The Center for World Class Universities in Shanghai has released their 10th annual global university ranking. Â Several Canadian universities have been ranked amongst the top 200 post secondary institutions over a range of disciplines and categories. These rankings have shown significant improvement in the performance of Canadian Universities, more notably in the Engineering/Technology and Computer…
The Cultural Strategic Investment Fund provides business funding grants to arts, cultural industries, heritage, public library organizations and public libraries who undertake eligible cultural projects. Ontario Government Funding Program This grant funding for business supports projects that are strategic, benefit the culture sector and are innovative. Through this initiative, we will be directly helping to…
VentureStart is a program designed for entrepreneurs that are prepared to launch a new venture and are located in Southern Ontario. The business funding grants program is offered by MaRS, one of the Ontario Regional Innovation Centres (RIC) and has been designed to increase the success rate of start-up ventures. This is accomplished by business launch…
The MITACS Enterprise business funding grants program provides support to small businesses through 6-month internships involving Bachelor, Masters, or Ph.D graduates, as well as Masters or Ph.D students in the science, technical, engineering and math (STEM) fields of study. MITACS will facilitate the following: Match qualified interns with SMEs Deliver business and management training Facilitate…
The Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) offers small business funding grants for community-based projects throughout all of Canada. These projects must improve accessibility, remove barriers, and allow Canadians with disabilities to participate in and contribute to their communities. Government Funding for Small Business Details This Canadian grant funding for business program offers up to $50,000 in…
The highly successful ICTC Career Focus program offers business funding grants for eligible companies to hire a recent graduate. As mentioned in the Upcoming Grants for Small Business in Ontario blog, this program subsidizes wages of new graduates who will be hired to specialize in IT, business development, or online marketing work within the applying…
Recently, the Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act was passed. This Act has made the Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF) permanent and has created the Southwestern Ontario Development Fund (SWODF). These regional development funds for southwestern and eastern Ontario will soon be open and accepting proposals to help support local companies and help generate local…
MaRS, one of Ontario’s Regional Innovation Centres (RIC), is hosting an entrepreneurship workshop every Wednesday from September 26th, 2012 to May 15th, 2013. It is a non-credit, complimentary introductory course about entrepreneurship. Over these 30 weeks, Entrepreneurship 101 will take you through all the steps of building a successful business. It serves people who are…
The Graduate Enterprise Internship is a program offered by FedDev Ontario. This hiring grant funding for business program helps fund internships for small and medium sized businesses. This is done through select post-secondary institutions that are searching for SMEs who can take on STEM interns for a 6-month period. Eligible institutions include: Ryerson University University…
Currently, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is not accepting applications to their highly successful Rural Economic Development (RED) program. This popular grant funding for business program focused on the food and agriculture sectors in Ontario families and rural economies. Small Business Government Grants Overview This Ontario government funding program was created…