Eurogia Cluster's 29th Call for proposals – Clean Technologies

• The applicant must be an incorporated, profit-oriented small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) in Canada with 500 or fewer full-time equivalent employees.
• The company must have been in operation for at least 12 months prior to the project proposal deadline.
• The applicant must have a minimum of 5 full-time equivalent employees located in Canada (excluding contract employees), on payroll and issued a T4.
• The company must be pursuing growth and profit through the development and commercialization of innovative, technology-driven new or improved products, services, or processes in Canada.
• The applicant must have the financial and operational capacity to participate in an international multi-year R&D collaboration and to commercialize project results.

Who is eligible?

• Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in clean technology sectors
• Canadian incorporated, profit-oriented SMEs
• Companies involved in hydrogen and renewable energy technology
• Firms engaged in ICT for energy tracking, management, and storage
• Businesses focusing on energy-efficient housing, smart cities, IoT, AI, and big data for energy optimization

Who is not eligible

• Canadian organizations that are not small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), such as large corporations, non-profits, universities, or research centres, are not eligible for NRC IRAP funding and must secure alternative funding or self-fund their participation.
• Canadian companies that have fewer than 5 full-time equivalent employees located in Canada (excluding contract employees) are not eligible for funding.
• Canadian companies that have been in operation for less than 12 months prior to the project proposal deadline are not eligible for funding.
• Companies that are not incorporated, profit-oriented, and based in Canada are not eligible for NRC IRAP funding through this call.

Eligible geographic areas

• Canada (for Canadian SME applicants that are incorporated and profit-oriented)
• Eureka participating countries (for consortium eligibility)

• Presence of at least two companies from different Eureka participating countries in the consortium, with balanced partner contributions (no partner or country holding more than approximately 70% of the project).
• Innovative character and technological risk of the project, resulting in new or improved products, processes, or services.
• Clear cooperative advantage and added value achieved through international technological collaboration (such as new technologies, standardization, prototyping, or field trials).
• Demonstrated economic and societal benefits of the proposed project.
• Existence of a signed project consortium or cooperation agreement between project partners shortly after project start.

• Eurogia offers a brokerage tool to help with project idea sharing and consortium building.
• A Project Consortium Agreement (PCA) must be signed between project partners as soon as possible after the start of the project.
• Canadian SME applicants may apply to more than one NRC IRAP-funded call for proposals at the same time, but are subject to limits on the number of funded projects per applicant.
• PCA templates are available for use by the project consortium if required.