Technology & Innovation grants in Canada

Funding for software, AI, R&D and commercialization work. 203 programs in the catalogue, soonest deadline first. Updated weekly.

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Innovation Proof of Concept Grant
Research Manitoba
Nov 3, 2026
Challenge Stream: MINERVA Initiative – Uncrewed Aircraft System Deconfliction
Innovative Solutions Canada
Nov 4, 2026
WIL Digital
Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)
up to $5,000 Nov 15, 2026
Field-deployable standoff chemical imaging system for CBRNE detection
Innovative Solutions Canada
Nov 19, 2026
Ontario Shipbuilding Grant Program
Ministry of Transportation
Nov 19, 2026
GenoMAKE: Genomics Advanced Manufacturing Challenge
Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen)
$150,000 to $300,000 Nov 20, 2026
France Canada Research Fund (FFCR) - Call for Applications 2027
French Embassy in Canada
$8,000 to $15,000 Nov 27, 2026
Challenge Stream: High-Altitude Platform System (HAPS) for Ultra-Long-Range (ULR) Wireless Backhaul
Innovative Solutions Canada
Dec 1, 2026
Co-operative Development Program
The Co-operators Foundation
up to $20,000 Apr 15, 2027
TIES Founder's Scholarship
The Immigrant Education Society (TIES)
$1,000 May 18, 2027
TIES Founder's Scholarship 2026–2027
The Immigrant Education Society (TIES)
$1,000 May 18, 2027
Regional Defence Investment Initiative (RDII)
Prairies Economic Development Canada
Dec 31, 2027
7th Annual Pitch Competition
Decentralised Energy Canada
Dates vary
Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) Health
Alberta Innovates
$100,000 to $2,000,000Dates vary
Advanced Manufacturing Projects
NGen (Next Generation Manufacturing Canada)
$500,000 to $20,000,000Dates vary
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Advancing International Clean Technology Demonstrations Initiative
Trade Commissioner Service
Rolling
AI & Data Solutions Grants
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Rolling
AI for Good / Nonprofit Grants
Microsoft Philanthropies
US$50,000 to US$500,000 Rolling
AI for Good Film Festival 2026
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Dates vary
AI for Good Innovation Factory - Grand Finale
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Dates vary
AI Opportunity Fund
Google.org
Dates vary
AI Research Chair Program
Scale AI
Rolling
Appel de projets : très ouverts aux commerces pas ordinaires
PME MTL
Dates vary
Appui à l'innovation quantique régionale
Développement économique Canada pour les régions du Québec (DEC)
Rolling
Appui à l'innovation quantique régionale
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)
Rolling
Artist Travel and Touring Fund
Government of the Northwest Territories, Industry, Tourism and Investment
up to $4,000 Rolling
Arts Business Support Fund
Northwest Territories Industry, Tourism and Investment
up to $10,000 Rolling
B.C. Employer Training Grant
Province of British Columbia
up to $300,000 Rolling
Bayer Sustainability Challenge
SVG Ventures | THRIVE
Rolling
BDC Small Business Loan
Business Development Bank of Canada
$100,000 to $500,000 Rolling
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Breakthru Pitch Competition 2027
New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
$50,000 to $150,000Dates vary
Built World Challenge
Edmonton Unlimited
$1,000 to $3,000Dates vary
Business Development Funding
Export Development Canada
Rolling
Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSP) in Northern Ontario
FedNor
Rolling
Business Scale-up and Productivity (Northern Ontario)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor)
Rolling
ByWard Market 200th Tourism Animation Fund
Ottawa Tourism
Dates vary
Call for Innovation: Case and Contract Tracing Platform Expansion
CAN Health Network
Dates vary
Call for Innovation: OR Booking & Pre-operative Optimization
CAN Health Network
Dates vary
Canada Impact+ Research Infrastructure Fund (CIRIF)
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Dates vary
Canadian Sport Innovation Challenge
Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities
Dates vary
Canadian Tire Environmental Sustainability Challenge
Canadian Tire Corporation
$500 to $3,000Dates vary
Canvas of the Future - AI-Powered Art Competition
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Dates vary
Capacity Buyback Program
City of Toronto
Rolling
CDAE-IA
Investissement Québec
Rolling
Childhood & Nature / Early Childhood
Lawson Foundation
$25,000 to $200,000Dates vary
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Circular Food Innovators Fund (CFIF) - Green Workforce Development Projects
City of Toronto
$500 to $5,000Dates vary
Circular Food Innovators Fund (CFIF) - Projects
City of Toronto
$5,000 to $35,000Dates vary
Civic Empowerment Grants
Luminate
US$200,000 to US$2,000,000 Rolling
Climate Focus Area - Climate Finance Strategy
McConnell Foundation
Rolling
Climate Startup Equity Prize
Climate Solutions Prize
Dates vary
College Fund
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Dates vary
Commerce X Design
PME MTL
$10,000Dates vary
Communautés nordiques isolées (FICNI)
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)
Rolling
Community Grants
Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia
Dates vary
Contributor Reinvestment Program
Fuel Innovation Fund
Rolling
Critical Industrial Technologies (CIT) Initiative
Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI) / Government of Ontario
Rolling
Critical Industrial Technologies (CIT) Initiative
Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI)
Rolling
Croissance économique régionale par l'innovation (CERI)
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)
Rolling
Croissance économique régionale par l'innovation (CERI)
Développement économique Canada pour les régions du Québec (DEC)
Rolling
Cyber Security Innovation Network
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
up to $80,000,000Dates vary
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Defence Industry Assist initiative (DI Assist)
National Research Council of Canada
Rolling
Défi Vert – Monkland Avenue / Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
PME MTL Centre-Ville
Dates vary
Democracy x AI Cohort
Mozilla Foundation
US$50,000 to US$300,000Dates vary
Développement des affaires électroniques
Investissement Québec
Rolling
Digital Circuit program offered by PME MTL
PME MTL
Dates vary
EcoConnexions Partnership Program
Canadian National Railway (CN)
Dates vary
Écofonds
PME MTL Grand Sud-Ouest
Rolling
Economic Development Initiative (EDI) – Strengthening Francophone Communities
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor)
Rolling
Economic Development Initiative (EDI) in southern Ontario
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario)
up to $500,000 Rolling
Economic Development Initiative in Southern Ontario (EDI)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario)
up to $500,000 Rolling
Empowering Futures Program
Electricity Human Resources Canada
up to $5,000 Rolling
Energy Innovation Program: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) Call for Proposals
Natural Resources Canada
Rolling
Energy Innovation Program: Innovation Ecosystem Enablers Call for Proposals
Natural Resources Canada
Rolling
Entwistle Technology Bursary
TELUS Friendly Future Foundation
Dates vary
Eurostars 3
Eurostars — EUREKA
$200,000 to $500,000 Rolling
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Eurostars Programme
EUREKA Network
$100,000 to $500,000Dates vary
Exceptional Opportunities Fund
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Dates vary
Export Development Program
Invest Nova Scotia
Rolling
FCM Sustainable Affordable Housing
Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
Dates vary
FedDev Ontario RE3 Initiative Women Business Support
FedDev Ontario
up to $5,000 Rolling
Fedoruk Centre Nuclear Research Funding
Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation
Rolling
Fonds Entrepreneuriat commercial
PME MTL
Rolling
Fonds Vitalité de l'arrondissement de LaSalle
PME MTL
Dates vary
Fonds Vitalité de l’arrondissement de LaSalle – volet terrasse
PME MTL
Dates vary
Force for Change Impact Fund
Salesforce.org
US$0 to US$200,000 Rolling
Future Fuels Challenge
Fuel Innovation Fund
Dates vary
GenoMAKE
NGen (Next Generation Manufacturing Canada)
up to $300,000Dates vary
Globalink Research Award (GRA) - Quantum Stream
Mitacs
$6,000 to $12,000 Rolling
Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Government Innovation
Google.org
Dates vary
Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Science
Google.org
Dates vary
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Grant Cycles for VAW Shelters and Transition Houses
Canadian Women's Foundation
Rolling
Granting Programs
Community Foundation of Ottawa
$5,000 to $75,000Dates vary
Green Construction Through Wood (GCWood) Program
Natural Resources Canada
Dates vary
Growing Our Innovation Ecosystem
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor)
Rolling
iCAN 2025 – 10th International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada
Toronto International Society of Innovation & Advanced Skills (TISIAS)
Dates vary
iCAN 2025 – International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (10th Edition)
Toronto International Society of Innovation & Advanced Skills (TISIAS)
Dates vary
IFA Challenge
SVG Ventures | THRIVE
Rolling
IMII Research & Development and Education & Training Funding
International Minerals Innovation Institute (IMII)
Rolling
Inclusive Diversification and Economic Advancement in the North (IDEANorth)
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
Rolling
Industrial AI Readiness Program
NGen
up to $15,000 Rolling

Other sectors

Community & Social Services197
Arts & Culture172
Environment & Climate162
Business & Economic Development99
Manufacturing & Industry99
Agriculture & Food93
Tourism, Sport & Recreation92
Education & Training85
Health & Wellbeing84
Research & Science74
Youth & Children60
Indigenous Programs43

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