Deadline: 10-Sep-21
The Government of Canada has announced the applications for Collaborative Industrial Research and Development to foster and support collaborative industrial research and development (R&D) projects with high potential for commercialization.
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) will provide access to public funding for joint projects through the BMWi’s ZIM program (Central Innovation Program for SMEs) in Germany, and through the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) in Canada.
This call for proposals is open to projects in all sectors that are civilian in nature.
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).
Eligibility Criteria
To be considered for funding, applicants must form a project consortium and develop a collaborative R&D project that meets the following criteria:
- The project consortium must include at least:
- 1 incorporated Canadian small or medium-sized enterprise (SME), defined as a for-profit company with 500 or fewer full-time equivalent employees, and
- 1 eligible German R&D-performing SME, defined as a for-profit company with less than 1,000 employees
- The project partners that form the consortium must:
- be capable of implementing the project including funding their respective share
- agree in advance on intellectual property rights and a commercialization strategy, and
- not be related in terms of corporate ownership
- The project must focus on co-developing a product, process or technology-based service that:
- is highly innovative
- has significant commercial potential
- has outcomes that can be realized within 3 years of completion of the project, and
- does not involve R&D related to products, processes or technology-based services with military or non-peaceful applications
- The project must demonstrate:
- the unique scientific and technological contribution that each organization brings to the project
- an obvious advantage and added value for each project partner resulting from the collaboration, such as an increased knowledge base, an access to R&D infrastructure or new fields of application or a solutions for commercial needs, and
- an adequate balance and significance for all project partners, defined as no more than 70% of the project work effort may be contributed by any one organization in a 2-partner project, and no more than 50% of the project work effort may be contributed by 1 organization in any project with more than 2 partners
Canadian eligibility requirements
Canadian applicant(s) must also meet the following criteria:
- The Canadian SME must have a technology that is:
- competitive in global markets, differentiated and protectable, such as a unique or novel patentable technology that may alter the industry or market
- The Canadian SME must be committed to:
- pursuing growth and profit by developing and commercializing innovative, technology-driven new or improved products, processes or technologyl-based services, and
- aggressive growth through global market expansion
- The Canadian SME must be ready, and have the resources to:
- make a serious new market entry push, generally measured by having more than 15 full-time equivalent employees and $500,000 CAD in annual revenue, and
- complete a collaborative project with international partners.
For more information, visit https://nrc.canada.ca/en/irap/about/international/?action=view&id=85