Government Funding for Business Expansion: Going Global Innovation

Government Funding for Business Expansion: Going Global Innovation

Going Global Innovation (GGI) was created to support innovative companies who are looking to create new products and technologies for the Canadian marketplace via collaborative R&D partnerships.  Global Commerce Support Program provides support for accessing funding sources from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT). The objective is to promote and enhance Canada’s international innovation…

Call for Proposals: SOSCIP Post-Secondary Research and Development Collaboration

Call for Proposals: SOSCIP Post-Secondary Research and Development Collaboration

The Southern Ontario Smart Computing Innovation Platform (SOSCIP) Program is a consortium of IBM, the Canadian and Ontario governments along with seven universities led by the University of Toronto and Western University.   The Ontario Centre of Excellence (OCE) will help facilitate SME participation with academia in this applied research consortium and help SME’s leverage the…

Ontario Small Business Grants:  Wage Subsidies for Hiring Students

Ontario Small Business Grants: Wage Subsidies for Hiring Students

The Ontario Ministry of Rural Affairs has announced that it is now accepting applications from eligible employers who plan to create summer jobs for students in Rural Ontario. (Rural is defined as a town, small city or township with a population of 100,000 people or less).   Businesses eligible for this government funding for business will…

Canadian Small Business Grants: Economic Action Plan 2013

Canadian Small Business Grants: Economic Action Plan 2013

Minister of State for the Federal State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), was on hand at an event hosted by the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce (CCC) to discuss the Economic Action Plan 2013. Minister Goodyear highlighted the fact that since the worst of the global recession Canada has had the…

Agri-Innovation Program Industry-led Research and Development Funding

Agri-Innovation Program Industry-led Research and Development Funding

The Agri-Innovation Program‘s (AIP) Industry-led Research and Development Stream provides Canadian government funding for research and innovation projects in the agriculture, agri-food and agri-product sectors.   As a part of the Growing Forward 2 Policy Framework, the $698M Agri-Innovation program is designed to accelerate the pace of innovation by supporting research and development activities in agri-innovations….

Government Funding for Business: AgriMarketing Program

Government Funding for Business: AgriMarketing Program

The AgriMarketing Program is a five-year (2013-2018), $341-million program, under Growing Forward 2 (GF2) that consists of a combination of government initiatives and contribution funding for industry-led projects.  Its objective is to improve the agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector’s competitiveness in domestic and international markets by supporting industry in gaining and maintaining access to markets…

CDMN Inaugural Awards 2013 – Toronto, Ontario

CDMN Inaugural Awards 2013 – Toronto, Ontario

The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) was founded in 2009 as a national centre of excellence for commercialization and research to create companies, jobs and wealth for the nation.  With a network of 21 hubs and partners across Canada, including: MaRS Discovery District; The Communitech Hub; Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC), CDMN brings together…

Canadian Government Funding for Tech Adoption: Agri-Processing Initiative

Canadian Government Funding for Tech Adoption: Agri-Processing Initiative

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) created the 5 year, $50 Million Agri-Processing Initiative (API) as a part of the government funding for business program, Agricultural Flexibility Fund, launched nation-wide under the 2009 Canadian Federal budget. The API aims to help companies in the Agri-Processing sector become more competitive while enabling them to adopt new technology, products…

Small Business Grants: ecoENERGY Efficiency for Industry Program

Small Business Grants: ecoENERGY Efficiency for Industry Program

The ecoENERGY Efficiency for Industry Program is a part of a wider initiative that was begun by the Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE); Canada’s Centre for Excellence for Energy, efficiency and alternative fuels information.   This program is an effort by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) to help promote the adoption of an energy management standard by…

Canadian Government Funding Update:  IDF Release of Funds

Canadian Government Funding Update: IDF Release of Funds

The Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation (OMRI) is receiving applications for the Innovation Demonstration Fund.   This government funding for research and development initiative focuses on emerging technology and prefers environmental, alternative energy, bio-products, hydrogen and other significant global technologies.  IDF has been created to help support Pilot demonstrations leading to the commercialization of processes…