What are Partnership development activities?

Partnership Development Activities (PDAs) are networking, educational, and matchmaking activities. We design our PDAs to facilitate collaborative research and development (R&D) projects between Canadian companies and foreign partners.

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 the shared cost of attending the PDA
• are not entirely funded by Canadian government organizations (federal, provincial, territorial, or municipal or Crown corporations)

What is funded?

Up to 50% of eligible costs to a maximum of $15,000 for approved PDA Projects.

Eligible expenses include:

• economy class airfare
• accommodations
• meals (per diems)
• local transportation
• translation and marketing material
• conference and tradeshow fees
• photocopies or printed material

Apply now

Express your interest in an upcoming PDA delegation.

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