The deadline for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s business funding grants towards the construction or expansion of biofuels facilities, has been extended to September 30th, 2012. ecoAgriculture Biofuels Capital Initiative (ecoABC) now has an extended deadline to allow eligible projects to secure the necessary financing and complete construction. Government Funding For Business in Agriculture Industry This…
The AgriProcessing Initiative (API), mentioned in May’s blog has since been oversubscribed and is now closed for the year. This Canadian Government funding initiative provided support to existing processing companies that wished to adopt new technologies and processes necessary to sustaining today’s global marketplace. Though this funding for small business is now closed, there is…
Although the program is currently closed, the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) has been providing valuable Canadian Government funding for small business ventures in the agriculture/agri-food based sectors since 2009. The program was given a five-year timeline to allocate $163 million in Canadian Government Grants to support those businesses that are looking to pilot new…
In an effort to stimulate economic growth in developing countries, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada have created the Investment Cooperation Program (INC) as part of Canadas Official Development Assistance spending initiative. Depending on the activity, eligible firms can receive 50%-75% of cost-sharing up to $955,000 in Canadian government grants to support to Canadian firms…
This past week, the Canadian Government announced the continuation of their support to the MITACS Funding Organization and their business funding grants for research and development. The MITACS organization will receive approximately $8.75M over the next two years in support of their globalization and expansion funding for small business. These programs look to incorporate academic…
The Traceability Foundations Initiative (TFI) Intake 2 is a three-year Federal and Provincial funding program. This initiative provides small business funding grants to support up to 75 percent of the projects eligible expenses, up to a maximum of $5 million per eligible project. This government funding for business is cost shared and is for funding…
The National Research Councils Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) has been one of the most prolific Canadian Government Funding Organizations with regards to their support of technological innovations within Canadas Industries. As mentioned in our previous articles on the Changes to the 2012 Federal Budget; IRAP has been given approximately $110 Million to be allocated…
The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) is currently awaiting approval for another round of business funding grants for their highly successful ICTC Career Focus program. As mentioned in the Upcoming Grants for Small Business in Ontario blog, this program subsidizes wages for new graduates relating to IT work. The types of tasks the graduate…
In March, the 2012 Canadian Federal budget was released, which included various changes to its Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentive program. The SR&ED Canadian government funding program helps compensate corporate tax paying companies of any size for conducting research and development activities in Canada. The new SR&ED policies and documents will be…
In an effort to strengthen and expand Canadas commitment to energy efficiency the Canadian Government is offering business funding grants that provide financial assistance for industrial organizations to adopt systems and processes that continually improve energy performance. This grant funding for business is designed to lead to reductions in energy costs, greenhouse gas emissions and/or…