NGen — Pilot Projects

• Application Agreement
• Cashflow forecast or description of how the project will be funded
• Latest financial statements, or a link to where they are available
• Explanation if financial statements are not available

Who is eligible?

• Any member of NGen (Canada’s advanced manufacturing Supercluster).
• Small or Medium Enterprises with less than 500 employees globally.
• For-profit organizations.
• Not-for-profit organizations that facilitate and fund research and development and whose funding is received primarily from private-sector organizations.

Who is not eligible

• Publicly funded not-for-profit organizations.
• Post-secondary institutions.
• Federal Crown corporations.
• Government departments or agencies.
• International organizations without an incorporated presence in Canada.

Eligible expenses

• Personnel salaries and wages for personnel based in Canada and working directly on the project.
• Subcontracted work essential to the success of the project, where the expertise does not exist among the partners.
• New equipment, rentals, and direct operation and maintenance costs.
• Service fees and subscription or license fees directly related to the project.
• Materials consumed by the project, room or facility rentals, conference costs with a direct link to project activities, travel costs in accordance with the National Joint Council Travel Directive, patent protection costs, and publication costs of project results.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Experimental or theoretical work without any direct commercial application or use.
• Production activities themselves or activities that subsidize full scale production.
• Capital investment for production or for purposes not related to the project.
• Activities that could be viewed as anti-competitive.
• Routine or periodic changes made to existing products, production lines, manufacturing processes, services and other operations in progress.

Eligible geographic areas

• Canada

• Applications are scored on 10 questions, worth 10 marks each.
• Responses are equally weighted in the assessment.
• Only the highest scoring projects are recommended for funding.

• Join NGen as an organizational member.
• Select the funding stream under the Supercluster projects heading.
• Log in to the application portal using your NGen account credentials.
• Complete the project screening requirements, including the Application Agreement and project details.
• Submit the application through the portal after screening.

• NGen will screen proposals to confirm basic eligibility before the full application is completed.
• Applicants must complete an Application Agreement and certify they meet project requirements.
• Applications are assessed by up to five external experts selected by NGen.
• The application process is competitive and only the highest scoring projects are recommended for funding.
• Each project application is scored out of 100 marks across 10 questions, with responses equally weighted.
• Applicants whose projects are not recommended for approval receive a summary of the evaluation and may re-apply.

• Applicants may request guidance from NGen by emailing project@ngen.ca.
• NGen may provide high-level advice on funding rules, eligible activities, and project requirements.
• NGen may identify potential project partners and other sources of funding for project activities.
• Resources for this support are limited and individual help is offered on a first come first served basis.