Deadline: 15 August 2025
Applications are now open for the Collaborative Industrial Research and Development Program to foster and support collaborative industrial research and development (R&D) projects with a high potential for commercialization.
Focus Areas
- Projects must focus on 1 or more of the following themes:
- Advanced manufacturing
- Smart factory and smart manufacturing
- Advanced materials
- Automotive manufacturing
- Robotics and automation
- Industry 4.0″ enablers (additive manufacturing, near net shape manufacturing, assistive robotics and process automation, industrial internet of things (IoT) implementation)
- Clean and green technologies
- Digital technologies
- Artificial intelligence for industry
- Cyber security
- Smart vehicle
- Smart cities
- Health and biosciences
- Pharmaceuticals
- Health informatics
- Digital health
- Medical devices
- Mobile health
- Food and agriculture technologies
- Crop development
- Food processing
- Soil irrigation and monitoring
- Precision agriculture
- Supply chain optimization
- Smart infrastructure
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
- Internet of things (IoT)
- Geo-information systems
- Smart mobility,
- Quantum technologies
- Advanced manufacturing
Funding Information
- Canadian funding:
- In Canada, this call for proposals is offered through the Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) – an international innovation R&D funding program offered by Global Affairs Canada in partnership with the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP). NRC IRAP is responsible for delivering this call for proposals and for managing any resulting funding agreements.
- Canadian SMEs:
- Eligible Canadian SMEs may receive up to 50% reimbursement of eligible project costs up to a maximum total funding amount of $600,000 CAD over 12 to 36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Canadian SME applicant:
- The Canadian applicant must meet all the following criteria:
- be an incorporated, profit-oriented small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) in Canada
- have 500 or fewer full-time equivalent employees
- have been in operation for a minimum of 12 months prior to the project proposal deadline specified above
- have a minimum of 5 full-time equivalent employees located in Canada (on your company payroll and issued a T4), excluding any founders and contract 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 the financial capacity (working capital, sales revenue, investment, etc.) and the operational capacity (personnel, expertise, resources, etc.) to undertake an international multi-year R&D collaboration while maintaining regular operations, and to subsequently 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
- The Canadian applicant must meet all the following criteria:
For more information, visit Government of Canada.
