Canadian Patent Awarded for MedTech Research and Development

Canadian Patent Awarded for MedTech Research and Development

Every day, Canadian hospitals create environmental and health and safety hazards by expelling destructive greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere. Surgical operations requiring the use of halogenated anaesthetic drugs release alarmingly high amounts of carbon dioxide emissions. With approximately 54,000 operating facilities in Canada, GHGs produced could soon exceed amounts comparable to two million vehicles….

$485,000 in IRAP Research Grants Awarded to Kraken for Marine Technology Development

$485,000 in IRAP Research Grants Awarded to Kraken for Marine Technology Development

Kraken Sonar Systems Inc. is an engineer and manufacturer of advanced sonar and acoustic velocity sensors for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. The technologies developed and commercialized by Kraken Sonar are widely used among military and commercial applications. On November 10, 2016, Kraken Sonar was announced as recipients of up to $485,000 in Canadian government grants from…

An Increasingly Convenient Truth: Climate Change’s Business Potential

An Increasingly Convenient Truth: Climate Change’s Business Potential

In 2016, Canada’s Liberal Party placed a tremendous focus on environmental and economic issues. This is clearly evidenced in their Real Change program, which contrasts the strategic differences between them and the previously elected Conservative Party. Publications on Canada’s clean technology (cleantech) sector note that Canada lost between 41-71% of its market share globally since…

How to Receive IRAP Mid-Size Project Funding for Innovative R&D

How to Receive IRAP Mid-Size Project Funding for Innovative R&D

Update: The National Research Council (NRC) now offers project-based funding through a single Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP). Please visit the NRC-IRAP Research Project Contributions page for more information. Innovative Canadian businesses who invest heavily in internal research and development activities understand the strain that it can put on company resources. SMEs are heavily impacted…

IRAP Mid-Size Projects: Innovation Research Grants for Business R&D

IRAP Mid-Size Projects: Innovation Research Grants for Business R&D

Update: The National Research Council (NRC) now offers project-based funding through a single Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP). Please visit the NRC-IRAP Research Project Contributions page for more information. Businesses with substantial internal research and development projects may access a variety of Canadian government funding options. Available at the federal and provincial levels, research grants…

IRAP Funding Success: Rianta Solutions Receives up to $440,000

IRAP Funding Success: Rianta Solutions Receives up to $440,000

Rianta Solutions is a Kanata, Ontario-based designer, developer, and manufacturer of datacom and telecom equipment solutions. Since the company’s creation in 2012, Rianta Solutions’ team of engineers have been developing customized high-speed, low energy consumption data centre technologies. With clients spanning across Canada and around the world, Rianta Solutions has embraced the definition of innovation…

Moncton Manufacturer Receives up to $668,657 in IRAP Research Grants

Moncton Manufacturer Receives up to $668,657 in IRAP Research Grants

Moncton, New Brunswick business TRC Manufacturing – a division of TRC Hydraulics – will be receiving up to $668,657 in Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) Mid-Size funding for the research and development of two innovative projects. TRC Hydraulics, a leader in Atlantic Canada for the design of customized solutions in mining, forestry, marine, oil, and…

2015 Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) Research and Development Funding

2015 Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) Research and Development Funding

Research and development is a critical aspect of many businesses’ ongoing growth. To stay competitive in international markets, companies need to invest in new product development, product iterations, and process improvements. The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has recognized this need, and in an effort to encourage Canadian businesses to invest in research they…

IRAP Mid-Size Project: Up to 65% R&D Grants for Canadian Businesses

IRAP Mid-Size Project: Up to 65% R&D Grants for Canadian Businesses

The Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) has helped businesses across Canada improve their commitment to internal research and development, allowing some businesses to use their business funding grants for R&D each year. IRAP continues to evolve their programs around the needs of the business community, as seen in the launch of the Business Innovation Access…

Business Receives Annual R&D Grants for Small Business 6 Years via NRC-IRAP

Business Receives Annual R&D Grants for Small Business 6 Years via NRC-IRAP

Ottawa, ON.  Last week (Nov. 17, 2014) The National Research Council of Canada (NRC)’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) announced that it would fund an Orleans, Ontario robotics firm up to $349,000 to develop and assist in the commercialization of the next generation of unmanned aircraft systems in the 25kg class. This new round of…