MINISTRY OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION 

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Ontario Research Fund

• Funding for project operating costs, such as researcher's salaries (through The Research Excellence Program and the Ontario Research Fund - Global Leadership Round in Genomics & Life Sciences (GL² Competition) and for new research infrastructure, such as lab equipment (through the Research Infrastructure program). MORE

Early Researcher Awards

• Funding of up to $100,000 for promising, recently appointed Ontario researchers to help them build their research teams of graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and research associates. MORE

Innovation Demonstration Fund

• Financial support of up to 50% of eligible costs to help Ontario companies with the commercialization and initial demonstration of their innovative technologies.  MORE

Research Excellence Program

• The Ontario Research Fund Research Excellence (ORF-RE) program promotes research excellence in Ontario by supporting transformative, internationally significant research of strategic value to the province. MORE

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Early Researcher Awards

• Funding of up to $100,000 for promising, recently appointed Ontario researchers to help them build their research teams of graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and research associates. MORE

Green Schools Pilot Initiative

• The Green Schools Pilot Initiative provides Ontario cleantech companies with an opportunity to demonstrate the viability of their technology with a well-known reference customer: Ontario’s schools. The initiative seeks to identify, demonstrate and test innovative green products, technologies and services that currently have either no exposure or limited exposure in the Ontario school system. For participating companies, it’s an ideal platform for real-world demonstration of innovative green technologies, helping them to expand into the local, North American, and global markets. MORE

The Health Technology Exchange – HTX.ca

• Helps Ontario's scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs commercialize their ideas into innovative medical and assistive technology products. MORE

Innovation Demonstration Fund

• Financial support of up to 50% of eligible costs to help Ontario companies with the commercialization and initial demonstration of their innovative technologies. MORE

International Strategic Opportunities Program (ISOP)

• Funding of up to $150,000 over three years, for new strategic international collaborations. MORE

Next Generation of Jobs Fund - Biopharmaceutical Investment Program (BIP)

• Grants of up to 20% of eligible costs to support innovative biopharmaceutical R&D and advanced manufacturing to enhance Ontario’s competitive advantage on the world stage and encourage a generation of new high value jobs.  MORE

Next Generation of Jobs Fund – Strategic Opportunities Program (SOP)

• Please note that Ontario is only considering proposals for SOP received before 11:45 am on March 30, 2009. MORE

Ontario Centres of Excellence

• Bridging the gap between academia and industry, these centres bring universities, industry, and government together to help turn science and technology into successful business endeavours. MORE

Ontario Commercialization Investment Funds (OCIF)

• Capital to invest in high-risk technology businesses, resulting from research at post-secondary institutions and research hospitals. MORE

Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund (OETF)

• The Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund will co-invest — with qualified venture capital funds and other private investors — directly into companies working within the focus areas defined by Ontario’s Innovation Agenda. MORE

Ontario Innovation Agenda

• Right now, somewhere in a lab in Windsor or Toronto, or Ottawa -- or in the many places in between – bright Ontarians are inventing our future. MORE

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

• An independent, not-for-profit organization bringing together multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional collaborations focusing on translating research findings into programs, technologies, and therapies. MORE

Ontario Research Commercialization Program

• Grants ranging from $100,000 to $750,000 a year for up to three years, to help publicly funded Ontario research institutions and not-for-profit organizations transfer their research to the marketplace. MORE

Ontario Research Fund

• Funding for project operating costs, such as researcher's salaries (through The Research Excellence Program and the Ontario Research Fund - Global Leadership Round in Genomics & Life Sciences (GL² Competition) and for new research infrastructure, such as lab equipment (through the Research Infrastructure program). MORE

Ontario Tax Exemption for Commercialization (OTEC)

• OTEC is aimed at supporting innovation in Ontario’s economy by encouraging the commercialization of intellectual property which has been developed by qualifying Canadian universities or colleges. OTEC applies to newly established corporations in priority areas, offering a refund of corporate income tax and corporate minimum tax paid for a qualifying corporation’s first ten taxation years. MORE

Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) Program

• The Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) program provides outstanding scientists with two-year fellowships at Ontarios research institutions. MORE

Premier's Catalyst Awards

• Nominations are now due 5:00 p.m., Thursday, October 1, 2009 for five awards of $200,000 each to recognize excellence in innovation. MORE

Premier's Discovery Awards

• Nominations are now due 5:00 p.m., Friday, November 6, 2009 for five awards ranging from $250,000 to $500,000 to showcase the individual achievements of Ontario's accomplished researchers. MORE

Premier’s Summit Award

• Administered by MaRS, the Premier’s Summit Award provides research support to a small number of outstanding medical researchers, helping attract them to or retain them in Ontario and enabling them to significantly expand their research programs. The Award forms part of a cohesive innovation strategy that focuses on excellence in research and commercialization as cornerstones of the economic future of the province of Ontario. MORE

Regional Innovation Network Program

• Regional development organizations supported by provincial funding to encourage partnerships among business, institutions, and local governments. MORE

Teachers Science and Technology Outreach Program

• Opportunities for elementary and secondary school science teachers to work alongside leading scientists in Ontario's publicly-funded research institutions. MORE

Youth Science and Technology Outreach Program

• Financial support of up to $150,000 over three years to help non-profit organizations connect youth with science and technology mentors. MORE