Please help me out

Are MITACS funds awarded to interns taxable? I'm a recent grad (recent grads can do a max of 3 units within 2 yr of their graduation) and am being offered 3 units, and I'm trying to decide whether to take them. I'm very interested in the research, but due to visa constraints, life would be easier if I received a T4 rather than a T4A and could claim MITACS as employment for 1 year.

Based in Alberta, Canada