The Centre for Business and Social Entrepreneurship (CBaSE) promotes collaboration between University of Guelph students and local businesses through a 4-month market research and/or business plan development project. The goal of the program is to create a transformational learning opportunities for students and provide valuable research and/or business plan construction for small business development. Eligible…
The OCE Market Readiness Program offers preliminary support and funding grants for small business to transfer academic based research into a new market-viable service or technology. Funding is intended to accelerate innovation and help Ontario-based SMEs bring a new product to market or to use the academic research as a basis for a new start-up…
The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) offers a Technology Seeding program to accelerate innovation into new, leading edge, life science related products and technologies. The program provides funding for small business ventures that look to expand the Ontario science and technology service platforms for life science research in the fields of genomics and proteomics. Seed Funding…
If you are planning to grow your business, the likelihood is that you will incur some expenses related to research and development. Businesses that currently operate in Ontario have access to a number of Federal and Provincial Tax Credits that will help support expenditures related to research and development activities. Research and Development Tax Credits…
Mitacs, a not for profit organization, supports national innovation by coordinating collaborative industry-university research projects has recently expanded their already accredited Mitacs-Accelerate Program to include funding for more development-focused projects. Mitacs-Accelerate InDev provides collaborative research and development funding for projects involving grad students or post-doctoral fellows with applicable expertise to help improve a new or…
Nipissing University’s Biomass Innovation Centre is allocating its assigned Canadian Government funding towards collaborative research and feasibility studies regarding the identification of potential biomass energy sources in Northern Ontario. The program intends to provide academic services and funding for small business that are attempting to determine the feasibility of early-stage biomass investigation projects. Canadian Research…
The Center for World Class Universities in Shanghai has released their 10th annual global university ranking. Several Canadian universities have been ranked amongst the top 200 post secondary institutions over a range of disciplines and categories. These rankings have shown significant improvement in the performance of Canadian Universities, more notably in the Engineering/Technology and Computer…
CAMBRIDGE, Ontario, Aug, 22, 2012 : A common business challenge SMEs face is the lack of capital and resources needed to carry out research and development efforts. When companies collaborate with post-secondary institutions, they are able to carry out their research more efficiently and effectively, allowing access to a critical mass of researchers with the…
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…
The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) is accepting applications for their innovative research and development funding program called, The Emerging Technology Program. Businesses in Northern Ontario can receive grant funding for business activities related to the development and commercialization of products and services with strong commercial potential. The program is one of several Canadian…