Funding Opportunities

Level 2 Connect Grants provide support for:
1) research planning and networking activities within Canada to develop new college–industry partnerships;
2) activities or promotional tools to encourage new partnerships supported by CCI Program grants.

Engage

No Longer Accepting Applications

Further develop an ongoing or completed Engage Grant Project Support or to continue the project while seeking longer-term support.

Support college social innovation research projects in partnership with local community organizations, leading to solutions that address a Canadian community need.

Applied Research and Development (ARD)

Support one-to three-year projects at any point in the research and development (R&D) spectrum.

Applied Research Tools and Instruments (ARTI)

Support the purchase of research equipment and installations to foster and enhance the capacity of colleges to undertake applied research, innovation and training in collaboration with local companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Details to come in Spring 2022

ARTI Grant Summary

Support college-university collaborations working with the business sector to realize
successful commercialization.

Innovation Enhancement (IE)

Increase innovation at the community and/or regional level by enabling Canadian colleges to increase their capacity to work with local companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Closed

IE Grant Summary

Industrial Research Chairs for Colleges (IRCC)

Support applied research leaders and their development of business-focused applied research programs at colleges.

Closed

IRCC Grant Summary

Technology Access Centres (TAC)

Provide funding for core operations of centres established by colleges to address the applied research and innovation needs of local companies.

Closed

TAC Grant Summary

Insight Development

Foster research in its early stages (e.g. case studies, pilot initiatives, critical analyses of existing research).

Closed

Insight Development Grant Summary

Insight

Support long-term research initiatives.

Closed

Connection

Support workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes, or other events or outreach activities that facilitate short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives.

November 1

February 1

May 1

August 1

Connection Grant Summary

Partnership Engage

Support short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector

September 15

December 15

March 15

June 15

Partnership Engage Grant Summary

Partnership Development

Provide support over one to three years to teams/partnerships, led by a project director, to:

-develop research and/or related activities in the social sciences and humanities, including knowledge mobilization and the meaningful involvement of students and emerging scholars, by fostering new partnerships with existing and/or potential partners; or

-design and test new partnership approaches for research and/or related activities that may result in best practices or models that either can be adapted by others or have the potential to be scaled up to a regional, national or international level.

Closed

Partnership Development Grant Summary

Partnership

Provide support for new and existing formal partnerships over four to seven years to advance research, research training and/or knowledge mobilization through mutual co-operation and sharing of intellectual leadership, and through resources as evidenced by cash and/or in-kind contributions.

Closed

Partnership Grant Summary

Impact Awards

Build on and sustain Canada’s research-based knowledge culture in all research areas of the social sciences and humanities.

April 1, 2022

Impact Awards Summary

Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP)

Help companies develop, implement and commercialize technical innovations by supporting partnerships between Ontario's industry and publicly funded colleges.

No Deadline

OCI Grant Summary

College-Industry Innovation Fund (CIIF)

Support substantial research infrastructure projects that will augment the existing applied research and technology development capacity of colleges and allow them to respond to important sector industry needs.

Stream 1

Notice of Intent: March 15 each year

Full Proposal: May 15 each year

Stream 2

Letter of Intent: To be determined

Invitation to Submit a Proposal: To be determined

Full Proposal: To be determined

CIIF Grant Summary

SONAMI

Support applied research collaborations with small and medium-sized companies in the manufacturing sector, to help solve their challenges, adapt new technologies, develop new prototypes, and bring new products to the market.

No Deadline

SONAMI Grant Summary

Accelerate

Support college-industry R&D collaborations through research-based four-month student internships.

No Deadline

Accelerate Grant Summary