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NSERC's Role in Advancing SME Innovation through Academic Partnerships

NSERC's Engage grants facilitate the crucial transfer of technology and expertise from academic institutions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Manager Robert Déziel highlights the significance of these funding sources in fostering collaboration, as showcased by testimonials from industry leaders like Daryoosh Saeedkia and James Pond. By supporting short-term projects, these grants serve as an excellent starting point for businesses seeking to innovate and explore new product features in collaboration with leading Canadian research groups. Engage grants and other funding avenues like CRD and I2I are essential for driving growth in Canada’s tech landscape.

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NSERC's Role in Advancing SME Innovation through Academic Partnerships

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  1. NSERC’s Partnerships Programs: Facilitating transfer of technology and know-how from Universities to SMEs Robert Déziel, PhD, MBA Manager, NSERC Quebec Regional Office

  2. NSERC FACTS AND FIGURES

  3. Optics and Photonics Snapshot

  4. Boostyourresearch and developmentcapacity

  5. engage grant (eg)

  6. Engage grants in canada Employees number

  7. let ourpartnersspeak! «The NSERC Engage has been one of the most useful government funding sources we at TeTechS have received to date…. Being a focused and short term project, an NSERC Engage is a great starting point to find the best fit between a company and the academic groups it would like to collaborate with. » Daryoosh Saeedkia, President and CEO, TeTechS Inc. «…Overall, the Engage grants we have participated in have been quite successful, and in many cases have led to ongoing collaborations… Working with Canadian research groups on the leading edge of their fields allows us to explore the feasibility of new product features as new techniques and approaches are discovered.» James Pond, Chief Technology Officer, Lumerical Solutions Inc.

  8. Collaborative research and developmentgrant (CRD)

  9. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (CRD) GRANTS

  10. APPLIED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS (ARD)

  11. IDEA TO INNOVATION (I2I) GRANTS

  12. IDEA TO INNOVATION (I2I) GRANTS

  13. IDEA TO INNOVATION (I2I) GRANTS

  14. IDEA TO INNOVATION (I2I) Phase Ia «A cost effective process for low-loss light coupling between optical fibers and integrated photonic circuits with high refractive index guiding layers» • NSERC: $125,000 for one year Prs. Vincent Aimez and Paul Charette Université de Sherbrooke development of a low-cost technology for injecting/extracting light carried by optical fibers to/from photonic Si-based chips Students/collaborators Guillaume Beaudin Étienne Grondin

  15. IDEA TO INNOVATION (I2I) GRANTS Phase IIb –Partnership with a Canadian company • Carbon nanotubes and Raman Imaging • NSERC: $87,500/year for two years Pr. Richard Martel Université de Montréal

  16. FIND HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL THROUGH NSERC’S INDUSTRIAL SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAMS

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