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United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) NAFTA 2.0

How to Embrace USMCA with Canadian Government Funding

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) offers many opportunities as well as some challenges for Canadian businesses. If ratified, the new agreement-in-principle will take effect on January 1, 2020 and significantly impact supply chain management, predominantly in the dairy, poultry, and automotive sectors. While there are many businesses across Canada that are concerned about these changes,…

Canadian Government Funding IRAP and SR&ED Innovation Requirements for Research Funding

IRAP and SR&ED: Innovation Requirements for Research Funding

When performing research projects that involve technical risk or uncertainty, Canadian innovators should use government funding programs. These offset project costs and reduce risk, making exploratory innovations more achievable for SMEs. To innovate as efficiently as possible, companies should be aware of how incentives such as the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) and the Scientific…

Atlantic Innovation Fund Industrial Research Assistance Program Government Funding Programs for Businesses in Atlantic Canada

$4.4M in Canadian Government Funding Supports Bioscience Technology

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island-based biotechnology firm Somru BioScience has recently received a combination of grants and loans from Canadian government funding programs. This support will allow the company to accelerate research and development activities, provide comprehensive and innovative bioanalytical solutions, and create long term economic growth in Atlantic Canada. Somru BioScience is receiving a total…

Canadian Government Funding Terminology for Small Business

Government Funding Terminology for Programs, Applicants, and Projects

Canadian government funding programs often use terminology that is difficult for applicants to understand. These terms may be uncommon, but they are significant and important to comprehend when it comes to developing competitive government funding applications. Applicants should have a basis to understand government funding programs, including the terminology used to talk about types of…

NRC IRAP ARP Funding Awarded to E3 Metals

E3 Metals Receives $40,000 in IRAP Funding for Mining Innovation

E3 Metals Corporation is a Calgary, Alberta-based mining company with specialties in lithium and other mineral exploration and development. Since being founded in 2017, E3 Metals has secured the rights to mine 580,000 hectares of lithium-rich land in Alberta. To locate and extract this lithium, the company studies over 60 years of data from oil…

Canadian Budget 2018 Impacts on Business Innovation Funding

Budget 2018 Streamlines Funding Programs for Business Innovation

The Canadian Federal Budget 2018 was released last week to much interest from business leaders and industry analysts. This year, innovation was again a top priority of the federal government, highlighted by the increase in funding support for several research and development funds. Unlike the previous two Liberal budgets, however, there will be considerable changes…

Clean Energy Innovation Funding for Clean Technology Innovators

Clean Energy Innovation Program Awards $2.6M to Carbon Capture Project

Inventys is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based firm that develops clean energy technologies. Recently, the company researched and developed an innovative method for capturing post-combustion carbon dioxide from industrial, natural gas and coal power plants. This technology, known better as the VeloxoTherm process, uses structured adsorbents to separate carbon dioxide from other flue gasses. Carbon dioxide…

Circular Economy: Reducing Ontario’s Food & Commercial Waste

Addressing Food and Commercial Waste Practices in Ontario

Waste has been a growing concern across Ontario for over 40 years. Despite the desire to reduce our garbage output, Ontarian’s generate over 12 million tonnes of food and commercial waste per year. To mitigate this issue, the government has focused its efforts on “waste diversion”, which helps prevent waste from ending up in landfills…

Canadian Government Funding Supports VR Technology

Atlantic Canada Funding Supports New VR Technology

Sculpin QA has been awarded nearly $900,000 in small business grants and loans to enhance VR technology by developing new tabletop games. The company has strategically leveraged a mix of federal and provincial funding, which will be used to hire additional support staff to develop, test, and market its newest gaming software. The contribution will…

Canadian Government Funding Supports EarthFresh Farms

Canadian Government Funding Aids Agricultural Research Project

The Government of Canada is providing up to $237,000 in small business grants to help EarthFresh Farms improve production and expand their workforce in Burlington, Ontario. The investment will allow the company to optimize product output and reduce food waste by identifying defects in Ontario-grown potatoes. In addition, EarthFresh Farms will hire youths to support…