Program Name:

Alberta/Ontario Innovation Program

Type:

Expression of Interest

Office of Research Deadline:

February 2, 2015

Program Deadlines:

February 13, 2015.

Research focus areas:

Alberta's and Ontario's future prosperity and global competitiveness will be strengthened from advancing the following industry sectors: 

1. Advanced materials and manufacturing
2. Energy and environment (including water)
3. Nanotechnology
4. Agriculture, forestry
5. Advanced health technologies
6. Life sciences, biotechnology
7. Information, communications technologies, digital media

Amount:

$50,000 to $250,000 CAD over two years from each of AITF and OCE.

Industry partner(s) are required to match 1:1 the AITF and OCE contributions with cash. A matching in-kind contribution is also required. 

Length of project:

1-2 years

Industry partner:

Yes, all projects must involve at least one eligible industrial partner in Alberta and one in Ontario (may be the same company with operations in both provinces or two companies, one in each).

ILO Contact:

Bridget Moloney (bridget.moloney@uwaterloo.ca x35626)

Jacqueline Serviss (jackie.serviss@uwaterloo.ca x31770)

Program submission instructions:

OCE is pleased to be launching Round 2 of the Alberta-Ontario Innovation Program in partnership with Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (AITF) and the Governments of Alberta and Ontario.

This program supports inter-provincial industry-academic projects focussed on solving challenges facing key industries in both provinces. Funded by AITF and OCE, the program will leverage contributions from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and industry partners.

The program is valued at up to $12 million in total, and supports academic institutions and businesses in both provinces to collaborate in the development and commercialization of innovative products and services. It will support innovation in the priority areas of advanced materials and manufacturing, energy and environment (including water), nanotechnology, agriculture, forestry, advanced health technologies, life sciences, biotechnology, information, communications technology and digital media.

The projects and partnerships will support companies from all sectors through collaborations with publicly funded research centres and academic research institutions (i.e., universities, colleges and research hospitals) in both provinces.

This is an exciting opportunity for academic institutions and companies to participate in this unique collaboration between Alberta and Ontario.

More information on this program, including full guidelines and application criteria, is available at www.oce-ontario.org/albertaontario.

Office of Research application procedure:

1. Submit Cover Sheet
2. Copy of all proposal files to Office of Research contact listed below.

Office of Research Contacts for your Faculty:

Val Dreisinger (vdreisinger@uwaterloo.ca  x32364)

All Faculties except Engineering

Chantal Thiel (cthiel@uwaterloo.ca  x32023)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Management Sciences

Meaghan Winfield (mwinfield@uwaterloo.ca)

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Systems Design Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Architecture

Program contact:

Ken Schultz, PhD P.Eng.

Business Development Officer, OCE

Ken.schultz@oce-ontario.org