NAICS Industry group 5417 · in Professional, scientific and technical services
Federal grants for scientific research and development services
Programs that fund recipients the department coded with this industry. Departments record an industry code on about one agreement in ten, mostly business programs, so this is a guide to which programs fund businesses like yours, not a full count.
- Total value
- $8.7B
- Agreements
- 3,763
- To named organizations
- 3,669
- $8.6B
- To individuals or unnamed
- 94
- $82.5M; never named here
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.
Programs that fund this industry
The programs that put the most money here.
| Program | Department | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genome Canada | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 7 | $1.1B |
| Mitacs Inc. | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 6 | $1.1B |
| SSF - Science & Research | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 30 | $703M |
| Global Innovation Clusters | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 5 | $635M |
| Digital Research Infrastructure Strategy | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 5 | $549M |
| SIF Stream3- Attraction | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 3 | $444M |
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation | Prairies Economic Development Canada | 31 | $408M |
| Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives | National Research Council Canada | 982 | $349M |
| SSF - Talent Development | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 5 | $328M |
| Canarie | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 2 | $290M |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms | National Research Council Canada | 726 | $231M |
| National AI Institutes - PCAIS | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 7 | $207M |
| SIF Stream 1- R&D | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 7 | $182M |
| SIF Stream 2 - Growth | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 1 | $176M |
| DRI Strategy | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 1 | $174M |
| Centre for Drug Research and Development | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 3 | $172M |
| Science and Research Sector | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 2 | $150M |
| Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 3 | $120M |
| Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 5 | $100M |
| Western Diversification Program | Western Economic Diversification Canada | 30 | $95.2M |
| AI Compute Infrastructure Program | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 4 | $88.7M |
| Canadian Sovereign AI Compute Strategy | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 1 | $83.6M |
| Stem Cell Network | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 4 | $81M |
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation | Pacific Economic Development Canada | 28 | $65.1M |
| Istc Act Spec Assist | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 1 | $62M |
Top recipients
Organizations with the most funding.
Plus 94 agreements ($82.5M) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 9 | $1.2M |
| 2007 | 22 | $157M |
| 2008 | 5 | $381M |
| 2009 | 11 | $106M |
| 2010 | 8 | $2.5M |
| 2011 | 15 | $24.6M |
| 2012 | 16 | $354M |
| 2013 | 8 | $75.2M |
| 2014 | 7 | $37.6M |
| 2015 | 5 | $132M |
| 2016 | 7 | $162M |
| 2017 | 42 | $619M |
| 2018 | 194 | $698M |
| 2019 | 313 | $371M |
| 2020 | 608 | $930M |
| 2021 | 534 | $923M |
| 2022 | 441 | $1.2B |
| 2023 | 397 | $359M |
| 2024 | 421 | $935M |
| 2025 | 422 | $867M |
| 2026 | 278 | $283M |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 466 | $5.3B |
| For-profit organizations | 1,896 | $2.2B |
| Academia | 1,219 | $916M |
| Other organizations | 11 | $121M |
| Not stated by the department | 132 | $27.8M |
| Government | 23 | $11.8M |
| International (non-government) | 6 | $1.1M |
| Indigenous recipients | 10 | $923K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | Program | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | Tunistrong Technologies Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Accelerating the Market Adoption of Tunicate-Derived Cellulose and Protein Products Through Targeted Customer Engagement and TrialsContribution | $75,000 |
| Jul 2026 | NuvoBio Corporation | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | YOUTH - Peptide Biochemistry Support for Partnered Discovery ProgramsContribution | $30,000 |
| Jul 2026 | Karma Medical Products Ltd. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Digit-Level Data-Capture and Analytics Engine for the FEPSim Rehabilitation PlatformContribution | $74,880 |
| Jul 2026 | BackSCNR Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Product Development AssociateContribution | $30,000 |
| Jun 2026 | York University | Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D InitiativesNational Research Council Canada | A Data-Informed Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Construction Material Supply Chain Management Using BIM and GISGrant | $462,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Simon Fraser University | Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D InitiativesNational Research Council Canada | High Quality Quantum Dot Production at ScaleGrant | $279,766 |
| Jun 2026 | SiFi Laboratoires inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | YOUTH - Hiring an Electrical Engineering Graduate.Contribution | $30,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Noram Electrolysis Systems Inc. | Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D InitiativesNational Research Council Canada | Extraction of Lithium from black mass and Lithium Hydroxide productionContribution | $300,053 |
| Jun 2026 | University of Ottawa | Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D InitiativesNational Research Council Canada | Polarized Single Photon Sensing with 2D MaterialsGrant | $418,000 |
| Jun 2026 | University of Windsor | Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D InitiativesNational Research Council Canada | An Integrated Battery Diagnostic System (iBDS) for Fast and Scalable Battery Health AssessmentGrant | $99,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Applied Biological Materials Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Youth - Technical supportContribution | $30,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Applied Biological Materials Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Youth - Cell BiologyContribution | $30,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Carleton University | Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D InitiativesNational Research Council Canada | Advancing SENSE-APP to Manage Risk and Empower Older Drivers (SENSE-APP-II)Grant | $499,813 |
| Jun 2026 | Imagine 4D Inc. | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Grant | $2,859 |
| Jun 2026 | EverBond Interface Technologies Inc. | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Grant | $5,759 |
| Jun 2026 | Baune Ecosystem Inc. | Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D InitiativesNational Research Council Canada | Integration and validation of NRC’s VitalSeer technology with BAÜNE’s Autonomous Care Unit (ACU™) systemContribution | $607,357 |
| Jun 2026 | ZeroKey Inc. | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Grant | $6,175 |
| Jun 2026 | VRNDA Labs Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Youth Hire - Engineer for medical equipment design and developmentContribution | $30,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Osmin Health Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Development and Validation of a Quantitative Lateral-Flow Point-of-Care Oxidative Stress Monitoring PlatformContribution | $180,000 |
| Jun 2026 | HDAX Therapeutics Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Youth: Medicinal Chemistry Research AssociateContribution | $30,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Green Manganese Technologies Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Development of metallized manganese pellets fabrication from mining tailings for steel industryContribution | $130,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Green Manganese Technologies Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $30,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Fuse Power Management Ltd | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $30,000 |
| Jun 2026 | EMWorks Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Radar Signature for Defence and Advanced Industrial ApplicationsContribution | $280,000 |
| Jun 2026 | Cloudburst Biotech Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Development of Nucleoside Monomers from RAvIN KetonesContribution | $155,000 |