The Ontario Centres of Excellence and the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation have recently partnered with the Mining sector and NSERC to provide $2 million in Canadian Government funding for university and industry based transformative research & development projects in productivity, energy, water and waste related to Ontario’s Mining Industry and its Value Chain….
In an effort to stimulate economic growth in developing countries, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada have created the Investment Cooperation Program (INC) as part of Canadas Official Development Assistance spending initiative. Depending on the activity, eligible firms can receive 50%-75% of cost-sharing up to $955,000 in Canadian government grants to support to Canadian firms…
The Health Technology Exchange (HTX) supports both emerging and established Ontario-based companies to develop, produce, and commercialize innovative market-leading Medical and Assistive Technologies (MATs). They offer support services and government funding for small business, providing organizations with consulting personnel in areas related to regulatory affairs, clinical evaluations, marketing, marketing intelligence, and grant funding for business….
In recent news, the University of Guelph was given $14 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Gary Goodyear, Minister of State, and Suzanne Fortier, NSERC President, announced this in Toronto. This research and development funding will go towards research ranging from rare isotopes to the workings of the human…
York Region, ventureLAB, Richmond Hill, Ontario Centre of Excellence are helping to support the MedEdge Summit in the York Region. At the MedEdge Summit, delegates can expect to see over 200 industry professionals attending, as well as dozens of speakers. They will gain insight into the complex technology industry as the summit acts as a…
This past week, the Canadian Government announced the continuation of their support to the MITACS Funding Organization and their business funding grants for research and development. The MITACS organization will receive approximately $8.75M over the next two years in support of their globalization and expansion funding for small business. These programs look to incorporate academic…
The Traceability Foundations Initiative (TFI) Intake 2 is a three-year Federal and Provincial funding program. This initiative provides small business funding grants to support up to 75 percent of the projects eligible expenses, up to a maximum of $5 million per eligible project. This government funding for business is cost shared and is for funding…
Several Canadian Government funding organizations exist to help various business sectors, such as the previously mentioned FedDev Ontario, that supports Southern Ontarios economy. Another organization available to help small businesses is FedNor, which provides Canadian funding for business sectors in Northern Ontario. The Northern Ontario Development Program provides small business funding grants for the adoption…
The National Research Councils Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) has been one of the most prolific Canadian Government Funding Organizations with regards to their support of technological innovations within Canadas Industries. As mentioned in our previous articles on the Changes to the 2012 Federal Budget; IRAP has been given approximately $110 Million to be allocated…
The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) is currently awaiting approval for another round of business funding grants for their highly successful ICTC Career Focus program. As mentioned in the Upcoming Grants for Small Business in Ontario blog, this program subsidizes wages for new graduates relating to IT work. The types of tasks the graduate…