National Defence · Contribution program
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Contest
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
- $4M
- Agreements
- 2
- Oct 2024 to Oct 2024
- Median agreement
- $2M
- Typical range
- $2M–$2M
- 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.
Applying? Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS). Taking applications? No intake dates on the official page. The deadline, who can apply and what applicants actually got are on its page.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation | 1 | $2M |
| Indro Robotics Inc. | 1 | $2M |
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | $4M |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | 2 | $4M |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| For-profit organizations | 2 | $4M |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation | Building Artificial Intelligence (AI) Control Systems for General Purpose RobotsContribution | $2,000,000 |
| Oct 2024 | Indro Robotics Inc. | InDro CortexContribution | $2,000,000 |