Business Size: small

Industries: mining, energy, manufacturing & processing, health care

Region: Saskatchewan

Other Criteria: Companies advancing novel innovations for industry challenges, Focus on technological solutions, Demonstrates a feasible path to commercialization and how benefits will be sustained long-term, Proposal is put forth by a group of active industry partners representing the project’s value chain (e.g., researchers, production & supply process, end users), Industry partners must provide 50% or more of the project’s budget through cash/in-kind contribution, equity investment, and/or letter of intent to purchase, The funding request is for more than 30% of the proposed budget, Priority is given to proposals with an academic partner from a Saskatchewan post-secondary or research institute, Projects must be led by a Saskatchewan-based organization (non-Saskatchewan organizations may be considered on a case-by-case basis if the project group has majority headquarter presence in the province and aims to drive innovation in Saskatchewan’s core sectors), Focus on Research & Development (R&D) projects