The Graduate Enterprise Internship is a program offered by FedDev Ontario. This hiring grant funding for business program helps fund internships for small and medium sized businesses. This is done through select post-secondary institutions that are searching for SMEs who can take on STEM interns for a 6-month period. Eligible institutions include: Ryerson University University…
The Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation (SOFII), a Canadian government funding program, was first showcased in a blog in early July 2012. FedDev Ontario announced that this $20M investment, funded by their Prosperity Initiative, would support SME’s across Southern Ontario. The Canadian Government Funding program is divided into two regional areas with involvement…
The Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation (SOFII) is a new Canadian government funding program that was released yesterday. FedDev Ontario announced that this $20M investment funded by their Prosperity Initiative would support SME’s across Southern Ontario. There was a strong realization that innovation is critical to creating high-value job opportunities and creating a…
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…
The Canadian Government sector, FedDev Ontario, has announced a top-up of funding to a pre-existing Ontario business grant called the Applied Research and Commercialization Initiative (ARC). The initiative is a Small Business Funding Program for Research and Development projects involving post-secondary collaboration. The program provides funding to accelerate research and development and enhance innovation and…
Those of you familiar with the CME Smart grant for capital expenditures have probably noticed a note on their online application login page. This note refers to the impending change to CME Smart, which will now be called CME SMART Prosperity Now. The Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) have recently received a new round of…
IMPORTANT: This blog is out of date. Please view our Top Funding Programs for Hiring in 2013 Small businesses in Canada have a wide variety of Canadian government grants for hiring new employees to increase their talent pool. We have chosen the top five readily accessible hiring grants for small businessa across all areas…
Ontario radiology and medical imaging companies will have the opportunity of attending the 2011 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Exhibition and Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Participating companies can network with potential business partners and medical professionals within the industry. New technologies will be profiled as well, with a chance to assess international competition and…
Medica 2011 is finalized for mid-November in Germany. The largest of its kind, Medica is an annual medical technology trades show that plays host to over 135,000 trade visitors from nearly 160 countries. Ontario medical technology companies have the opportunity to exhibit in the five Canada Pavilions thanks to Messe Düsseldorf and the Ontario International…
This client spotlight will feature an internationally successful luggage company looking to grow their operations in Canada. Rimowa Luggage reached out to Mentor Works for assistance in securing growth funds in the form of government financing. After determining what assistance Rimowa was eligible for, Bernadeen and Mentor Works applied for the FedDev Ontario’s Applied Research…