Tag: canada
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BC Innovation Council Awards $735,000 to Fund Market-Driven Research
VANCOUVER, Oct. 11, 2017 /CNW/ – The BC Innovation Council, a Crown agency of the Province focused on strengthening the B.C. economy through market driven innovation and technology, is excited to announce the winners of its third BCIC Ignite Awards. A total of $735,000 was awarded to four B.C. projects for industry-driven academic research…
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We’re in a global innovation race’: Ottawa announces shortlist for ‘supercluster’ program
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Singh Bains .THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick The winning applicant from the Atlantic region is an industry consortium that would expand digital technologies in aquaculture, fisheries, offshore oil and gas, and clean energy Ottawa began rolling out the shortlist of companies to receive funding under its $950-million “supercluster” program…
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Startup de integração de sistemas foi selecionada por aceleradora canadense
A SysMiddle, especializada em Integração de Sistemas, foi uma das startups selecionadas para participar do programa da aceleradora canadense Launch Academy em parceria com a empresa Dream2b. Fundada pelos empreendedores Sergio Fontana Jr. e Samanda Jentig, a empresa criou uma plataforma para automatizar e facilitar as integrações de dados empresariais,…
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Ottawa must improve research funding – or risk losing the innovation race
Consider a breakthrough in machine learning that revolutionized voice and image recognition, a drug that turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable disease, or a biotechnology sector with revenues in the billions that employs thousands of people. These three very different achievements share a common origin: They each stem from discovery research conducted…
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Chamada Pública Conjunta Finep e NRC (National Research Council of Canada). Inscreva seu projeto!
O presente edital tem como objetivo apoiar projetos de desenvolvimento de produtos diagnósticos para a saúde humana, realizados conjuntamente entre empresas canadenses e Instituições de Pesquisa Científica e Tecnológica (ICTs) brasileiras associadas a empresas também brasileiras. Prazo para envio de propostas até: 27/11/2017 Fonte de Recurso: FNDCT Público-alvo: ICTs | Empresas Tema(s): Biotecnologia; Saúde e…
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Ontario government creates $25.8 million cleantech innovation fund
The Ontario provincial government is starting a $25.8-million fund to support the creation and commercialization of green technologies. The Low Carbon Innovation Fund will support technologies in areas such as alternative energy generation and conservation; new biofuels, bioplastics, and bioproducts; transportation; and carbon capture and usage. According to the government, the initiative is funded by…
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Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) for Brazil
The Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) fosters and supports collaborative industrial research and development projects with high potential for commercialization between Canada and partner countries. It also stimulates bilateral science and technology networking and matchmaking activities to further new partnerships and accelerate the commercialization of research and development. The CIIP is a “seed fund”, meaning…
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IF BORDERS WERE OPEN THE $78 TRILLION FREE LUNCH
Yes, it would be disruptive. But the potential gains are so vast that objectors could be bribed to let it happen A HUNDRED-DOLLAR BILL is lying on the ground. An economist walks past it. A friend asks the economist: “Didn’t you see the money there?” The economist replies: “I thought I saw something, but I…
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Startup incubada na Fundação Softville é aprovada em programa de aceleração no Canadá
A Startup Joinvillense, LiteLiMS – Software para Gerenciamento e Inteligência de Laboratórios da Indústria anuncia que foi aprovada no programa Leap International, uma aceleração de Startups na Lauch Academy, maior incubadora e aceleradora de Startups na cidade de Vancouver, BC, Canadá. O CEO da empresa, Gustavo Baumgarten, comentou que passar neste programa só reforça…
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Request for Expression of Interest for the Canadian Energy Storage Innovation Mission to Brazil
Request for Expression of Interest Global Affairs Canada (GAC), through the Consulate General of Canada in Rio de Janeiro and the National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) are pleased to bring this opportunity to your attention. Below is the full description of the Canadian Energy Storage Innovation Mission to Brazil 2017, which will…