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Regional Innovation Ecosystems (RIE) in the Prairie provinces

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Description

The Regional Innovation Ecosystems (RIE) program stream aims to create, grow and nurture inclusive regional ecosystems that support business needs throughout the innovation continuum, and foster an entrepreneurial environment conducive to innovation, growth and competitiveness.

Eligible Applicants

RIE is open to not-for-profit organizations that support businesses, innovators and entrepreneurs, for start-up, growth, productivity, technology commercialization, technology adoption, export and investment attraction, including:

  • post-secondary educational institutions
  • business accelerator and incubators
  • angel networks
  • Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) organizations, including Indigenous-led not-for profit organizations and Indigenous-owned businesses
  • social enterprises
  • a group of eligible recipients such as an industry association or consortium
  • a municipality and other levels of government

All eligible applicants must be legal entities capable of entering into legally binding agreements.

Eligible Expenses

All proposed costs should be incremental, meaning that they are beyond the normal operations of an organization, and essential to the project. Costs that may be eligible for reimbursement include, but might not be limited to:

  • capital costs (equipment, machinery)
  • labour (wages, benefits)
  • operating costs that are directly related to the project, such as management fees or working capital
  • consultancy fees (such as professional, advisory and technical services)
  • costs related to intellectual property
  • preproduction (such as technological development and commercial demonstrations)
  • subcontracting costs
  • production and distribution of promotional material and management tools
  • costs related to specialized services such as testing, research and development, technical or innovation, sector development strategies in all markets and business networking

Deadline Date

Ongoing. There is no deadline to submit an EOI.

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