The Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Council (AAC) has announced a Call for Proposals for the next round of Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) funding. For those interested in this program, the CAAP is designed for small businesses who have a new technology that will have an impact on the agricultural industry. Eligible projects will seize opportunities…
The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) have announced that they are no longer accepting applications for their First Job hiring program. The Canadian government grant for hiring will be closed until April 2012. Applicants may still be eligible if they are carrying out a Technical Problem Solving (TPS) project through OCE, however they will need…
A week prior to our Free 60 Minute Government Funding Workshop in Hamilton is the MITACS Step: Effective Networking Event at McMaster University. Through this event, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows will be provided insight in how to stabilize and grow business relationships through effective networking. The event will be split up into two parts….
If you are a casual visitor of our website and want to learn more about government funding, we strongly encourage you to attend the mid-January Breakfast Seminar held by the York Tech Alliance (YTA) in Markham, Ontario. The event will cover the most popular small business funding grants, loans, and tax credits to accelerate growth…
Mentor Works focuses on educating businesses across Canada about the most accessible funding opportunities through both free and premium services. In addition to this blog, one of our most successful free initiatives is in the form of a free workshop that focuses on the most popular business funding grants, loans, and tax credits for business…
Many online marketing, Search Engine Optimizers (SEO), and web developers have relied on Google Toolbar to assess a website’s credibility. Through Google’s helpful browser bar, users received a quick glance at the Google PageRank of a site. For those of you unfamiliar with PageRank, it is one of the key components to assessing how a…
China is one of the world’s fastest developing countries. Their commercialization growth is substantial and the country is seeking international assistance. Through the International Trade Branch (ITB), Ontario businesses have the opportunity to network with key Chinese stakeholders through the 20th Expo Build China event in late March 2012. Participating companies will be able to…
Most television and film companies incorporate some sort of computer animation or special effects technology within their productions. Keeping up-to-date on these software programs and hardware that can run them can be costly and take financial resources away from required wage expenses. The Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) is offering a tax incentive program to…
Ontario Life Science Entrepreneurs & Researchers To transfer the speed of products from the lab to the market, Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) management provides early-stage investment funds up to $100k per project as an investment fund. The project must involve genomics, proteomics or associated technologies that are or have been key enabling components and be…
The booming e-book industry is causing complications for book publishers worldwide. Ontario book publishing companies are receiving some support in the form of the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit (OBPTC). Through this tax incentive program, book publishers are able to receive tax credits on expenditures throughout their operations, from pre-press to digital and paper publications…