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Canada – Brazil 2025 call for proposals │ National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP)

July 4, 2025

Value

Up to a maximum total funding amount of $600,000 CAD over 12 to 36 months.

Description

Working together, the governments of Canada and the State of São Paulo, Brazil, 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 projects in all sectors that are civilian in nature and have emphasis on the following themes:

  • Artificial intelligence and manufacturing
  • Clean technology, green energy, and sustainable environments
  • Health and life sciences
  • Internet of things and digital transformation
  • Nanotechnology
  • Ocean science and technology

Eligible Applicants

  • The Canadian applicant must meet all the following criteria:
    • be an incorporated, profit-oriented small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) in Canada (defined as having 500 or fewer full-time equivalent employees)
    • have been in operation for a minimum of 12 months prior to the project proposal deadline specified above
    • have a minimum of 5 full-time equivalent employees located in Canada (on your company payroll and issued a T4), excluding any founders and contract 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 the financial capacity (working capital, sales revenue, investment, etc.) and the operational capacity (personnel, expertise, resources, etc.) to undertake an international multi-year R&D collaboration while maintaining regular operations, and to subsequently commercialize the results
    • be committed to significant growth through international market expansion
  • Preference may be given to SME applicants that meet the criteria below. If one or more criteria are unmet, a strong rationale must be provided in the expression of interest form for possible consideration:
    • have a minimum of 15 full‑time equivalent employees located in Canada (on your company payroll and issued a T4), excluding contract employees
    • have commercialized one or more products internationally
    • have more than $500,000 CAD in annual sales revenue.

Eligible Expenses

  • The project must focus on co-development, adaptation, and validation of an innovative product, process, or technology-based service that has:
    • 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 one partner or country).
    • benefits to Canada commensurate with the funding requested

Deadline Date

Canadian registration deadline: June 19, 2025; Canadian expression of interest deadline: July 4, 2025

Contact

Contact Name: Andrew Bauder │NRC IRAP Brazil National Program Coordinator

E-mail Address: Andrew.Bauder@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Website: https://nrc.canada.ca/en/irap/about/international/?action=view&id=233

Industry:

Export, Software/Technology

Location:

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

Tags:

A.I., Nanotechnology, R&D, SMEs

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