Tag: canada
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Brasil é lento para regulamentar inovação
O Brasil é o país em que há maior desconfiança em relação ao trabalho do governo para regulamentar o ambiente de inovação, dentre 20 nações pesquisadas pela General Eletric (GE). Segundo levantamento da multinacional divulgado ontem 91% dos executivos ouvidos no País dizem acreditar que o governo não consegue acompanhar o ritmo das inovações…
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Supercluster makes big innovation pitch
The interim chief executive officer for Canada’s agri-food supercluster is all about getting industry players together to push it to new heights during the next few years. Rob Davies will lead the Smart Agri-Food Supercluster for now, as members continue to make their case to the federal government that they should have access to its…
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Startups: Don’t sell out. Help build Canada’s no-exit innovation economy
We see it every day in our news feeds – Canada is ripe for innovation and growth. The federal government announced it will double the budget dedicated to Innovative Solutions Canada, a program helping Canadian startups get off the ground, to $100 million. We have innovation hubs in cities from coast to coast, with four…
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Alberta to provide funding to support biofuels, bioenergy
In early December, the government of Alberta announced plans to award $1.4 billion over seven years to support innovative projects funded by the Climate Leadership Plan. A portion of that funding will support bioenergy and biofuel projects. A press release issued by the Alberta government indicates the innovation funding has five categories. Approximately $63 million…
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Innovation requires experience
The centrepiece was the Innovation and Skills Plan, a series of proposals that included additional venture capital funding, new support for innovation in key growth areas and superclusters, and Innovation Canada, an initiative to bring siloed projects and funding programs for innovators under one roof. More recently, the government in its 2017 defence policy…
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Canada Foundation of Innovation announced $4.7 million for new research
This past October, the Government of Canada, through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), announced a multimillion-dollar investment at Carleton University for new research. In a press release, Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced an investment of $4,746,499 through the CFI’s Innovation Fund to support research infrastructure at Carleton. The investment was…
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São Paulo e Canadá iniciam nova cooperação em inovação
A FAPESP e o National Research Council of Canada (NRC) anunciam a primeira chamada de propostas no âmbito do acordo de cooperação entre as instituições. A chamada visa promover e facilitar pesquisa industrial e projetos em inovação entre empresas do Estado de São Paulo e do Canadá. Os projetos deverão demonstrar as contribuições tecnológicas e…
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Innovation Fund Announces National Funding for Promoting Biomedical Technologies
Blackboard/ Shutterstock.com Envision is a nano-sized anti-cancer drug capable of destroying a breast tumor without damaging the surrounding tissue. Or imagine a self-healing skin graft developed from nanomaterials that treat the wounds of those with diabetes. These two biomedical technologies alone could be capable of greatly improving the quality of life for patients…
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