Posts from the ‘Government Funding’ Category

  • Ontario Government Grants for Small Business and Start Ups

    Ontario Government Grants for Small Business and Start Ups

    May 18th, 2012 | Blog, Government Funding | Mike Pearce | No Comments

    Southern Ontario has established itself as one of Canada’s most attractive regions to invest or start a new business. The area’s access to skilled talent and the availability to receive financial support through Ontario Government Grants for Small Business are some of the region’s most attractive attributes. These features are intended to attract and support [...]

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  • IRAP Youth Employment Program Doubles Government Funding Budget

    IRAP Youth Employment Program Doubles Government Funding Budget

    May 16th, 2012 | Government Funding | Cynthia Woo | No Comments

    The Industrial Research Assistance Program’s (IRAP) Youth Employment Program (YEP) is designed to provide financial assistance to innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in Canada that are interested in hiring a post-secondary science, engineering, technology and trade, business and liberal arts graduate. Graduates work on innovative projects within the enterprise and may participate in research, development and commercialization [...]

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  • Canadian Government Loans for Small Business and Start Ups

    Canadian Government Loans for Small Business and Start Ups

    May 15th, 2012 | Blog, Government Funding | Mike Pearce | No Comments

    Over the past decade, a large number of successful software development and technology firms have originated in the Southwestern Ontario Region. These success stories have sparked the imaginations and interests of hundreds of young and talented entrepreneurs within the region. These individuals have identified a problem along with an innovative solution; they now require the [...]

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  • AgriInvest Risk Management Funding for Small Business

    AgriInvest Risk Management Funding for Small Business

    May 14th, 2012 | Government Funding | Cynthia Woo | No Comments

    As part of Growing Forward, a market-driven vision for Canada’s agriculture, a business risk management program is now available. AgriInvest is a self-directed risk management program offered to all farming operations in Canada. This agricultural funding for small business allows applicants to deposit up to 1.5% of their Annual Net Sales (ANS) into their individual [...]

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  • AgriProcessing Initiative: Canadian Government Funding

    AgriProcessing Initiative: Canadian Government Funding

    May 11th, 2012 | Government Funding | Cynthia Woo | No Comments

    There is a wealth of agricultural government funding for business , one being the AgriProcessing Initiative (API) of the Agricultural Flexibility Fund. By providing support to existing processing companies that have established new technologies and processes necessary to sustaining today’s global marketplace. This in turn will increase the competitiveness of the agri-processing sector in Canada. API motivates [...]

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  • Applied Research and Commercialization (ARC) Program Now Open for Commercialization Projects

    Applied Research and Commercialization (ARC) Program Now Open for Commercialization Projects

    May 9th, 2012 | Government Funding | Cynthia Woo | No Comments

    FedDev Ontario has acquired new funding for its thriving Applied Research and Commercialization Initiative (ARC). The Applied Research and Commercialization program are currently accepting applications from any campus faculty partnered with any Southern Ontario small- or medium-sized enterprises interested in gaining Canadian government funding to provide innovative products and processes to the market, or improve [...]

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  • Canadian Government Funding for International Students – MITACS Globalink

    Canadian Government Funding for International Students – MITACS Globalink

    May 8th, 2012 | Blog, Government Funding | Mike Pearce | No Comments

    As a part of their commitment to developing the next generation of innovators, the Mitacs Organization has decided to re-open the Mitacs Globalink Program for the summer of 2012. The Globalink program provides Canadian Government funding to attract the world’s top undergraduate students to  a three month collaborative research project involving a Canadian University. The [...]

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