Partnership Development Activities (PDAs) facilitate opportunities to identify potential foreign partners in targeted CIIP markets through networking, educational and matchmaking events that can lead to R&D projects.
The Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) supports Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) development of technologies with potential for commercialization with international partners in targeted markets.
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Partnership Development Activities
Who can apply
This program is for Canadian companies that:
- are incorporated, profit-oriented small and medium-sized enterprise, with up to 500 full-time equivalent employees
- are ready to collaborate on a R&D project with a foreign partner
- are seeking to commercialize new or improved products, services, or processes
- own or co-own the intellectual property of the technology that will be commercialized
- have sufficient resources to support their portion of the cost of attending the PDA and any R&D project that results from PDA participation
What we fund
Up to 50% of eligible costs to a maximum of $15,000 for approved projects, including:
- economy class airfare
- accommodations
- meals (per diems)
- local transportation
- translation and marketing material
- conference and tradeshow fees
- photocopies or printed material
Collaborative R&D projects
CIIP provides funding for R&D projects done in collaboration with a foreign partner that are close to commercialization.
Who can apply
Canadian companies that:
- are incorporated, profit-oriented SMEs, with up to 500 full-time equivalent employees
- are ready to collaborate with a foreign partner
- are seeking to commercialize new or improved products, services, or processes
- own or co-own the intellectual property of the technology that will be commercialized
- have sufficient resources to support a multi-year R&D project have a world-class, distinguishable, and protectable technology which may already be commercialized in Canada
For a foreign partner to be eligible, they must:
- be capable of implementing the project, including funding their respective share
- agree in advance on intellectual property (IP) rights and a commercialization strategy
- not be related in terms of corporate ownership
- be eligible for funding from their home country’s national funding body
What we fund
Up to 50% of eligible costs for a maximum of $600,000 for approved R&D projects that are close to commercialization such as:
- Technology adaptation: Adapt commercialized products to reach a new market, in Canada or abroad.
- Technology validation: New products that are not yet commercialized and require technical and business validation from potential early adopter customers.
- Technology co-development: Creating a new product, service, or process with an uncertain path to commercialization.
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Deadline | Title | Industries | Partner economy |
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May 26, 2025 | Canada – Singapore 2025-26 collaborative industrial research and development call for proposals | Artificial intelligence, digital technologies, biotechnology, green technology, supply chain logistics, marine economy, robotics, advanced materials, quantum computing, agri-tech and food security | Singapore |
June 15, 2025 | Canadian AI in life sciences innovation R&D partnering delegation to South Korea | Life sciences | Republic of Korea |
June 15, 2025 | Canadian biomanufacturing technology research and development partnering delegation to France | Biomanufacturing | France |
June 19, 2025 | Canada – Brazil 2025-26 collaborative industrial research and development call for proposals | Advanced manufacturing, clean technologies, digital industries, energy and natural resources, health and bio-sciences, nanotechnology | Brazil |
Our partners
We deliver the CIIP in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program.
Contact us
Innovation Pathways Division
Global Affairs Canada
Email: innovation@international.gc.ca
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