Impact Canada Challenge Hub
Canada
Financing to solve economic, environmental, and social problems
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Grant and Funding
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- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration
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- Impact Canada
- Government of Canada
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Get a grant or contribution to cover some or all of the costs related to developing an innovative solution for a specific government challenge.
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This grant employs a performance-based funding structure designed to incentivize participants to achieve measurable outcomes. Innovators are awarded based on the results achieved during the Challenge, with the structure reflecting various types of competitions.
- Outcome-based awards are granted to those who first or most effectively meet a defined challenge according to specific criteria.
- Financial incentives serve as prizes for achieving successful solutions in response to various challenges.
- Grand Challenges offer funding on a prospective basis, evaluating a broad range of potential innovations for effectiveness.
- Support is available through Accelerators, which provide time-limited business support to early-stage enterprises.
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This grant supports initiatives that aim to address Canada's significant challenges through innovative solutions and partnerships. Eligible projects include those that utilize open innovation approaches to solve complex social, environmental, and economic problems.
- Development of technologies addressing health crises, such as opioid drug checking devices.
- Implementation of smart city solutions to enhance urban living through data and technology.
- Accelerating cleantech entrepreneurship, particularly among women.
- Innovations inspired by Indigenous knowledge aimed at benefiting Indigenous communities.
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$ 160,000
Supporting women cleantech entrepreneurs to expand their businesses
$ 120,000
Developing a cost-effective opioid detection device for safe drug checking
$ 240,000
Creating a pipeline of green innovations through business incubators
$ 400,000
Implementing smart city solutions to improve urban living
$ 160,000
Partnering with Indigenous communities to implement sustainable energy solutions
$ 120,000
Running outcome-based funding awards for mental health services
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This grant does not provide specific eligibility criteria within the provided information.
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The eligibility for projects under Impact Canada Challenges is not explicitly detailed in the provided context. However, these challenges are generally open to a wide range of actors aiming to bring innovative solutions to significant Canadian problems.
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There are specific types of companies that are not eligible for this grant:
- Foreign companies not registered in Canada
- Non-profit organizations without a Canadian presence
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This context provides information about various challenge-based projects run by Impact Canada that aim to address significant social, economic, and environmental issues. These projects use incentives to encourage innovative solutions, draw attention to critical issues, and build new partnerships across sectors.
- An opioid Drug Checking Technology Challenge offering prizes for developing an accurate and accessible drug checking device.
- A Smart Cities Grand Challenge aimed at improving the lives of Canadians through data and connected technology initiatives.
- An Accelerator program designed to support women cleantech entrepreneurs in advancing their breakthrough ideas and growing their businesses.
- Indigenous Innovation Initiatives which foster ideas inspired by Indigenous knowledge to address community-specific challenges with holistic approaches.
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The evaluation and selection of projects for this grant are based on specific criteria with allocated point scores to ensure alignment with the grant’s objectives.
- Innovation and originality of the project proposal.
- Feasibility and clarity of the implementation plan.
- Alignment with the grant’s strategic goals.
- Potential impact on the targeted community or sector.
- Cost-effectiveness and efficient use of resources.
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Here are additional relevant details for this grant:
- Impact Canada challenges are designed as an outcomes-based approach, where rewards are linked to the results achieved rather than merely expenditures.
- Challenges can open up opportunities for collaboration across private, academic, and not-for-profit sectors.
- Challenges may include both financial and non-financial incentives to encourage diverse participation.
- The approach values building new partnerships and networks as part of the innovation process.
- Through partnership with Statistics Canada, there is a focus on rigorous quantitative and qualitative impact assessments.
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