Canada-Germany 3+2 collaborative call for proposals on battery material discovery and processing

Canadian SMEs

The Canadian SME 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 with commercial potential in global markets
• have sufficient working capital (e.g. revenue, investment etc.) 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

Canadian research institutions

• Eligible recipients are Canadian research institutions (e.g., post-secondary institutions, research and technology organizations)
• Eligible institutions must perform collaborative research and development, or prototype development which supports research, development, adoption or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven products, services or processes
• Project-related work must support the advancement of the NRC’s Critical Battery Materials Initiative (CBMI)

NRC researchers

• The project-related work of NRC researchers must support the advancement of the NRC’s Critical Battery Materials Initiative (CBMI

German eligibility requirements

Please consult the DLR Project Management Agency call for proposals announcement (in German only) for German eligibility requirements.