Government of Canada Helping to Create Jobs and Growth Through New Funding for Research, Partnerships and Small Businesses
(firmenpresse) - OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 12/06/11 -- The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), today announced over $1.3 million in support for new research projects funded through the Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence. These include initiatives to improve water treatment in the oil industry, develop lighter and quieter aircraft, and facilitate the development of drugs for central nervous system diseases.
"Small and medium-sized enterprises create jobs and grow our economy through innovation," said Minister of State Goodyear. "Our government is pleased to support these businesses as they commercialize ideas through R&D partnerships with our world-class Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence."
Launched in 2007, the Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence program's Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Co-operative Fund supports collaborative business-led initiatives that enhance private sector innovation. The following four projects will share over $1.3 million:
"Networks and projects such as these are a proven way to connect knowledge developed at our universities with real-world situations," added Suzanne Fortier, Chair of the Networks of Centres of Excellence Steering Committee and President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. "These projects will provide economic, social and environmental benefits in areas that are important to Canadians."
The initiative is managed through the Networks of Centres of Excellence program, which forges partnerships between universities, industry, government and not-for profit organizations. Its goal is to turn Canadian research and entrepreneurial talent into economic and social benefits for all Canadians.
For more information on the recipients, see the website.
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Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence
Small and Medium Enterprise Cooperative Funds Competition Results
The Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence program was created in 2007 to fund large-scale collaborative business-led networks that enhance private-sector innovation in order to deliver economic, social, and environmental benefits to Canadians. They are headed by industrial consortia, and help increase private-sector investments in Canadian research, support training of skilled researchers, and accelerate the transfer of ideas from the laboratory into products and services in the marketplace. The Small and Medium Enterprise Cooperative Funds are awarded to networks for projects that involve the SME community. Networks receive approximately half of their funding from industry.
On the recommendation of the program's Private Sector Advisory Board, the Network of Centres of Excellence Secretariat allocated $2.8 million of the original $46 million budget to support efforts by the existing networks that increase the involvement of small and medium-sized enterprises in research and commercialization activities. The second competition took place in 2011. Proposals were evaluated against the following criteria:
The competition resulted in four grants totalling over $1.3 million:
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Stephanie Thomas
Special Assistant (Communications)
Office of the Honourable Gary Goodyear
Minister of State (Science and Technology)
613-960-7728
Media Relations
Industry Canada
613-943-2502
Kelly Nolan
NCE Communications Manager
613-996-0390
613-889-1761 (cell)
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