The Research Capacity Program (RCP) is a competitive funding program designed to support the acquisition of small equipment and large research infrastructure to build capacity in Alberta’s post-secondary institutions and attract, retain, and develop researchers undertaking transformative research and applied research programs.
The RCP includes the following competition streams:
- College-Industry Innovation (CII) supports applied research infrastructure in colleges/polytechnics
- Cyberinfrastructure (CYB) supports the infrastructure needs of computationally and data-intensive research
- Research Infrastructure (RI) supports large research infrastructure for research teams of up to 10 principle users
- Small Equipment Grants (SEG) supports research equipment for individual researchers or small teams