Canadian International Innovation Program

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

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

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 co-innovation 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

We cover up to 50% of eligible costs for a maximum of $600,000 for approved co-innovation 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.