CSCSC Career Focus – Canadian Business Grants for Supply Chain Organizations

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) remain large supporters of employers and organizations that look to create career-related work experiences for post-secondary graduates in their respective fields of study. Members of Canada’s Alliance of Sector Councils have apportioned the Career Focus Program into several different business funding grants for hiring post-secondary graduates with skills…

SDTC Greentech Funding: Do You Qualify for SD Tech Fund Grants?

SDTC Greentech Funding: Do You Qualify for SD Tech Fund Grants?

SD Tech Fund grants support the development and commercialization of innovative green technologies (greentech). Administered by Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), these Canadian government grants provide businesses with up to 33% of eligible project expenses to a maximum $15 million. Developing green technologies and creating a low-carbon economy is a major component of the federal…

Invest Canada Community Initiatives (ICCI): Attract Foreign Direct Investment

The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) is providing Canadian Government funding to increase employment opportunities within Canadian communities. The Invest Canada Community Initiative (ICCI) provides financial support to Canadian communities that are looking to develop a Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) strategy or a business retention and expansion program. ICCI Ontario Government…

Skills Link – Canadian Government Funding for Community Development

The Federal Government of Canada is sponsoring small businesses looking to hire young Canadians for full-time positions that would help to develop their skills and gain workplace experience through small business grants for hiring. The Skills Link Program is currently accepting applications for funding from small businesses that are offering jobs within a high demand…

Clean Tech R&D Funding for Small Business: NextGen Biofuels Fund

Due to a decrease in emerging technologies there is a great barrier to market entry for many Canadian entrepreneurs, especially innovators that develop sustainable technologies. The NextGen Biofuels Fund program incorporates the same fundamental principles as the SD Tech Fund.  SDTC is a foundation that received billions of dollars from the Government of Canada to…

Small Business Government Grants for Cultural Projects

The Cultural Strategic Investment Fund provides business funding grants to arts, cultural industries, heritage, public library organizations and public libraries who undertake eligible cultural projects. Ontario Government Funding Program This grant funding for business supports projects that are strategic, benefit the culture sector and are innovative. Through this initiative, we will be directly helping to…

Small Business Grants for Hiring Science/Engineering Graduates

The MITACS Enterprise business funding grants program provides support to small businesses through 6-month internships involving Bachelor, Masters, or Ph.D graduates, as well as Masters or Ph.D students in the science, technical, engineering and math (STEM) fields of study. MITACS will facilitate the following: Match qualified interns with SMEs Deliver business and management training Facilitate…

Call for Proposals: Business Funding Grants to Enhance Accessibility

The Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) offers small business funding grants for community-based projects throughout all of Canada. These projects must improve accessibility, remove barriers, and allow Canadians with disabilities to participate in and contribute to their communities. Government Funding for Small Business Details This Canadian grant funding for business program offers up to $50,000 in…

Last Call for Proposals: Hiring Grant Funding for Business via Career Focus

The highly successful ICTC Career Focus program offers business funding grants for eligible companies to hire a recent graduate. As mentioned in the Upcoming Grants for Small Business in Ontario blog, this program subsidizes wages of new graduates who will be hired to specialize in IT, business development, or online marketing work within the applying…

Canadian Federal Government Passes Job Creation Legislation

Recently, the Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act was passed. This Act has made the Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF) permanent and has created the Southwestern Ontario Development Fund (SWODF). These regional development funds for southwestern and eastern Ontario will soon be open and accepting proposals to help support local companies and help generate local…