Please refer to the UK and Canada’s call for proposals announcements for application process, eligibility and funding rules.
Consortium requirements
To be considered for funding, applicants must form a project consortium and develop a collaborative R&D project.
The project consortium must include two project leads:
- 1 incorporated Canadian small or medium‑sized enterprise (SME), defined as a for‑profit company with 500 or fewer full‑time equivalent employees.
- 1 incorporated UK business of any size defined as a for‑profit company.
Project team
In addition to the Canadian SME, other Canadian organizations (research institutes, universities, government laboratories, research and technology organizations, large enterprises and other companies) may participate as partners or subcontractors to a grant-receiving entity from the UK or Canada as per the rules stated in the funding call.
Canadian organisations may also be eligible to receive funding through the NRC Quantum Sensors Challenge Program (QSCP) if the consortium includes a QSCP-affiliated NRC researcher. Please contact Roscoe.Klinck@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca for full details.
NOTE: Canadian SME applicants must be eligible for funding as NRC IRAP clients before they can be considered for funding through this call for proposals. For more information on NRC IRAP eligibility and becoming an NRC IRAP client, please contact NRC IRAP at 1-877-994-4727.
Application Deadline
January 31, 2023 – Canadian SME expression of interest registration deadline
February 15, 2023 – Canadian SME expression of interest submission deadline
April 19, 2023 – International consortium project proposal deadline
