IRAP Youth Employment Program Doubles Government Funding Budget

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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…

AgriInvest Risk Management Funding for Small Business

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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…

AgriProcessing Initiative: Canadian Government Funding

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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…

CME SMART Prosperity Now Launches New Round of Workshops

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CME SMART Properity Now Program is launching another round of informational workshops from May 8th to June 22nd, 2012 throughout southern Ontario. The CME SMART Properity Now program provides funding for manufacturers with an export focus on commercializing new technologies, investing in sustainable and green technology, entering new domestic and foreign markets, and purchasing new…

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

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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…