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We’re the engine of the Canadian government’s ambitious investment in the Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster, matching federal funds and private investments to industry-led projects.
Eligible Applicants
Any member of the Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster may submit an application for project funding or apply to be considered as a partner or co-investor in Supercluster
projects.
- Recipients of Supercluster funding must be incorporated in Canada.
- For-profit organizations or not-for-profit organizations
- Other publicly funded not-for-profit organizations, post-secondary institutions, federal
Crown corporations, and government departments or agencies are not eligible to receive
Supercluster funding directly, although they may bring their own contributions to projects
or be sub-contracted by funded recipients to carry out project activities.
- International organizations may also participate in Supercluster projects, but
not be eligible for Supercluster funding.
Eligible Expenses
- Transformative, involving the development of technological capabilities with the potential to confer a significant global competitive advantage to Canadian industry;
- Applied, supporting later stage technology and manufacturing readiness with potential to generate significant long-term commercial and economic benefits, including jobs maintained and created;
- Collaborative, attracting the participation of industry partners, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs);
and, Enduring, leaving a legacy in skills development, tools, testbeds, intellectual property, business knowledge for Canada’s advanced manufacturing ecosystem
