Ontario Centre of Excellence Voucher for Innovation and Productivity

Ontario Centre of Excellence Voucher for Innovation and Productivity

The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) is now offering the OCE Collaboration Voucher Program in order to connect Ontario small and medium-sized businesses with research institutions that may help them overcome obstacles to improve productivity, performance and competitiveness. Post-secondary collaboration credit offered through the OCE’s Voucher Program are not Ontario small business grants, but rather…

4 Tips to Overcome Growing Pains and Successfully Expand Your Small Business

4 Tips to Overcome Growing Pains and Successfully Expand Your Small Business

Business growth doesn’t just happen – it takes a great deal of work.   Growing a small business requires proper planning, cash flow management and funding.  Leveraging government small business grants and loans can actually help businesses avoid running into any of these potential obstacles to successful business growth.   Here are 4 tips for business…

Growing Forward 2 Ontario – Organizations and Collaborations – Project Implementation – FAQ

Growing Forward 2 Ontario – Organizations and Collaborations – Project Implementation – FAQ

Growing Forward 2 Ontario government funding is a joint program funded by the Canadian federal and provincial government for Ontario agriculture industries.  The aim of the program is to support the growth and development of agriculture and agriculture industries in Ontario through business grants Ontario programs. What Not-for-profit and Small Business Grants and Loans Programs…

HRSDC Career Focus Canadian Business Grants for Hiring

HRSDC Career Focus Canadian Business Grants for Hiring

Mentor Works first mentioned the HRSDC Career Focus Program in an HRSDC Overview blog mid-May of 2013. Since then we have witnessed considerable success with this program. The Career Focus program provided by Human Resources and Skill Development Canada (HRSDC) has been updated and is now administered by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). HRSDC Offers up…

The Smart Grid Fund Ontario Small Business Grants

The Smart Grid Fund Ontario Small Business Grants

The Ontario Government has re-opened calls for applications for the Smart Grid Fund as of July 2013.  The fund was originally introduced in 2009.  $50 million had originally been slated to allocate to successful applicants through the Ontario business grants program, however to date less than a third of the fund’s total amount have been…

Growing Forward 2 Ontario Business Grants & Loans – Processors – Capacity Building – FAQ

Growing Forward 2 Ontario Business Grants & Loans – Processors – Capacity Building – FAQ

Growing Forward 2 is a program jointly funded by the Canadian federal and Ontario provincial government to support the growth and development of agriculture and agriculture industries in Canada and Ontario.  What Ontario Business Grants and Loans Programs are offered by Growing Forward 2?  Growing Forward 2 offers the following programs through the federal government:…

Ontario Centres of Excellence: The Collaboration Voucher Program

Ontario Centres of Excellence: The Collaboration Voucher Program

The Collaboration Voucher Program is a research collaboration program delivered on behalf of the Province of Ontario by Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE). Focus of Ontario Government Funding for Business, Associations & Groups The aim of the program is to help Ontario companies improve productivity, performance and competitiveness by linking them with reputable Ontario research…

Growing Forward 2 Ontario for Processors: Capacity Building Project Eligibility

Growing Forward 2 Ontario for Processors: Capacity Building Project Eligibility

Growing Forward 2 Ontario, a joint federal-provincial cost-sharing program to support agriculture and its associated industries, has government of Ontario business grants funding available for Processors in Ontario. The 5-year program offers funding to new and existing Processors. Existing processors are eligible if they are working in the processing, modification, and/or transformation of agricultural commodities, food,…

Mentor Works & Global EMC: Seminar on High-Tech Business Funding Grants

Mentor Works Ltd. will be co-hosting a workshop in conjunction with Global EMC Inc., dedicated to Ontario businesses in the high-tech and medical sectors. The half-day event will provide an interactive platform for attendees to match their strategic initiatives to available Federal and Ontario government funding programs. Canadian Government Funding Workshop Details Mentor Works Ltd….

Maximize your R&D Budget with Mitacs-Accelerate Research and Development Funding

Maximize your R&D Budget with Mitacs-Accelerate Research and Development Funding

Dane Svenson, Mitacs Communications Coordinator Canadian companies looking to maximize their research and development budget should look no further than the Mitacs-Accelerate program. Mitacs Funding for Research and Development & Product Development Mitacs is a non-profit organization that connects businesses with academic researchers from universities across Canada.  Thousands of companies have benefited from tapping the…