Deadline: 6-May-22
The Government of Canada is calling for proposals for Canada – Israel 2022-23 Collaborative Industrial Research and Development that 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, including cyber security, 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 bio-sciences, including healthy aging, mental health, biomedicine and biomedical engineering
- 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 that could become competitive 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
- The Canadian applicant must:
- Canadian applicant
For more information, visit https://nrc.canada.ca/en/irap/about/international/index.html?action=view&id=105#a5