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

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 collaborative efforts to improve AI adoption and AI-based product commercialization.

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

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

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 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 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 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 supports small- or medium-sized organizations in Alberta promoting Alberta exports.

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.

The Student Work Placement program brings together employers, students, and post-secondary school stakeholders to create quality work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities. The student can be from any program of study, and there no restriction on the type of position.

TOP brings together employers, students, and post-secondary school stakeholders to create quality work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities. The student can be from any program of study in a Canadian college or university, and there are no restrictions on the type of position.

Technation’s wage subsidy program, Career Ready, supports businesses providing a wage subsidy for a student work-term placement. Technation supports any tech-immersive roles, and you don’t need to be a tech company to promote tech skills development.

The program provides SMEs with wage subsidies to hire young (age 15-30) post-secondary graduates in a position within a digital field.

This program offers subsidies to employers who create work opportunities for students. WIL Digital creates industry-education partnerships and explores innovative work- integrated learning models

The Level UP program (powered by Riipen) allows employers to bring on Canadian post-secondary students for 80-hour paid STEM projects.

The tax credit is applied for along with corporate taxes. For any prior year tax credits that were not applied for, an amendment can be requested within 3 years of the initial assessment. This program applies to students that are hired in a co-op program from an Ontario university/college.

This program helps employers finance training for current and future employees, in hopes to increase Alberta’s labour force through skill development. Through this program, the employer applies on behalf of their employee(s) for eligible training costs.

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.

Canada Summer Jobs is an initiative of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy, which aims to help all young Canadians develop the skills and gain paid work experience to successfully transition into the labour market.

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.

ICTC’s Youth Dividend program connects Canadian employers with university and college graduates between 18-30 years old. These recent graduates will receive training and meaningful work experience to help transition to full-time employment.

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 was created to assist Alberta small- or medium-sized businesses commercialize innovative technologies. The program financially supports employees with expertise
in commercializing new technologies.

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 People & Talent Program is designed to attract, retain and develop Northern Ontario’s workforce by supporting the hire of new interns.

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.

The goal of this program is to help Alberta small- or medium-sized businesses hire a service provider to assist in building a strategic approach to enter global markets.

This program is aimed to support Canadian businesses open in new markets, close international sales, secure investments, and connect with new partners.

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

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 funding provides loans to Canadian small businesses. This program is delivered and approved by financial institutions, and then they will register the loan with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.

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

The Technology Assessment Program connects SME’s manufacturers in southern Ontario with qualified experts to get customized technology assessments.

This program supports business in Manitoba expand or relocate within the province.

OCI supports early-stage companies that are raising pre-seed and seed investments.

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

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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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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The Canada Ontario Job Grant or COJG program helps employers invest in training for current and future employees, in hopes to increase Ontario’s labour force through skill development. Through this program, the employer applies on behalf of their employee(s) for eligible training costs.

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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.