Note: You must be invited into an Advance Ontario cohort to complete a project. If you haven't already, we encourage you to visit our website to submit your application or submit your interest for an upcoming cohort. Learn more here: Advance Ontario Student Application Process.
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This article is for successful candidates who have received and accepted an invitation to join one of our Advance Ontario cohorts. It also assumes that you have completed the steps outlined in 'Getting Started with Advance Ontario: Students’ and ‘Applying to Advance Ontario Projects’.
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Congratulations on starting your project!

If you forgot a step and your team state is “incomplete”, visit: Team States for more information.

Students must follow milestones and deadlines throughout the project to avoid an “incomplete” team state.

Students are required to log their 60 hours of work using the worklog feature. Your submissions may not exceed 30 hours per week or 10 hours per day.

Both employers and students are encouraged to use the messaging feature on Riipen for seamless communication during the project.

Once your final submission deadline approaches, and you've completed your project, including logging your work hours, it's time to hit "submit" and upload your final submission. You can only do this if your team is in an active state.

This submission must include three things:

1. A reflection note on your project work. How did it go? What did you learn?

2. Upload your deliverables with original work. These need to reflect your 60 hours of work and must be in line with the project scope.

3. Your 60 hours tracked in Riipen's worklog feature

Once the submission has been made, the student will be notified to complete an exit survey.

Advance Ontario operates on a 21 business day payout period for students completing Advance Ontario projects. Payment will be reviewed by the Advance Ontario team once the employer provides feedback on a project submission and the student exit survey has been received.

Students: We have updated our payment process. You can read about it here.

Employers: After the project concludes, you'll be asked to complete an exit survey, reflect on the student's work, and give feedback directly on Riipen. This feedback is crucial for processing your student(s) payment(s) promptly. You can provide feedback on the team page on Riipen, located on the Overview tab, below their final submission. Please confirm the completion and approval of the student's final deliverables.

If five weeks pass without feedback from the Advance Ontario employer, the Riipen Advance Ontario team will contact the employer. If there's no response, the Advance Ontario team will review your final deliverable on behalf of the employer, potentially causing a delay in payment.