CELTIC-NEXT Next Generation Communications Spring 2025

To be eligible for funding, a Canadian SME applicant must:

• be an incorporated, profit-oriented small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) 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; and
• be committed to significant growth through international market expansion.

Preference may be given to Canadian SME applicants who:

• have a minimum of 15 full-time equivalent employees;
• have commercialized one or more products domestically or internationally; and
• have greater than $500,000 CAD in annual revenue.

Canadian SME applicants must be eligible for funding as NRC IRAP clients before they can be considered for funding through the call for proposals. For more information on NRC IRAP eligibility and becoming an NRC IRAP client, please contact NRC IRAP at 1-877-994-4727.