REGI — Regional Innovation Ecosystems

💡What Is This Program?

🎁What Benefits Are Offered?

📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?

📝Steps to ApplySource

• Contact a FedNor officer to discuss your project
• Create an account on the FedNor Portal
• Submit your application through the FedNor Portal

🌐Application PortalSource

https://fednor.canada.ca/en/apply-now

📤Submission MethodSource

online

🔄Intake TypeSource

rolling

📄What Documents Are Required?

✅Required DocumentsSource

• Evidence of project funding
• Managerial, technical, operational and financial capacity documentation
• Market/industry demand evidence
• Viable project plan with verifiable cost estimates

📎Optional DocumentsSource

• Financial sustainability plan for new programs/services

📐Format Requirements

PDF only, max 10MB

✉️Supporting LettersSource

Endorsement letters from appropriate bodies may be required.

💰What Expenses Are Eligible?

🧾Eligible ExpensesSource

• Project-specific cost of labour (e.g., wages and benefits)
• Capital costs: purchase of machinery, equipment and infrastructure
• Operating costs that are incremental, measurable and directly related to the project
• Professional, advisory and technical services fees
• Costs related to intellectual property
• Preproduction costs (e.g., technological development and commercial demonstrations)
• Commercialization costs
• Costs related to expanding or maintaining markets
• Subcontracting costs
• Production and distribution of promotional material and management tools
• Costs related to specialized services such as testing services, research and development services, technical or innovation services, sector development strategies in all markets and business networking

🚫Ineligible ExpensesSource

• Activities in support of regular maintenance and/or ongoing operation costs
• Costs typically supported by federal/provincial transfer payments
• Acquisition of land and buildings
• Costs that result in direct benefits to a single or small number of private firms, unless specifically associated with an approved activity related to the delivery of service or program under the proposed project
• The purchase of any assets for more than the fair market value of the said asset
• Costs for which the applicant has entered into a legal commitment/incurred prior to the eligibility date

📏Expense CapsSource

maximum disbursement of a contribution is capped at $25,000 per ultimate recipient

💳Payment ModelSource

mixed

⏪Retroactive Expenses EligibleSource

No

🤝Is Matching Funding Required?

🔀Matching RequiredSource

Yes

📊Matching RatioSource

50%

🏦Eligible Matching SourcesSource

• cash

📚Stacking RulesSource

Total government funding (including federal, provincial and municipal) up to 100% is supported.

🛡️Proof of Matching RequiredSource

Evidence of project funding.

📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?

🗓️Reporting FrequencySource

annual

📑Reporting RequirementsSource

• project updates
• financial reports

🔍Audit RequirementsSource

Projects may be subject to audit to ensure compliance with funding conditions.

📢Branding RequirementsSource

Acknowledgment of funding from FedNor and the Government of Canada is required.

🗄️Record Retention PeriodSource

7 years