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Idea to Innovation Grants
Government of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Taking applications?
Intake periods; dates not on the page
The official page says: “NSERC is pausing the intake of applications for Market Assessment projects and phase Ib supplements as of February 14, 2025, and until further notice,”
Read from the official page on October 13, 2026. Confirm the deadline on the official page before you apply.
- Amount
- Not stated on the page
- Cost share
- Not stated on the page
- Who can apply
- Universities and colleges
- Where
- Anywhere in Canada
What it is
Technology transfer opportunities
Get 100% of your project costs covered when you partner with an eligible academic institution to conduct R&D and beta testing of a technology or application prior to commercialization.
Description from the Government of Canada’s Business Benefits Finder (list of July 17, 2025), Open Government Licence – Canada.
What applicants actually got
From the federal records of every agreement signed under this program.
- Agreements, last 12 months
- 0
- starting Oct 2025 or later
- Typical award
- —
- the middle half, since Oct 2023
- Median award
- —
- 0 agreements since Oct 2023
- All agreements
- 68
- $5.5M
Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026. Filed as “Idea to Innovation” (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 68).
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program, all years.
None in this data.
Plus 68 agreements ($5.5M) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why
Who got it in your province
Open a province to see the organizations there with the most funding under this program, all years.
No province recorded.
Latest agreements
No agreements to named organizations.
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
Show the numbers
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 48 | $3.9M |
| 2018 | 20 | $1.6M |
The full record: Idea to Innovation.
More programs: all provinces.