Open Call for Canada–Israel Collaborative Industrial Research and Development

Deadline: 17-Apr-23

The National Research Council Canada (NRCC) invites you to submit proposals for Canada–Israel Collaborative Industrial Research and Development.

Working together, the governments of Canada and Israel aim to foster and support collaborative industrial research and development (R&D) projects with a high potential for commercialization. This call for proposals is open to organizations from Canada and Israel who wish to form project consortia to perform collaborative projects focused on developing innovative products, processes, or technology‑based services.

Sectors of Focus

Although this call invites proposals related to any technological or market area, special attention is being given to the following sectors:

Agricultural technologies and agri food technologies
Clean technologies and low carbon economy technologies, including materials for clean fuels, clean transportation/mobility, climate resilient building/infrastructure, renewable energy, water and wastewater management
Digital technologies, smart cities and smart mobility
Environment protection technologies, including transportation infrastructure, renewable power sources, energy storage, eco-friendly energy, eco-friendly vehicles, smart environmental solutions and soil remediation technologies
Health and biosciences, including brain health, healthy aging, aging technologies, mental health, biomedicine, biomedical engineering, medical devices, digital health, digital therapeutics, diagnostics and decision support
Quantum computing technologies, including sensing and timing, simulation, communications, imaging, and artificial intelligence

Funding Information

Eligible Canadian SMEs may receive up to 50% reimbursement of eligible project costs up to a maximum total funding amount of $500,000 CAD over 12 to 24 months (an extension of 12 months may be considered if sufficiently justified and accepted by both countries).
Financial support may be provided to eligible Israeli companies in support of industrial research or technological development activities. Eligible Israeli applicants may receive up to 50% of the Israeli R&D cost.

Eligibility Criteria

To be considered for funding, applicants must form a project consortium and develop a collaborative research and development (R&D) project that meets the following criteria:

Canadian applicant
- The Canadian applicant must:
  - be an incorporated, profit‑oriented small or medium‑sized business in Canada
  - have 500 or fewer full‑time equivalent employees
  - pursue growth and profit by developing and commercializing innovative, technology‑driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada
  - have a differentiated and protectable technology with commercial potential in global markets
  - have sufficient working capital and resources to undertake a multi‑year R&D collaboration and commercialize the results
  - be committed to significant growth through international market expansion
- Preference may be given to SME applicants who:
  - have a minimum of 15 full‑time equivalent employees
  - have commercialized 1 or more products domestically or internationally
  - have greater than $500,000 CAD in annual revenue
Consortium
- The project consortium must include at least:
  - 1 eligible Canadian SME, and
  - 1 eligible Israeli R&D‑performing company
- The parties listed above must be unrelated parties (i.e. no direct, indirect, beneficial or constructive ownership interest between these parties)
- The project partners that form the consortium must agree on a plan addressing intellectual property rights and intent to commercialize.
Project
- The project must focus on co‑development, adaptation, and/or validation of an innovative product, process, or technology‑based service that has:
  - substantial commercial potential and outcomes that can be realized within 2 to 3 years of completion of the project
  - a civilian (non‑military) purpose
- The project must demonstrate:
  - a complementary technological contribution from each partner
  - an obvious advantage and added value resulting from the cooperation between the participants
  - a balanced contribution between project partners and countries (i.e. no more than 70% of the effort contributed by any 1 partner or country)