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Purpose: This program will post challenges seeking near-to-market solutions from small and medium-sized businesses (fewer than 500 staff) that need financial support from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to refine and sell their product or solution to meet a COVID-19 related need.
NRC IRAP works with roughly 8,000 small and medium-sized businesses every year through its cross-Canada network of 255 industrial technology advisors and provides over $300 million in support to more than 3,000 technology development projects annually
Through this initiative, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and Health Canada (HC) will establish a number of challenges corresponding to needs of health providers to deal with COVID-19
NRC IRAP will partner with Innovative Solutions Canada to launch calls for proposals over the next few weeks to address challenges, fund development of solutions, and buy successful products and services needed to address COVID-19
Together, NRC IRAP and Innovative Solutions Canada will:
- post the PHAC and HC challenges (Innovative Solutions Canada)
- award Phase 1 funding to successful small and medium-sized businesses to develop a proof of concept for their solution (NRC IRAP)
- award Phase 2 funding to the firms with the best concepts so they can develop a working prototype (NRC IRAP)
The NRC, PHAC, HC or another federal department or agency will then be able purchase the product for use against COVID-19.
Innovative Solutions Canada already has challenges in development, which they will begin posting to their website in the coming days. These will continue as PHAC, HC, and health care providers request new topics.
Companies with promising technology relevant to the COVID-19 challenges can register their technology or product by clicking on the Register button below.
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