National Defence · Grant program
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
Collaborate with academic and private sector partners to build a network of expertise to support Canada’s current and future defence and security needs.
- Total value
- $127M
- Agreements
- 161
- Jan 2020 to Jun 2026
- Median agreement
- $341K
- Typical range
- $10K–$1M
- 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 Defence’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
Plus 7 agreements ($2.3M) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 44 | $3M |
| 2021 | 7 | $2.4M |
| 2022 | 21 | $27M |
| 2023 | 7 | $19.9M |
| 2024 | 5 | $8.5M |
| 2025 | 49 | $27.5M |
| 2026 | 28 | $38.2M |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 77 | $66M |
| Quebec | 25 | $25.5M |
| Alberta | 26 | $19.1M |
| British Columbia | 21 | $10.4M |
| New Brunswick | 3 | $3.4M |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 2 | $1M |
| Nunavut | 1 | $1M |
| Saskatchewan | 2 | $60K |
| Nova Scotia | 2 | $60K |
| Prince Edward Island | 1 | $10K |
| Manitoba | 1 | $10K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| For-profit organizations | 71 | $68.4M |
| Academia | 44 | $53.9M |
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 2 | $2M |
| Indigenous recipients | 2 | $1.6M |
| Other organizations | 36 | $360K |
| Not stated by the department | 6 | $300K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | École de technologie supérieure | Precision Micro-Machining of Ceramic Matrix Composites for Hypersonics (PRECIMAC-H)Contribution | $999,900 |
| Jun 2026 | École Polytechnique de Montréal | Novel High-Energy Fuels for Robust, Field-Deployable Hypersonic PropulsionContribution | $997,600 |
| May 2026 | University of Victoria | Flight Demonstration of a Rocket-Boosted Ejector Ramjet for the Advancement of Canadian Hypersonic PropulsionContribution | $979,455 |
| May 2026 | University of Calgary | Development and validation of a multi-fidelity framework for the simulation and design of hypersonic vehiclesContribution | $1,000,000 |
| May 2026 | University of Waterloo | COAST Hypersonic Micro-net: Coatings and Optimized Architectures for Survivable ThermostructuresContribution | $684,250 |
| May 2026 | Thius Canada Inc. | 3D-printed, fully modular and in-field manufacturable drones (CarbonX)Contribution | $346,150 |
| May 2026 | SkyReach Aerospace Inc. | Multifunctional and Scalable Tailsitter (MaST)Contribution | $299,500 |
| May 2026 | The Governors of the University of Alberta | A Modular Configurable UAS Based on Distributed Electric PropulsionContribution | $350,000 |
| May 2026 | Avestec Technologies Inc. | Modular Flexible FPV UAS (Mini-SKYRON FPV)Contribution | $350,000 |
| May 2026 | 2345081 Ontario Inc. | Contribution | $350,000 |
| May 2026 | The University of British Columbia | Mission-ready multicopter platformContribution | $340,975 |
| May 2026 | AVSS - Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc. | Modern Manufacturing at Scale - High Volume, Low Cost Manufacturing for a Predictable Canadian Supply ChainContribution | $348,063 |
| May 2026 | Tarkka Manufacturing Solutions Inc. | Copsys Intelligent Digital Skin (CIDS) On-Demand AntifoulingContribution | $350,000 |
| May 2026 | Lodge Systems Inc. | BoneTape: A New Approach to Orthopaedic Fracture FixationContribution | $350,000 |
| May 2026 | Gull Systems Corporation | Project Swift: Rapid Domestic Scale Up of Modular UAVsContribution | $338,000 |
| May 2026 | Superwake Ltd. | High Endurance Drone Swarm (HEDS)Contribution | $332,600 |
| May 2026 | Humanitas Solutions Inc. | A.R.C.TIC-SWARM: Attritable Resilient Canadian Tactical Intelligent-Connected SWARMContribution | $341,875 |
| May 2026 | FPDynamics Advanced Robotics Ltd. | FP-X: Canada’s Low-Cost, Modular, and Resilient AI-Enabled UASContribution | $339,480 |
| May 2026 | University of Ottawa | Novel Active Thermal Shield Protection for Hypersonic Envelope Resilience (NATSPHERE)Contribution | $988,687 |
| May 2026 | Queen's University at Kingston | Integrated Guidance, Navigation, Control, and Multi-Modal Tracking of Hypersonic VehiclesContribution | $1,000,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Reaction Dynamics Lab Inc. | Aurora-8 Responsive Launch VehicleGrant | $8,333,333 |
| Mar 2026 | NordSpace Corp. | NordSpace Tundra Canadian Responsive Scalable LaunchGrant | $8,333,333 |
| Mar 2026 | 17457693 Canada Inc. | Canadian Sovereign Launch Capability DevelopmentGrant | $8,333,333 |
| Feb 2026 | 9374-0587 Québec inc. | Grant | $1,000,000 |
| Jan 2026 | Prandtl Dynamics Inc. | Oscura (Acoustic Multi-Band detect and interrogation)Grant | $375,000 |