Funding and resources for researchers

The Faculty of Science has invested in a funding opportunity for its faculty members wishing to take the next steps toward concept development for the commercialization of research.

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Mitacs

Build research partnerships while funding your students and postdocs. Apply any time for flexible funding — your partner organization’s financial contribution starts at $7,500.

• Mitacs website

Lab2Market West

Lab2Market bridges the gap between a research idea and commercialization. Participants who complete the Lab2Market program are rewarded with critical entrepreneurial skills and $15,000 (through Mitacs) to help fund their research.

• Lab2Market West website

Research Manitoba Proof of Concept Grant

The Innovation Proof-of-Concept Grant aims to strengthen Manitoba-based research innovation and development projects, by filling a funding gap in the Manitoba innovation ecosystem. Through two independent streams, this program provides funding for innovation and commercialization research that is not otherwise accessible. Funds from this program help support activities directly related to process validation and proof-of-concept research.
Note: Funding is targeted toward Bioscience, ICT, Advanced Manufacturing, and Infrastructure and Transportation Industries and Technologies.

Stream 1: Manitoba-Based Consortium supports local collaboration that is addressing a company-specific discovery or innovation toward market usability. This stream allows academics to use their world-class knowledge, facilities, and highly qualified personnel (HQP) to close the knowledge gaps identified during the industry partner’s innovation development.

Stream 2: Manitoba Post-Secondary Researchers support the advancement of discoveries or innovations within an academic setting, which may result in products or technologies, towards market usability.

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NSERC Alliance Grant

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led by strong, complementary, collaborative teams that will generate new knowledge and accelerate the application of research results to create benefits for Canada.

If you are a Canadian university researcher who is eligible to receive NSERC funds, you can apply on your own or as a team with co-applicants who are also eligible academic researchers. You must have at least one partner organization (in the private, public or not-for-profit sector) whose cash contributions will be recognized for cost sharing. 

Alliance grants support projects of varying scale and complexity, from short-term smaller projects involving one researcher to long-term projects involving researchers across several universities, and from one-on-one collaborations with one partner organization directly involved in the research to projects involving many partner organizations across multiple sectors.

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Idea 2 Innovation Grant

The objective of Idea to Innovation (I2I) grants is to accelerate the pre-competitive development of promising technology originating from the university and college sector, and to promote its transfer to a new or established Canadian company. I2I grants provide funding to college and university faculty members to support research and development projects with recognized technology transfer potential. This is achieved through defined phases by providing crucial assistance in the early stages of technology validation and market connection.

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