Grants and Funding for Science in Canada for 2026
Explore funding solutions to support scientific innovation in Canada.
Canada offers numerous financing opportunities for scientific research. Access grants and programs to support your innovative projects.
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PSCE – Component 2
Non-repayable funding to support SMEs’ export market diversification
Grant and FundingClosed
Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) – AI Assist
Supports Canadian SMEs in adopting and integrating advanced AI solutions
Tax CreditsOpen
Research, Innovation and Commercialization Tax Credit (CRIC)
Refundable tax credit for Quebec business R&D and precommercialization
Grant and FundingOpen
SCALE AI — Acceleration
Supports Canadian AI startups and SMEs focused on value chains
Tax CreditsOpen
Development of E-Business Tax Credit (CDAE)
Tax credit for development of a Quebec e-business
Grant and FundingOpen
Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF)
Federal support for large-scale innovative business and network projects
Grant and FundingClosed
NovaScience Program - Support for projects in scientific culture and innovation
NovaScience promotes scientific culture and innovation development
Wage Subsidies And InternsOpen
Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) — Youth Employment Program (YEP)
Money to hire a student
Grant and FundingClosed
Support for Innovation and Productivity for Québec manufacturing companies (SIPEM) - Part 2
Boost productivity through targeted technological innovations
Researchers And FacilitiesPartnering and CollaborationWage Subsidies And InternsOpen
Mitacs Accelerate
Connect organizations with academia for research and innovation collaboration
Grant and FundingOpen
NRC IRAP – Support for clean technology
Funding for Canadian SMEs advancing innovative clean technology commercialization
Grant and FundingClosed
ISED — Artificial intelligence (AI)
Supports testing innovative AI prototypes for Canadian government needs
Grant and FundingOpen
Global Innovation Clusters
Financial assistance to work in collaboration on innovation projects
Grant and FundingOpen
Technology and Business Demonstration
Financial support to demonstrate electricity saving technology in Quebec
Grant and FundingClosed
NovaScience Program — Support for the position of innovation and commercialization manager
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE), Government of Canada, Gouvernment of Québec
NovaScience fund supports creating innovation and commercialization roles
Wage Subsidies And InternsOpen
ECO Canada — Student Work Placement Program
Money to hire students for an environmental co-op
Grant and FundingClosed
REGI — Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSP) - Northern Ontario
Funds to accelerate business growth in Northern Ontario
Grant and FundingWage Subsidies And InternsOpen
Mitacs — Elevate
Elevate: Empowering research partnerships with postdoctoral talent and funding
Tax CreditsOpen
Ontario Research and Development Tax Credit (ORDTC)
Non-refundable tax credit for R&D in Ontario
Grant and FundingClosed
Enhanced Road Safety Transfer Payment Program (ERSTPP)
Funds projects to enhance road safety and reduce traffic injuries
Grant and FundingOpen
Roulez Vert — Rebate for charging station at work
Get financial aid to install electric charging stations at your Quebec business
Grant and FundingClosed
Canada Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk (CNFASAR)
Supports recovery and protection of aquatic species at risk
Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingOpen
CFIN — Innovation Scouting Fund
Funding support for foodtech innovation pilot collaborations in Canada
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Researchers And FacilitiesExpert AdviceOpen
Digital and Quantum Innovation Platform — PINQ²
Get expert advice and the use of a high-tech environment
Grant and FundingOpen
ESSOR – Component 1A: Support for investment projects (feasibility studies)
Investment support for feasibility studies in Quebec
Tax CreditsOpen
Incentive deduction for the commercialization of innovations (IDCI)
Reduced tax rate for Quebec-based commercialization of innovations
Grant and FundingOpen
ÉcoPerformance — Standard Analysis Stream
Supports feasibility analyses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Grant and FundingOpenClosing Soon
MEDTEQ+ — AVISÉ program
Funding for validation and evaluation of innovative health technologies
Grant and FundingOpen
Innovation program — Call for First-time Adopter Projects
Investissement Québec (IQ), Gouvernment of Québec, Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)
Funding for startups to develop technologies with first-time adopters
Wage Subsidies And InternsClosed
BioTalent — Student Work Placement Program (SWPP)
Funding to hire co-ops in healthcare or bio-economy
Grant and FundingOpen
SIF — Collaborations and Networks projects
Supports large collaborative Canadian innovation networks and technology projects
Expert AdviceOpen
JACOBB Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence
Assistance and solutions in applied artificial intelligence
Wage Subsidies And InternsOpen
ECO Canada — Youth Employment in Natural Resources YNR
Subsidy to hire young professionals in STEM
Wage Subsidies And InternsClosed
ECO Canada — Science Horizons Youth Internship (SHI)
Subsidized environmental STEM intern
Wage Subsidies And InternsOpen
TECHNATION — Career Ready Program
Wage subsidy for developing tech talent
Grant and FundingExpert AdviceClosed
Starter Company Plus
Government of Ontario (ON), Grey County Business Enterprise Centre (BEC), Community Futures Peterborough (CFP), Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Invest Ottawa, Enterprise Renfrew County (ERC), Halton Region Small Business Centre
Supports Toronto entrepreneurs with training, mentorship, and business funding
Other SupportGrant and FundingClosed
Artificial Intelligence for Canadian Energy Innovation
Supports AI-driven solutions accelerating Canadian energy technology innovation
Grant and FundingTax CreditsOpen
Economic Development & Growth in Employment (EDGE) Incentive Program
Supports tax-based incentives for new or redeveloped employment properties
Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingOpen
Call for collaborative and structuring innovation projects in Quebec's strategic sectors
Collaborative innovation funding for Quebec's strategic sectors
Researchers And FacilitiesPartnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingOpening Soon
Forest Innovation Program
Funding innovation to transform and decarbonize Canada's forest sector
Grant and FundingOpen
Technoclimat
Quebec Ministry of the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change (MELCC), Gouvernment of Québec
Financial assistance for the demonstration of new technologies in Quebec
Grant and FundingClosed
NovaScience Program — Support for employment in research and innovation
NovaScience supports innovation job integration in Quebec businesses
Grant and FundingExpert AdviceClosed
Funding for customized AI training
Digital Intelligence Training Grants for Canadian Businesses
Grant and FundingClosed
Indigenous Intellectual Property Program (IIPP) — Project Stream
Innovation Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), Government of Canada
Funding for complex Indigenous IP projects
Grant and FundingClosed
ISDE — Advanced technologies for open-source intelligence due diligence
AI solutions for research security and open-source intelligence advancement
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Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
International Climate Cooperation Program (ICCP)
Quebec Ministry of the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change (MELCC), Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks
Supports Quebec-driven climate action projects in francophone countries
Grant and FundingClosed
FAQDD — Action-Climat Quebec
Program supports climate change adaptation and mitigation initiatives
Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
Aboriginal Aquatic Resource And Oceans Management (AAROM) Program
Supports Indigenous aquatic resource and oceans management capacity development
Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
Supports collaborative R&D addressing major Canadian policy challenges
Grant and FundingOpen
Regional Defence Investment Initiative – Northern Ontario
Supports Northern Ontario SMEs entering defence supply chains
Grant and FundingClosed
Financial Assistance Program for the Promotion of French – Stream 1
Money to promote the use of French in the office
Grant and FundingClosed
Collaborative Industrial Research and Support to Innovative Entrepreneurship — Stream 3
Support for business clusters to develop large-scale innovation projects
Grant and FundingOpen
Regional defence investment initiative (RDII) – Quebec
Supports Quebec organizations integrating into domestic and international defence supply chains
Grant and FundingOpen
REGI — Jobs and Growth Fund — CED (QC) — For profit
Money to future-proof your for-profit business in Quebec
Grant and FundingOpen
Capitale-Innovation
Supports business innovation, commercialization, and market expansion projects
Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
CELTIC-NEXT – Next Generation Communications Autumn 2025 call for proposals
Funding for collaborative ICT R&D projects for Canadian SMEs
Grant and FundingClosed
Visées program — Training
Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal (CCMM), Quebec Federation of Chambers of Commerce (FCCQ)
Visées funds employee skill development for Quebec businesses
Grant and FundingOpening Soon
CQRDA — INNOV-R SME
Innovative projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Quebec
Grant and FundingOpen
FedNor — Regional Tariff Response Initiative
Supports Northern Ontario SMEs affected by international trade tariffs
Grant and FundingClosed
Collaborative Industrial Research and Support to Innovative Entrepreneurship — Stream 1
Funding for collaborative projects in AI
Grant and FundingClosed
Wood Innovation Program — Component 2
Supports innovative industrial projects using lower-grade Quebec wood
Grant and FundingClosed
Digital Citizen Contribution Program (DCCP)
Funding to support a healthy information ecosystem
Grant and FundingOpen
FedDev — Funding for southern Ontario
Funding for businesses in southern Ontario by FedDev Ontario.
Grant and FundingOpen
Entrepreneurial grant
Supports new business creation and structured business succession in Québec
Researchers And FacilitiesPartnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingOpenClosing Soon
Fabrication Process Development Challenge
Supports development and commercialization of Canadian semiconductor fabrication processes
Grant and FundingOpen
Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP)
Supports northern research training for Canadian university students
Grant and FundingClosed
On-road Transportation Decarbonization — Demonstration Projects
Funding for demonstration projects in transportation
Grant and FundingClosed
INVEST North Program — Investment — Grow Stream
Financial help to grow a business in Northern Ontario
Researchers And FacilitiesPartnering and CollaborationExpert AdviceClosed
iVisit
Enables SMEs to solve innovation challenges with research expertise
Grant and FundingOpen
Abandoned Boats Program - Education, Awareness, and Research (EA&R) component
Supports boat owner education and sustainable boat recycling research
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Grant and FundingClosed
On-road Transportation Decarbonization — R&D Projects
Funding for research and development projects in transportation
Grant and FundingClosed
Support program for economic development projects (PAPDE) — Component 2 : Support for the development of strategic sectors and regions
Support the economic development of strategic sectors and regions
Grant and FundingClosed
DEL — Expertise Financing Grant
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Grant and FundingOpen
Doing business in French
Workplace French training for small businesses in select Quebec regions
Grant and FundingClosed
Enabling large-scale sovereign AI data centres
Support proposals to build large-scale sovereign AI data centres
Grant and FundingOpen
Quebec City — Major projects
Supports significant business investments in targeted Quebec City sectors
Tax CreditsOpen
Development of E-Business Tax Credit Integrating Artificial Intelligence (CDAEIA)
Supports digital business projects integrating artificial intelligence in Quebec
Grant and FundingClosed
Aquatic Ecosystems Restoration Fund
Supports restoration and protection of aquatic and marine habitats
Grant and FundingClosed
Support for innovation projects
Funding for product and process innovations in Quebec
Grant and FundingOpenClosing Soon
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS)
Funding projects for innovative defence and security solutions
Grant and FundingOpen
OCI — Digital Modernization and Adoption Plan program (DMAP)
Support for digital modernization for SMEs in Ontario
Wage Subsidies And InternsOpen
Elevate Talent
Pool of underrepresented talent in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area
Grant and FundingOpen
InnovEnSol Program
Quebec Ministry of the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change (MELCC), Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks
Funding for innovative soil and groundwater decontamination demonstration trials
Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingOpen
The Initiative for Sustainable Aviation Technology (INSAT)
Funding to accelerate sustainable aviation technology innovation in Canada
Grant and FundingClosed
National Adaptation Strategy & Hydrologic prediction and innovation
Supports climate data, flood mapping, hydrologic prediction, hydrometry innovation
Wage Subsidies And InternsOpen
Clean Tech Internships
Internships supporting youth employment in clean technology sectors
Grant and FundingClosed
EcoAction - Freshwater Sustainability and Innovation across Canada Stream
Supports innovative projects improving freshwater sustainability across Canada
Grant and FundingOpen
Technology Maturation Program – PSOv2d
Supports technology development and validation for Quebec research institutions
Grant and FundingClosed
Digital Citizen Research Program - Joint Initiative for Digital Citizen Research
Supports Canadian research on online disinformation and digital citizenship
Grant and FundingExpert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsClosed
PME MTL — Call for projects : Innovation
Supports innovative business projects accelerating technology adoption in Montréal
Grant and FundingClosed
Cyber Security Innovation Network
Supports pan-Canadian cyber security research, commercialization, and talent development
Grant and FundingClosed
Cyber Security Cooperation Program 2025
Funding support for Canadian cyber security initiatives and innovation
Grant and FundingOpen
Strategic sectors
Supports collaborative innovation projects in Quebec strategic technology sectors
Grant and FundingClosed
Zero Emission Vehicle Awareness Initiative — Light-Duty Vehicle — For-profit
Funding to increase awareness for the reduction of vehicle emission