National Defence · Grant program
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Concept Development
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
- $7.1M
- Agreements
- 17
- Oct 2024 to Mar 2025
- Median agreement
- $25K
- Typical range
- $25K–$1000K
- 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.
| Recipient | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Thales Canada Inc. | 2 | $2M |
| Agile Electromagnetics Inc. | 1 | $1000K |
| 1362339-4 | 1 | $1000K |
| FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULC. | 1 | $973K |
| Lockheed Martin Canada Inc. | 1 | $488K |
| General Dynamics - Ordnance and Tactical Systems - Canada | 1 | $396K |
| Mindlab Inc. | 1 | $25K |
| Complex Systems Inc. | 1 | $25K |
| Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montréal | 1 | $25K |
| Queen's University | 1 | $25K |
| University of Ottawa | 1 | $25K |
| Concordia University | 1 | $25K |
| Université de Montréal | 1 | $25K |
| The University of Western Ontario | 1 | $25K |
Plus 2 agreements ($1M) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | $5.9M |
| 2025 | 10 | $1.2M |
By province
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| For-profit organizations | 10 | $5.9M |
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 2 | $1M |
| Academia | 5 | $125K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2025 | Queen's University | Human-Centric Conflict Forecasting: Integrating Event Graphs Construction and Reasoning Narratives for Actionable InsightsGrant | $25,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Concordia University | Explainable AI and Machine Learning-based Methodologies for Forecasting Emerging Global ThreatsGrant | $25,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montréal | Intelligible Scenarios Generated with Foundational models Integrating Local and Global Explanations of Spatio-Temporal ForecastsGrant | $25,000 |
| Mar 2025 | University of Ottawa | Dynamic Peace: Time-Spatial Conflict Forecasting with Machine LearningGrant | $25,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Université de Montréal | Forecasting Accurately in Space and TimeGrant | $25,000 |
| Mar 2025 | The University of Western Ontario | A Comprehensive Approach to Forecasting Conflict Violence Fatalities Combining Geographically Weighted Regression and Extreme Gradient Boosting Decision TreeGrant | $25,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Mindlab Inc. | Causally-Informed Spatiotemporal Modeling for Interpretable Fatality ForecastingGrant | $25,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Complex Systems Inc. | Predictive Analytic and Trustworthy AI softwareGrant | $25,000 |
| Nov 2024 | Agile Electromagnetics Inc. | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Polarimetric Ground Penetrating RadarContribution | $999,895 |
| Nov 2024 | FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULC. | Uncrewed Multi-Platform Sensor Fusion Minefield Detection SystemsContribution | $972,659 |
| Nov 2024 | Thales Canada Inc. | Contribution | $1,000,000 |
| Nov 2024 | Thales Canada Inc. | Contribution | $1,000,000 |
| Nov 2024 | Lockheed Martin Canada Inc. | Defensive Autonomous Swarm HuntContribution | $487,500 |
| Oct 2024 | 1362339-4 | Mine Defeat by Air BlastContribution | $999,878 |
| Oct 2024 | General Dynamics - Ordnance and Tactical Systems - Canada | Powerful Anti-Drone Ammunition Compatible with M2 Machine GunContribution | $395,585 |