ERA — 2025 Industrial Transformation Challenge

• Expression of Interest template
• Milestone Summary Table
• Optional letters of support

Who is eligible?

• Innovators and technology developers
• Commercial and industrial building owners
• Municipalities and Indigenous communities
• SMEs, universities, and research organizations
• Not-for-profit organizations and associations

Who is not eligible

• Organizations proposing business-as-usual efficiency projects
• Applicants focused on standalone feasibility or FEED studies
• Projects centered on GHG detection, quantification, measurement, or monitoring outside the eligible sectors
• Projects already funded by ERA for the same development

Eligible expenses

• Direct project salaries and employee benefits up to 20% of base salary
• Equipment and capital assets needed for the project
• Materials, supplies, consumables, and software used in the project
• Consulting, subcontractor, EPC, and third-party GHG verification fees
• Project travel, conferences, workshops, and directly related overhead

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Business-as-usual work, including standalone pre-construction studies such as feasibility or FEED
• Hiring and recruitment costs
• Regulatory approval costs
• Land purchase or leasing costs
• Marketing, entertainment, IP protection costs, and GST/PST

Eligible geographic areas

• Alberta
• Airdrie
• Calgary
• Canmore
• Coaldale
• Clearwater County
• Edmonton
• Exshaw
• Halkirk
• Nisku
• Redcliff
• Suffield
• Yellowhead County
• Brazeau Dam

• Technology Opportunity — 15%
• Implementation Plan — 15%
• GHG Benefits — 25%
• Economic and Environmental Benefits — 25%
• Market and Value Proposition — 20%

• Step 1: Create an account in Grant Manager
  • Access the ERA online application portal.
  • Start an Expression of Interest submission.
• Step 2: Prepare the EOI package
  • Complete the Expression of Interest template.
  • Fill in the required online project information.
  • Attach the Milestone Summary Table and any optional letters of support.
• Step 3: Submit the EOI online
  • Upload the required files in Grant Manager.
  • Finalize the submission before the deadline.
  • Wait for the automatic confirmation email.
• Step 4: Advance to the next stage if shortlisted
  • If selected, prepare the Full Project Proposal.
  • Complete the oral presentation stage.
• Step 5: Complete final approval and agreement
  • Receive the funding decision by email.
  • Sign the Contribution Agreement if approved.

• Applications were reviewed through a competitive process by experts in science, engineering, business development, commercialization, financing, and greenhouse gas quantification.
• The review was overseen by a Fairness Monitor.
• ERA’s Board of Directors made the final funding decision based on expert recommendations.
• Successful applicants received funding after approval.

• Applicants may submit more than one EOI, but ERA is unlikely to fund more than one proposal from the same organization.
• ERA may share submissions with trusted funding partners if permission is granted during the process.
• Project outcomes and learnings are generally made public after completion.
• Intellectual property is addressed in the Contribution Agreement and normally remains with the project owner.