Last November, the McGuinty Government proposed the introduction of several new grants for small business in Ontario to promote job creation and economic prosperity. So far, they have released several small business funding grants including the Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF) and Ontario-China Research Innovation Fund (OCRIF). With the relative success of these programs, the…
Those of you familiar with the CME Smart grant for capital expenditures have probably noticed a note on their online application login page. This note refers to the impending change to CME Smart, which will now be called CME SMART Prosperity Now. The Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) have recently received a new round of…
The Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has paired up with the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) to provide government funding for businesses who are interested in a research internship program involving hiring a PhD graduate. The Industrial Research and Development Fellowship (IRDF) program requires a two year internship program for a…
The Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) provides government funding for research and development through the promotion of their NSERC Engage Program.The Canadian government provides funds up to $25,000 for 6 months of research and development that is to be carried out by a Canadian University. NSERC Engage grants are intended to…
IMPORTANT: This blog is out of date. Please view our Top Funding Programs for Hiring in 2013 Small businesses in Canada have a wide variety of Canadian government grants for hiring new employees to increase their talent pool. We have chosen the top five readily accessible hiring grants for small businessa across all areas…
The Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDC) in Ontario is a program, funded by the Government of Canada (often by FedDev) to help SME’s in rural Ontario to expand and stabilize their business in order to maintain or create jobs. The CFDC has established itself as a popular and successful funding program, with over 170 success…
The ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative is a new program and in the FedDev 2011 budget, the Next Phase of Canada’s Economic Action Plan. They received $97 million for a thorough suite of R&D and demostrating projects. The focus of the program is to encourage the production of technology that uses energy in a more clean and…
Ryerson University has just recently been approved to administer the FedDev program called Graduate Enterprise Internship. To support Southern Ontario business funding, the details have been summarized for this new hiring program as the Graduate Enterprise Internship. iSTEM Program This is intrapreneurship for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math graduates and has gained the term of…
To provide a more productive, diversified and competitive economy in Southern Ontario, FEDDEV Ontario has allocated $210 million to this new program called the Prosperity Initiative
Announced in Waterloo on Sept. 25th, FedDev Ontario has launched the Graduate Enterprise Internship, an $80M initiative, a new hiring funding program for science, technical, engineering and math graduates and undergraduates to support mentorship and development with local SMEs in Southern Ontario. The program will support up to $15,000 of the costs of a six-month internship for someone who is…