Innovation

The Digital Supercluster offers programs that help fund collaborative projects among its members that build world class digital technologies.

This program supports Canadian companies in their efforts to develop and demonstrate new environmental technologies that address climate change, clean air, clean water, and clean soil.

The Strategic Innovation Fund supports businesses with large projects in innovation efforts that have commercialization potential. This stream focuses on R&D that will accelerate technology transfer and commercialization of innovative products, processes, and services.

The Strategic Innovation Fund supports businesses with large projects in innovation efforts that have commercialization potential. This stream supports expansion or material improvement of existing industrial/technological facilities or projects .

The Strategic Innovation Fund supports businesses with large projects in innovation efforts that have commercialization potential. This stream supports new investment in Canadian industrial/ technological facilities.

The Strategic Innovation Fund supports businesses with large projects in innovation efforts that have commercialization potential. This stream supports research and large-scale technology demonstrations.

The Strategic Innovation Fund supports businesses with large projects in innovation efforts that have commercialization potential. This stream supports innovation that will highly impact Canadian ecosystems.

NGen’s goal is to strengthen collaboration between manufacturers and technology companies to accelerate the development, adoption and scale-up of transformative capabilities in Canadian manufacturing. This program focuses on helping small- or medium-sized businesses scale-up plans for implementation, prepare technologies for production, and de-risk technology adoption.

NGen’s goal is to strengthen collaboration between manufacturers and technology companies to accelerate the development, adoption and scale-up of transformative capabilities in Canadian manufacturing. This program focuses on collaborative transformative manufacturing and technology projects that will strengthen Canada’s advanced manufacturing sector.

This program is aimed to support the growth of Alberta’s agricultural industries by supporting the development of new products and/or processes, commercialization of products in new markets, and expansion into local, domestic, and international markets.

This program is aimed to support collaborative efforts to improve AI adoption and AI-based product commercialization.

This program supports projects that aim to accelerate the demonstration, commercialization, or adoption of innovative products, technologies, processes or services that increase Canada’s agricultural sector’s competitiveness and sustainability.

This program aims to increase innovation by providing funding and support for pre-commercial research and development activities in the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector.

The goal of this program is to support projects that aim to develop innovative technologies, tools and platforms that accelerate or facilitate the drug discovery/development process.

This program has rotating challenges that call for projects to conduct research and development and testing of prototypes in real-life settings.

This program aims to assist dairy processors in adapting to market changes resulting from the Canadian-European Union’s economic trade agreement.

This program aims to encourage growth and innovation in the manufacturing and use of Canadian dairy products and ingredients.

This program supports projects that aim to de-risk feasible technological solutions, support emerging technologies and increase the development and implementation of innovative technology products that can generate economic, social, and environmental benefit for Albertans.

This program is aimed to help promising businesses in Alberta accelerate their new product technology development.

This program provides funding to businesses to enable them to hire a research and development professional to advance their technology in order to accelerate commercialization.

This program provides funding to businesses to enable them to hire a commercialization professional to advance their business readiness level and accelerate commercialization.

This program supports Alberta health-tech companies in advancing commercial progression and breaking into new markets.

This program encourages the development, adaption, and deployment of innovative clean technologies. Focus is placed on activities that can reduce environmental impacts, support Alberta’s energy transition, generate clean tech jobs, and increase participate in future energy systems.

This program consists of three sub-programs aimed to add value to hydrocarbon resources that will contribute to Alberta’s prosperity in a low carbon, global economy.

The aim of this program is to ensure the sustainability of natural resource development operations and practices. This program includes sub-programs related to environmental monitoring, oil sands tailings remediation and restoration, climate adaptation, and a new initiative on abandoned well reclamation.

This program supports projects that focus on piloting and demonstrating new and innovative technologies related to labour-saving technologies or practices, waste reduction, and/or increased efficiency.

This program has a focus on electricity generation and grid modernization to support renewable and alternative energy development systems.

This program supports projects that include the development and innovation of geospatial technology products.

This program supports projects that are aimed to help modernize Ontario’s automotive supply chain and increase competition.

This program helps connect the Provincial Government to Saskatchewan technology-based companies whose products may improve Government service delivery.

This program supports Ontario businesses to use the CENGN testbed to further develop proof-of-concept or demonstrations that could lead to new technologies, products, or services.

This program is aimed to bring together organizations from all sectors to develop and commercialize globally-relevant ocean solutions.

This program supports high-growth, innovative small- or medium-sized organizations to increase their growth and innovation. Activities include late-stage commercialization; development or implementation of new technologies, products, services, or processes; and new applications/markets.

This program supports projects that will accelerate innovation and the competitiveness of the plant protein sector. 

This program supports projects that will help position Newfoundland and Labrador globally as a preferred location for oil and gas development.

This program funds collaborative innovation efforts between Ontario businesses and post-secondary institutions. These projects should generate economic benefits for Ontario’s businesses in a short-term time frame.

This program is aimed to help small- or medium-sized Quebec businesses improve performance by implementing AI technologies into their processes.

This program provides support for projects that test the technical or commercial viability of innovative, energy-saving, or power demand optimization measures.

This program supports the validation, testing, demonstration, and prototyping of mobility products and services to be reliable in severe winter weather conditions.

This program provides funding to collaborative projects that develop and demonstrate technologies in the Connected and Autonomous Vehicle sector.

This program provides funding to projects that develop and demonstrate technologies in the Connected and Autonomous Vehicle sector.

This program provides funding for collaborative technology development projects to develop, integrate, test, or validate pre-commercial technologies in response to one of the Challenge Statements.

This program provides funding for businesses that need to hire highly qualified personnel for development or commercialization purposes to help Canadian Geospatial technology companies achieve commercial success. The Focus is on projects that can create jobs, contribute to company growth, and diversify the economy.

This program aims to connect top-ranked research talent (post docs and masters students) with industrial partners in efforts to the company’s research challenges. Internships must be 4 months at minimum and can be scaled up as needed.

This program is designed to give innovative companies that operate from a Canadian base access to the knowledge, expertise and capabilities available at Canadian universities and colleges. These grants are intended to foster the development of new research partnerships by supporting short-term research and development projects aimed at addressing a company-specific problem.

This program will support productivity, innovation, business competitiveness, revenue growth, export capacity development, job creation and retention.

This program provides funding to businesses to enable them to hire a research and development professional to advance their technology in order to accelerate commercialization.

The TalentEdge Internship Program (TIP) stream of the AVIN program provides support for current college and university students and recent undergraduate or master’s graduates, to work on research and development projects related to Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (C/AV) technologies.

This program provides support for current college and university students and recent graduates, to work on research and development projects related to 5G, wireless and digital technologies at Ontario-based SMEs.

This program supports business efforts to adopt/ adapt new, innovative technologies to help accelerate growth. The program hopes to assist in scale-up or expansion, commercialization of new technologies, adaption or adoption of leading-edge technologies, and market diversification.

This program offers support to businesses and community economic development projects for economic development in Southwestern Ontario.

This program helps agri-processors and industry service providers expand or maintain their existing market presence.

This program provides support for applied research, capacity building and knowledge transfer projects that advance the growth and sustainability of the agriculture industry by accelerating innovation.

This program supports projects which aim to demonstrate and commercialize new and innovative technologies.

The focus of this program is to invest in innovative technologies that will contribute to a more diversified, higher value product mix in the forest sector.

Finance your R&D efforts through the Scientific Research and Experimental Development or SRED tax credits – the largest federal program that supports R&D in Canada.

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BSP supports high-growth businesses that are scaling up and producing innovative goods, services or technologies. It offers interest-free, repayable funding to incorporated businesses.

IRAP supports the innovation efforts of small and medium-sized Canadian enterprises with projects that strive to solve internal challenges that lead to new products, enhanced productivity, or competitive advantages. This can include market assessment, technology validation, R&D technology development.

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This program supports projects that address emerging issues in the agricultural industry and capitalize on opportunities.

This program focuses on collaborative projects that will accelerate the development/ adoption of innovative solutions to industry challenges and advance opportunities to increase competition and sustainability.

This program aims to support projects that contribute to the growth and development of Alberta’s value-added agriculture sector.

This program supports projects with a focus on building the agricultural industry’s capacity to recognize and manage their own risks and take advantage of market opportunities by conducting food safety and traceability applied research, pilots, and demonstrations.

This program provides support for projects that aim to significantly increase product export sales.

This program supports producers in protecting their businesses by encouraging adoption of best management practices in farm security.

Sponsored by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED). This program helps SMEs take advantage of e-commerce opportunities. Covers costs related to adopting digital technologies to stay competitive and achieve their business goals.

The Strategic Innovation Fund supports businesses with large projects in innovation efforts that have commercialization potential. This stream focuses on R&D that will accelerate technology transfer and commercialization of innovative products, processes, and services.

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Find your gateway to international success by applying to the CanExport Program. This is designed to help Canadian businesses reach their full potential by expanding into new markets around the world. With our funding and support, you can take your business to the next level and tap into the global market.

This program supports small to medium-sized businesses collaborating with foreign partners in R&D efforts to develop, validate, or adapt technologies for commercialization.

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This program supports small- or medium-sized businesses in introducing their product/service to new international markets.