Funding for organisations Collaborating on International Research and Development Projects (Canada and Singapore)

Scope

• This project call is for R&D projects in areas including but not limited to:
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Digital technologies
  • Biotechnology
  • Green technology
  • Supply chain logistics
  • Robotics
  • Advanced materials
  • Quantum tech
  • Marine economy
  • Agritech and food security

Funding Information

• For Canada:
  • The funding for 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). The call for proposals is being hosted by Eureka Network. NRC IRAP is responsible for delivering this call for proposals and for managing any resulting funding agreements.
  • The NRC applies risk-based measures to safeguard its research, and the projects and organisations it funds from potential interference, misappropriation or misalignment with the interests of Canada. This includes, amongst other National Security considerations, whether any of the individuals or organisations involved in activities supported by NRC funding are currently in affiliation with, or in receipt of funding or in-kind support, from any of the organisations on the Named Research Organization (NRO) list, published by Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED). The NRC will not directly fund projects where there is a current affiliation with an NRO.
  • Eligible Canadian SMEs may receive up to 50% reimbursement of total project costs up to a maximum total funding amount of 600,000 Canadian dollars over 12 to 24 months (an extension of 12 months may be considered if sufficiently justified and accepted by both countries).
• For Singapore:
  • This call for proposal is offered through Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG). EnterpriseSG is responsible for the delivery of this call for proposals and the management of any resulting funding agreements. Financial support may be provided to eligible Singaporean companies in support of industrial research or technological development activities. Eligible companies can receive up to 50% support from the Enterprise Development Grant (Co-Innovation Programme), or EDG (CIP), for qualifying cost items.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eureka has limited eligibility criteria for organisations participating in a Network projects consortium:
  • Your project idea must represent international cooperation in the form of a specific project.
  • The project must be directed at researching or developing an innovative product, process or service with the goal of commercialisation.
  • The project must have a civilian purpose.
  • Your consortium must include at least one Singapore-based company and one Canada-based company.
  • No single organisation or country can be responsible for more than 70% of the project budget.
• This call for projects has additional criteria for organisations to be eligible to receive funding:
  • The Canadian and Singaporean partners must express their will to cooperate to the development of a new product, industrial process or service. The product, process or service must be innovative and there must be a technological risk involved.
  • The project should have an obvious advantage and added value resulting from the technological cooperation between the participants from the countries (e.g. increased knowledge base, commercial leads, access to R&D infrastructure etc.)
  • The project should demonstrate the contribution of all participants and the project must be significant to them.
  • The participants are required, prior to obtaining the Eureka label endorsement, to have signed a project consortium agreement.
• NRC IRAP has additional criteria for Canada companies to be eligible to receive funding:
  • Your organisation must be a small and medium-sized enterprise in Canada, incorporated and profit-oriented.
  • Your organisation must have 500 or fewer full-time equivalent employees.
  • You must have the objective to grow and generate profits through development and commercialisation of innovative, technology-driven new or improved products, services, or processes in Canada.
• EnterpriseSG has additional criteria for Singapore companies to be eligible to receive funding:
  • Applicant must be a business entity that is registered and operating in Singapore; and
  • Be locally owned, i.e. the applicant should have ≥ 30% of its ordinary shares held by Singaporeans/Singapore PRs; and
  • Be in a financially viable position to start and complete the project.

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