SynergiQc

• Application form
• SynergiQc budget template
• Half-page non-confidential scientific summary
• Letters of support from corporate partners

Who is eligible?

• Researchers working in a public research institution in Quebec, including universities and affiliated hospitals, research institutes, College Technology Transfer Center (CCTT), and public research centres
• Applicants must work closely with at least one eligible business in Quebec

Who is not eligible

• Businesses outside Quebec
• Companies without eligible R&D or production activities in Quebec
• Projects without a Quebec research institution partner

Eligible expenses

• Research staff salaries, wages, fellowships, and benefits
• Laboratory equipment, consumables, supplies, animal housing, and platform fees
• Project-related travel and knowledge dissemination costs
• Intellectual property costs, including patent applications and maintenance fees
• Small equipment purchases or rentals up to $25,000
• Some subcontracting to Quebec companies when essential to the project

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• In-kind partner contributions, except in projects involving only large Quebec companies
• Facilities lease or purchase
• Equipment purchases over $25,000
• Salaries of the principal investigator and co-investigators

Eligible geographic areas

• Quebec

• Quality of research, relevance of methodology, feasibility, and appropriateness of available resources and expenditure
• Commercialization plan
• Differentiation, competitiveness, and added value of the proposed technology
• Quality of the collaboration and team, and benefits for private partners
• Socio-economic benefits for the province of Quebec and alignment between the project and general industry needs

• Contact Mathieu Paquette, Director – Business Development, at mpaquette@cqdm.org to validate your project’s eligibility and obtain the application form and the SynergiQc budget template.
• Notify CQDM of your intention to submit no later than 7 days prior to the deadline.
• Submit a half-page non-confidential scientific summary to appliquez-apply@cqdm.org no later than 1 week before the application deadline, including the project title, the PI’s name and affiliations, the project’s total budget, the private partners involved, and the amounts of their respective contributions.
• Obtain letters of support from corporate partners and include them as an appendix to the application.
• Send the completed application to appliquez-apply@cqdm.org.

• Eligible submissions undergo an independent scientific evaluation based on the assessment criteria.
• Non-scientific aspects are reviewed, including company commitment, the added value of the collaboration, and project-specific risks.
• CQDM’s scientific advisory board conducts the overall evaluation and makes funding recommendations.
• The project must be approved by CQDM’s Board of Directors, and funding must be approved by the Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie (MEIE).
• If approved, research institutions and industrial partners must sign a research agreement within 3 months of receiving CQDM’s approval letter, and attach a separate intellectual property agreement to the research agreement.

• Call for proposals are open every three months.
• Researchers must notify their intent to apply at least 7 days before the deadline.
• A research agreement must be signed within 3 months of approval.
• An intellectual property agreement must also be signed by all project partners.