Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund – Ontario Government Funding

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The Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund supports the collaboration between qualified venture capital funds and other private investors into companies working towards: Clean technologies Digital media and information and communications technologies Life sciences and advanced health technologies This discretionary Ontario government funding program is accepting investments made alongside qualified co-investors. Any companies interested in investment must…

SolarLiving Show: Transfer Your Business to Clean Energy

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The SolarLiving Show looks to provide expert advice and support for businesses that are considering the possibility of integrating clean energy systems into their facilities and operations. Recently, Canadian Government Grants for Research and Development have led to new developments by the University of Toronto in solar cell technologies.  These breakthroughs promise to improve efficiencies…

ICTC Career Focus Program

ICTC Career Focus Program

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This grant funding for business subsidizes wages for graduates relating to IT work. The types of tasks the graduate would perform may include search engine optimization (SEO), software development, database creation and maintenance, building content and link building strategies. ICTC Career Focus: Changes to this Ontario Government Funding Program ICTC Career Focus has undergone a…

Broader Public Sector Investment Fund Submissions Due by July 2012

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The Broader Public Sector Investment Funds initiative aims to increase the amount of Ontario foods purchased through municipal, university, school and hospital food services. This Canadian government funding program will encourage these institutions, Ontario producers and partners along the public sector food service value chain to be more creative, resourceful and ambitious in order to…

PrimeVert Grant Funding for Environmental Conservation

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PrimeVert is a Canadian government funding program that fosters and integrates support activities for farming clients through specialized consulting services. These business funding grants support the adoption of the best agri-environmental practices and is aimed at increasing the introduction of technology and practices conductive to resource conservation, environmental protection, less invasive operations and reduction or…

OCE-CEMI-NSERC Mining Manufacturing Funding Application Due Dates

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As mentioned in June’s blog, the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) and the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation have partnered with the Mining sector and NSERC to provide $2 million in Canadian Government funding for university- and industry-based transformative research & development projectsin productivity, energy, water and waste related to Ontario’s Mining Industry and…

Mentor Works Canadian Government Funding Newsletter

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Mentor Works offers a variety of free resources for Canadian small businesses to help navigate the vast amount of Canadian government funding programs offered to SMEs throughout the country. We have provided this type of specialized business support service to accelerate the growth of hundreds of Canadian companies. Mentor Works posts updates on various grants,…

Bridging the Gap: Ontario Health & Safety Grant September Call for Proposals

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The Research Advisory Council (RAC) has issued a Call for Research for short-term research and application development projects. The Ontario government funding program, Bridging the Gap, is focused on the development and fostering of partnerships among workplaces, prevention organizations and researchers through the generation of research results or research-based products that directly address workplace needs….

Industry Partnership Proposal Program (IPPP) – Tourism Marketing Industry

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With the Industry Partnership Proposal Program (IPPP), the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation (OTMP) works collaboratively with groups in the tourism industry to develop and implement innovative and co-operative marketing programs. Ontario Government Funding Overall Objectives Extend the OTMP marketing initiatives and Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport’s provincial interests Create innovating programs and marketing…

Skills Canada Grant Funding for Business Receives $8M

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Skills Canada supported approximately 500 youth as they competed in over 40 different trade and technology competitions.  The Federal Government of Canada has recently announced that Skills Canada will be receiving over $8 million in Canadian government funding throughout 2012-2015 to promote careers in the skilled trades and technology and to provide hands-on experience to…