Federal program
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP)
National Research Council Canada
Advisory services and cost-shared funding for SME technology-innovation projects, including AI, clean technology and digital/Industry 4.0 development work.
What the program says
- Amount
- varies (project contributions negotiated with an Industrial Technology Advisor)
- Deadline
- No deadline stated on the source page
- Level
- Federal
- Region
- National
- Utility
- Other / multi-utility
- Provider
- National Research Council Canada
Status note, recorded at retrieval: Active, but in transition: IRAP is slated to move from the NRC into the Canada Innovation Corporation around 2026-27, so branding/URLs may change.
Every value below is quoted from the official page as it read on the retrieved date. Nothing is interpreted, converted or estimated (§F.3).
Who qualifies
Canadian small and medium-sized businesses; contact 1-877-994-4727 to be assigned an advisor.
Eligibility is summarized from the official page and is not advice. The provider decides.
Where this came from
One official source, one date, one person accountable for the check.
- Official sourcehttps://nrc.canada.ca/en/support-technology-innovationnrc.canada.ca
- Retrieved
- Checked byQuantify research pass (agent) — [TOM-REVIEW] before launch (§K.3 #26)
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