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Canada-India 2024-25 collaborative industrial research and development call for proposals

October 31, 2024

Value

Up to 50% reimbursement of eligible project costs up to a maximum total funding amount of $600,000 CAD over 12 to 36 months.

Description

Working together, the governments of Canada and India 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 organizations from Canada and India who wish to form project consortia to perform collaborative projects focused on developing innovative products, processes or technology-based services in clean and green technologies, clean energy, digital technologies, health and bio-sciences, food and agriculture technologies, smart infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and waste management.

Eligible Applicants

To be considered for funding, applicants must form a project consortium and develop a collaborative research and development (R&D) project that meets the following criteria:

  • The Canadian small or medium‑sized enterprise (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

Eligible Expenses

  • The project must focus on co-development, adaptation or 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 1 partner or country)

Deadline Date

International consortium project proposal deadline: 31 October 2024

Contact

Contact Name: Neil Kochar (India National Program Coordinator for NRC IRAP)

E-mail Address: Neil.Kochar@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Website: https://nrc.canada.ca/en/irap/about/international/?action=view&id=187

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