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Agricultural Clean Technology Program Research and Innovation Stream – Accelerator │Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

January 10, 2025

Value

Up to $8 million over 3 years per Initial Recipient.

Description

The Accelerator is a pilot initiative under the Agricultural Clean Technology Program: Research and Innovation Stream. It provides up to $28 million in funding over 3 years through the Agricultural Clean Technology Program.

The Accelerator will provide funding to eligible not-for-profit organizations (Initial Recipients) that will, in turn, use their specific networks and expertise to further distribute these funds to other organizations (Ultimate Recipients) in support of their research and innovation objectives.

Eligible Applicants

You must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible as an Initial Recipient.

  • You’re a not-for-profit organization, which may include:
    • Business accelerators, incubators, and networks that support early-stage or developing companies through funding, mentorship, access to investors, building relevant connections, business training, and other support that help them become self-sufficient, established businesses
  • You’re a legal entity capable of entering into legal binding agreements

Eligible Expenses

Eligible costs are project expenses, claimed or contributed, that fall within the set program cost categories and respect all program limitations. To be considered eligible, all costs must be:

  • included in the project application form budget
  • related to the activities included in the work plan
  • incurred within the work plan activities timeframe

Also, eligible costs are the incremental, relevant, reasonable, and essential expenses required to carry out the eligible activities to which they relate. Eligible costs for Initial Recipients, in addition to the funds for further distribution, may include:

  • salaries and benefits
  • contracted services, including professional or specialized services for which a contract is entered into (for example, greenhouse gas emission reduction quantification)
  • other direct project costs including translation, communications, outreach

Deadline Date

Applications will be accepted from November 25, 2024 to January 10, 2025.

Contact

Contact Name: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Contact Centre

Phone Number: 1-877-246-4682 (toll-free)

E-mail Address: aafc.act-ri-tpa-ri.aac@agr.gc.ca

Website: https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/programs/accelerator

Industry:

Agriculture, Non-Profit, Software/Technology

Location:

Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NWT, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Tags:

Agri-Tech, Business, Cleantech

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