Funding Programs

Protein Industries Canada Technology Co-Investment Fund

Co-investment with private sector companies to create new products, technologies and services to help grow the value-added processing sector.

Protein Industries Canada Capacity Building Co-Investment Fund

Co-investment to help create a competitive and sustainable global business environment and incent new approaches to doing business within the sector.

AgriInnovate Program

Funding of up to 50% of total eligible costs, to a maximum of $10 million.

This program provides repayable contributions for projects that aim to accelerate the commercialization, adoption and/or demonstration of innovative products, technologies, processes or services that increase agri-sector competitiveness and sustainability.

Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP)

Up to 1/3 investment from Genome Canada for a project size of $300,000 to $6 million

GAPP aims to accelerate the application of Canadian genomics-derived solutions from academia to real-world opportunities and challenges.

National Research Council of Canada IRAP

Up to $10M covering 75% of eligible cost

SMEs pursuing technology-driven innovation. Must be incorporated, for-profit, have less than 500 FTEs and plans to pursue growth and profit by developing and commercializing innovative, technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada.

Mitacs Accelerate

Projects receive $15,000 in funding for each four-month internship.

Allows companies to hire interns to develop a research project.

Canada-Ontario Job Grant Program

Get up to $10,000 in government support per person for training costs.

COJG provides opportunities for employers, individually or in groups, to invest in their workforce, with help from the government.

Career Ready Program

Fall 2022 provides a subsidy of up to 70% (to a maximum of $7000.00)

Career Ready supports businesses by financing their decision to hire a student for a work-term placement.

NRC-IRAP Research Grants

Receive up to 60-80% of Labour Costs in Grant Funding.

Targets innovative R&D projects with a level of technical uncertainty.

NRC IRAP funding to hire young graduates

Financial assistance to offset the cost of hiring young talent to work on projects with R&D, engineering, multimedia or market analysis components.

Biotalent Student Work Placement Program

covers the cost of a student’s salary by 50% up to a maximum of $5,000 and 70% up to a maximum of $7,000.

This initiative aims to increase the job-readiness of students registered in STEM, healthcare, business, and all other programs at Canadian post-secondary institutions.

Biotalent Career Starter Program

Receive up to 50% of a youth’s salary to a maximum of $20,000 in wage subsidies for a three to nine-month job placement.

The Career Starter Program facilitates the transition of barriered youth into the labour market.

NSERC Alliance Grants

$20,000 to $1 million per year for 1 to 5 years

University researchers collaborating with private-sector, public-sector or not-for-profit organizations

NSERC Idea to Innovation grants

I2I aims to accelerate the pre-competitive development of promising technology originating from the university and college sector

Business Scale-up and Productivity Program

No-interest, repayable contributions from $500,000 up to $10 million per project.

Innovative and globally-oriented businesses seeking to accelerate their growth.

Regional Economic Growth through Innovation - Business Scale Up

The REGI program creates the right conditions to start and grow businesses in Atlantic Canada

CanExport SMEs

Up to $50,000 in funding to assist with international market development activities.

Small and medium sized companies may access support for marketing products and services in international markets.

CanExport Innovation

Up to $75,000 in funding to assist with R&D for a single technology.

Funding to help cover the costs to pursue and sign collaborative R&D agreements with international partners and investors.

SR&ED Tax Credits

Access a deduction against income or an investment tax credit that can be refundable or non-refundable.