Canada – Germany 3+2 collaborative Call for Proposals

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 that could become competitive in global markets
• have sufficient working capital 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 one 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 and/or prototype development which supports research, development, adoption and/or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven products, services or processes

NRC researchers

• NRC researchers’ project-related work must support the advancement of NRC’s Materials for Clean Fuels Challenge program or the NRC’s Artificial Intelligence for Logistics Supercluster Support Program objectives

German eligibility requirements

Please consult the DLR Project Management Agency call for proposals announcement for German eligibility requirements.