer must be a registered Canadian business or non-profit
- Government bodies, partisan political organizations, and publicly funded post-secondary institutions are excluded as employers
- Project must be scoped to 60 hours of student work over a 2-8 week timeline
- Student must be currently registered at a Canadian post-secondary institution (no age limit)
- Student must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or a person to whom refugee protection has been conferred
- Student must be legally entitled to work in Canada
Quick Assessment
Funding Details
- Amount
- No cash to the employer — a fully funded 60-hour student project; the student is paid a $1,400 stipend directly by Riipen
- Type
- Program
- Level
- Federal
- Deadline
- Cohort-based: projects run May 25-Jul 3 2026, Jul 20-Sep 11 2026, Oct 26-Dec 18 2026, and Jan 25-Mar 19 2027
Program Scorecard
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How to Win
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Insider TipTreat this as free project capacity, not funding — no money reaches your business. Scope the work to genuinely fit 60 hours and apply to a specific cohort before it fills; each student can only do one Level UP project per funding year, so returning students are not available.
Application Playbook
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Deadline Notes
Level UP runs in fixed cohorts, not continuously. 2026/2027 funding-year open cohorts: May 2026 (May 25 - Jul 3), July 2026 (Jul 20 - Sep 11), October 2026 (Oct 26 - Dec 18), January 2027 (Jan 25 - Mar 19). Students and employers must apply to each cohort separately; dates and cohort availability are subject to change.
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Funding Stack Strategy
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Clawback Risk
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