Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (AVIN): Tests on City Streets
The City of Hamilton is expected to receive up to $10M in funding for autonomous vehicle road testing in 2020.
ENCQOR 5G SME Technology Development Program: Funding for 5G Collaborative Projects
ENCQOR 5G SME Technology Development Program: Up to $500k for Ontario SME partnerships with ENCQOR 5G Anchor Firms on 5G technology development projects.
Hold on to Your Marketing Team: New Research on AI and Marketing
The latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI) are influencing almost all aspects of business operations – including marketing.
Will the Robots Take Over? A History of Automation
Looking at past innovations in automation and artificial intelligence in order to better understand where we might be headed. Read more.
Advancing R&D in Ontario: NRC Manufacturing and Automotive Innovation Hub
The National Research Council (NRC) of Canada’s focus is to assist Canadian manufacturers in adapting to advanced manufacturing – including mass customization, process industrialization, and factory automation to increase the productivity and competitiveness of various sectors of Canadian industry. To address these opportunities for advancement, there is a high-tech space for Canadian SMEs to further…
Canadian Government Funding Landscape: A Wrap on 2019 and Insights on 2020
Well, whether we’re thrilled about it or not, we’ve officially put 2019 behind us and have welcomed 2020! As Canadians prepare for the year ahead, many businesses plan to undergo a similar jumpstart. Companies and governments operate on cycles that change throughout the year. These organizations tend to prepare and/or focus on annual budgets while…
$1.18M Awarded to BC Company from SD Tech Fund
A Vancouver, BC company has received $1,181,944 in Canadian government funding to develop and scale up production of advanced battery materials. Nano One Materials Corp. received cleantech funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC or SD Tech), for a project that will provide battery technology for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage. This recent installment…
Industrial Research Assistance Program: Three Firms Get $5.6M for Advanced Tech
Three companies in the Greater Toronto Area have in total received $5.6M in research and development funding from the National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP). The research and development projects of the three firms are some of the first to benefit from the federal government’s Budget 2018 investment of $700M over five…
NGen Manufacturing Program: Receive up to $250k Via the Pilot Project Stream
Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) is an industry-led, non-profit organization dedicated to building next generation manufacturing capabilities. It is one of five “superclusters” created from Canada’s Innovation Superclusters Initiative and maintains a pool of funding to award to competitive member-based projects. This pool of funding created the NGen Manufacturing Program, which seeks competitive proposals for…
SCALE.AI Supercluster Awards Up to $2M for Supply Chain Projects
As of 2018, SCALE.AI has been one of five business-led superclusters as part of Canada’s Innovative Superclusters Initiative. SCALE.AI (Supply Chains and Logistics Excellence AI), based out of Quebec, specifically focuses on strengthening Canada’s leadership in artificial intelligence, and accelerating industry adoption of enabling technologies through collaborative and incremental projects. In summer of this year,…