Bioenterprise FoodShift
Receive up to $50,000 in Funding for Clean Tech Projects
The Bioenterprise FoodShift program is an initiatives by FedDev Ontario that supports food & beverage processors integrate new clean technologies in their operations. The project must be conducted in collaboration with a clean technology provider.
Attention: This program is currently closed. You can speak with a member of our team about future intake periods or similar funding programs you may be eligible for, get email updates through our weekly newsletter, or look through our list of available funding programs in our directory page.
Bioenterprise FoodShift
Amount of Funding
Access up to 50% up to $50,000 of the eligible costs.
Bioenterprise FoodShift
Eligible Applicants
Applicants may be eligible for this funding is they meet these criteria:
- Can be for-profit or not-for-profit corporations operating in the Food & Beverage Processing Industry;
- Incorporated in Canada and Located in Sothern Ontario; and
- Generating a minimum of $1 million in annual revenues.
A Clean Technology Provider may be eligible if they meet these requirements:
- Can be a for-profit or not-for-profit corporation with proven clean tech application; and
- Must help the food processor embrace automation in their facilities, reduce waste and energy consumption, significantly reduce their carbon footprint, and transition towards a net-zero future.
Bioenterprise FoodShift
Eligible Activities
Funding may be used to cover advisory, acquisition, and commissioning costs related to the new clean technology:
- Involve the adoption and integration of a clean technology at minimum TRL-8 or above;
- Demonstrate the impact of project financing on reducing the applicantās carbon footprint and/or transitioning to a green economy and net-zero future;
- Project start date no earlier than June 10, 2022, and ending no later than March 31, 2024; and
- Generate outcomes with significant positive benefits to southern Ontario including but not limited to, revenue generation, jobs created and maintained, attracting new investment, generating IP, etc.
Bioenterprise FoodShift
Program Deadline
This program is currently closed.