Deadline: 10-Feb-23
Is your breakthrough technology accelerating the world towards a net-zero carbon future? Then CICE would like to learn about your clean energy advancements. The British Columbia Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) is excited to announce the 2023 Open Call for Innovation, with expression of interest applications being accepted.
2023 Open Innovation Program Priorities
- At CICE, they expand the possibilities of clean energy innovation like the future of the planet depends on it. Because it does.
- This means their first and most important objective is to identify high impact projects that accelerates the reduction of global greenhouse gases (GHGs) and enables a net-negative emissions future. Their second priority is supporting B.C. innovators (working on either technology or business model innovations) as they grow and amplify their impact by scaling to global markets.
- This 2023 Open Innovation call presents an opportunity for B.C. innovators in the clean energy sector to validate and scale their world-class solutions in any of the five focus areas outlined above. CICE invites proposals for innovative clean energy solutions from all qualified applicants for any solutions that meet their broad objectives.
Focus Areas
- The CICE Open Call for Innovation presents an opportunity for B.C. innovators in the clean energy sector to advance their world-class solutions in any of these five focus areas:
- Low carbon hydrogen
- Renewable natural gas
- Battery technology and energy storage
- Carbon management
- Bioenergy, biofuels and synthetic fuels.
Funding Information
- In this call, they anticipate awarding up to $6 million in non-dilutive funding. This total budget allocation may be distributed between multiple projects at their discretion, depending upon the strength and number of proposals received. CICE reserves the right to not fund any projects. CICE will contribute funding to projects in the form of non-repayable grants, paid in increments upon successful completion of project milestones.
What projects are eligible?
- Eligible projects and innovations include both new technologies and business processes that are at a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) between 4-9, ranging from early stage of prototype development to an early commercialization.
- Eligibility is based on activities that will accelerate the technology development and broader implementation and will enable the testing, validation, demonstration, development, commercialization and scaling of innovative clean energy solutions in one or more of the five CICE focus areas listed in the introduction.
- Project activities may include, but are not limited to, integration and testing of basic components in a laboratory or simulated environment to validate or improve the reliability of the technology, demonstration in operational environment of the system model or prototype to increase in technological maturity, demonstrations, implementation of plans to scale technology production, linkage of system components to produce complete solutions, development of standards to enable deployment and creation of business linkages to demonstrate system solutions.
Eligibility Criteria
- CICE will accept applications for project funding from organisations with a British Columbia presence.
- Companies must demonstrate their ability to complete the proposed project with sound management, operational capability and overall financial support in order to advance the commercial potential of the company.
- Occasionally, innovative projects may be proposed by groups that are not incorporated entities. While such proponents can be accepted, the additional requirements for demonstrating management, operational and financial capabilities to complete the project will be required.
- Consortia of companies working together to complete a project are acceptable and welcomed. In such cases a single lead company should become the applicant.
- This program is focused on companies located in B.C. but will allow participation of companies outside of the province with presence or a project in B.C.
For more information, visit CICE.