With over 20 years of experience with government programs, BGA provides professional services so that your company can access these programs, with a proven and very high degree of success. (see N.B. note below)
1. Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Industrial Cooperation Program: The Industrial Cooperation Program (CIDA-INC) is a cost-sharing program that provides a financial incentive (a cash contribution) to Canadian companies to start a business or provide training in developing countries or countries in transition to a market economy. CIDA-INC aims to stimulate private sector development and investment in developing countries in order to promote sustainable development and poverty reduction by creating jobs, increasing local capacity, and strengthening local economies.
2. Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Voluntary Sector Fund (VSF) program:
The objective of the Voluntary Sector Fund (VSF) is to support sustainable international development projects proposed by Canadian not-for-profit organizations in partnership with developing-country partners in at least one of five priority sectors: governance, health, basic education, private sector development, and environment.
Up to 75 percent of the total Canadian contribution (in other words, a maximum of $3 contributed by CIDA for every $1 contributed by the organization) up to a maximum CIDA contribution of $500,000 per project (over a maximum of three years); and organizations may have a maximum of three operational projects at a time. Eligible Costs are Direct project implementation costs plus an overhead allowance. It is a Non-repayable contribution.
3. Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is an independent corporation created by the Government of Canada to fund research infrastructure. The CFI's mandate is to strengthen the capacity of Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals, and non-profit research institutions to carry out world-class research and technology development that benefits Canadians.
Since it was created in 1997 the CFI has been entrusted with $3.65 billion by the Government of Canada. The CFI normally funds up to 40 percent of a project’s infrastructure costs which are invested in partnership with eligible institutions and their funding partners from the public, private, and voluntary sectors who provide the remainder. Based on this formula, the total capital investment by the CFI, the research institutions, and their partners, will exceed $11 billion by 2010
4. Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP): Through IRAP, the National Research Council (NRC) aims to help Canadian firms improve their technological competence, productivity and competitiveness. The program has two components: Technology Enhancement and Research, Development and Adaptation. IRAP support will normally cover the direct salary costs of the applicant firm's own staff and sub-contracting costs (50% of total costs). Examples of eligible activities include: technical feasibility studies; small-scale R&D, subcontracted or in-house; outside technical assistance; advancing unproven technology to the point of performance testing and the validation stages prior to marketing.
5. Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative (SADI): This initiative, launched in April 2007, supports private sector industrial research and pre-competitive development (R&D) in Canada's aerospace, defence, security and space (A&D) industries through repayable project contributions.
SADI is expected to invest nearly $900 million over the next 5 years, with funding to reach a maximum of $225 million per year.
Strategic R&D projects under SADI will use technologies that either:
6. The Defence Industrial Research (DIRP) Program: DIRP supports eligible research projects from the Canadian private sector at the fifty-percent funding level. The DND financial contribution under the DIR Program does not have to be repaid. The fundamental precept of the DIR Program is that the research project must have an acceptable level of relevance to the National Defence of Canada and/or its Allies. The scope of research projects that are supported is from the concept stage to the experimental model, or the proof-of-concept. Engineering or product development work is not supported.
7. Canadian Textiles Program (CANtex)
CANtex is a $26.7 million initiative introduced by Industry Canada in 2004. Its aim is to help Canadian textile manufacturing firms become more competitive and ready to take advantage of new opportunities. This initiative builds on the success of the earlier Canadian Apparel and Textile Industries Program, which is now fully disbursed. The program focuses on projects that help Canada's apparel and textile companies and their industry associations and other not-for-profit organizations by: Applying new technologies to improve productivity; Strengthening marketing strategies; Identifying high-potential niche markets; Developing e-business capabilities; Diversifying products.
8. CANARIE Inc: CANARIE is Canada's advanced Internet development organization. It is a not-for-profit corporation supported by its members, project partners and the Federal Government. CANARIE's mission is to accelerate Canada's advanced Internet development and use by facilitating the widespread adoption of faster, more efficient networks and by enabling the next generation of advanced products, applications and services to run on them. Through its funding programs, CANARIE supports a variety of initiatives to develop innovative applications and technologies to advanced broadband networks. CANARIE supports projects that conform to principles of open systems and interoperability. Financial contributions from CANARIE are repayable if the project is successfully commercialized.
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PRECARN:
Precarn Incorporated is a
national, member-owned industrial consortium supporting the development of
intelligent system technologies through its extensive network of
corporations, research institutes and government partners. Precarn funds,
coordinates and promotes collaborative research conducted by industry,
university and government researchers.
With support from Industry Canada, other federal
departments and provincial government agencies, Precarn plays a key role in
Canada's growing intelligent systems sector.
10. Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
The Canadian Space Agency has a number of programs: Space Technologies Development Program (STDP); Earth Observation Application Development Program (EOADP); Technology Diffusion Program (TDP); Satellite Communications Program; European Space Agency Program; RADARSAT-1 Data for Research Use (DRU); CSA-IRIS Cooperation in Telerobotics and Telemedicine Research.
N.B. Please note that the program descriptions above are short extracts or summaries only, as understood by BGA, and any applicant to these programs should refer to the appropriate program delivery authority for the full current and up-to-date descriptions, guidelines, criteria, applications and instructions.