National Research Council Canada · Contribution program
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean Technology
The NRC-IRAP Clean Technology Program will support Canadian SMEs in the research and development of sustainable development technologies, up to their commercialization, with the potential to deliver economic and environmental outcomes.
- Total value
- $72.7M
- Agreements
- 62
- Mar 2025 to Nov 2025
- Median agreement
- $898K
- Typical range
- $476K–$1.6M
- the middle half of agreements
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.
See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on National Research Council Canada’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
Plus 1 agreements ($898K) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | $72.7M |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 24 | $31.5M |
| British Columbia | 11 | $15.2M |
| Quebec | 11 | $13M |
| Alberta | 11 | $10M |
| Saskatchewan | 3 | $1.5M |
| New Brunswick | 1 | $1.1M |
| Nova Scotia | 1 | $300K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| For-profit organizations | 62 | $72.7M |
Industries funded
Where the department recorded an industry code (NAICS). Most agreements have none.
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | Spare Labs Inc. | Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system and pilot demonstration for public transit fleetsContribution | $1,000,000 |
| Nov 2025 | A Friendlier Company Inc. | Modular Systems for Scaling Reusable PackagingContribution | $1,229,712 |
| Oct 2025 | Routific Solutions Inc. | Contribution | $1,000,000 |
| Oct 2025 | Genoptic LED Inc. | Development of Smart Energy System for TelecomContribution | $2,595,000 |
| Sep 2025 | Cannforecast Logiciel Inc. / Cannforecast Software Inc. | Digital platform for smart management of water network assets.Contribution | $700,000 |
| Mar 2025 | QEATech Inc. | Contribution | $3,022,848 |
| Mar 2025 | Panevo Services Limited | Advanced Industrial Energy Management Information Systems & Asset OptimizationContribution | $429,910 |
| Mar 2025 | GHGSat Incorporated | Scaling GHGSat’s Space-Based System to Transform GHG Monitoring WorldwideContribution | $2,000,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Synergraze Inc | Synergraze Cattle Feed AdditiveContribution | $130,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Symbient Environmental Technologies Inc. | Catalytic Production of PFA for Water Treatment ApplicationsContribution | $967,482 |
| Mar 2025 | Vive Crop Protection Inc. | Bridging the gap for wider adoption of Biologicals via hybrid synthetic-biological products for key Canadian cropsContribution | $4,164,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Nfinite Nanotechnology Inc. | Nfinite pilot-facility startupContribution | $3,874,516 |
| Mar 2025 | Mariner Partners Inc. (dba Shift Energy) | Chiller Plant InnovationContribution | $1,130,963 |
| Mar 2025 | Wyvern Incorporated | Increasing agricultural efficiency with space-based hyperspectral imaging from CubeSatsContribution | $1,021,147 |
| Mar 2025 | VueReal Inc. | Custom MicroLED Display Production LineContribution | $2,936,624 |
| Mar 2025 | Visual Defence Inc. | Sustainable Infrastructure Maintenance and Traffic Optimization Using Smart FleetsContribution | $2,254,917 |
| Mar 2025 | Universal Matter Inc. | Low-Cost Turbostratic Graphene from Flash Joule HeatingContribution | $866,808 |
| Mar 2025 | Symboticware | Design and build Symbot 5 and develop 4-Sight.aiContribution | $796,731 |
| Mar 2025 | Swirltex Inc. | Commercial demonstration of buoyancy based membrane filtration for produced water recyclingContribution | $140,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Spark Microsystems International inc. | UWB Wireless Transceiver for High-Energy PeripheralsContribution | $4,802,841 |
| Mar 2025 | Sollum Technologies Inc. | Intelligent horticultural lighting solution optimized for growth and energy savingsContribution | $775,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Solaires Enterprises Inc. | Building and scaling up perovskite photovoltaic modules for indoor Internet-of-Things devicesContribution | $1,426,367 |
| Mar 2025 | Smarter Alloys Inc. | Scaling a Shape Memory Alloys Based Heat Engine CoreContribution | $480,000 |
| Mar 2025 | SmartCone Technologies Inc. | SmartCone “Corridor” Smart Transit Technology for Low-GHG TravelContribution | $1,610,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Savormetrics Inc. | Contribution | $0 |