Digital Technology Supercluster – Technology Leadership Programs

ByMaurice

Description:

The Digital Technology Supercluster bridges opportunities across industry, researchers, data scientists, innovators, and governments to accelerate the advancement of digital technology solutions and talent across Canada’s largest sectors. Through their Technology Leadership Program they co-invest in bold and ambitious projects that solve well-defined problems with an emphasis on developing new digital technology products, platforms and services that will have a significant impact in the following areas:
1. keeping Canadians healthy;
2. addressing climate change;
3. driving economic productivity.

Comments on Funding:

Funding will take the form of co-investments that will range between $500,000 and $10 million. They will co-invest up to 43% (their co-investment rate) of total eligible approved project expenses paid by eligible industry Member organizations on a project. A single Member organization seeking direct co-investment from the Digital Technology Supercluster for a project can receive no more than 80% of the total maximum co-investment from them for that project, unless otherwise approved by them.

Eligibility:

The applicant must:

  • be a Canadian for-profit, a non-profit business whose funding is primarily sourced from private organizations or a nonfederal crown corporation whose funding is derived from commercial activities (this organization will also be the lead organization, as all projects must be industry-led);
  • be a member of the Digital Technology Supercluster Community;
  • be a Canadian company or a multi-national corporation that is legally registered to do business in Canada and has a Canadian business operation;
  • be in good standing (being up to date on all payments due to Digital Technology Supercluster (such as Membership Fees) and has adhered to the Charter of Values);
  • be in Compliance with Master Project Agreement(s) obligations on other approved projects is also required;
  • participate with a minimum of two other organizations in a proposed project consortium (excluding Digital Technology Supercluster) that:
    a) includes a minimum of two industry Members who are contributing to eligible project costs and seeking co-investment from Digital Technology Supercluster;
    b) has at least one small or medium sized enterprise (SME) as one of the participating industry Members;
    c) has at least one post-secondary academic or research institution;
    d) has at least one organization representing a target customer of the new technology solution.

The ideal project consortium:

  • is led by a technology product company who will ideally own the new technology product, platform or service arising from the project;
  • includes other technology co-development partners and/or service providers;
  • has organizations representing target customers (early technology adopters);
  • engages one or more post-secondary academic or research institutions.

Applications Steps:

Applicants will enter a two-step application process:

1

Expression of Interest (EOI) – qualified applicants will be provided with the application templates and submission instructions. The lead organization will submit an EOI for their proposed project that is developed collaboratively with the consortium;

2

Full Project Proposal (FPP) Package – following successful evaluation of the EOI submission, the templates for the FPP (e.g., FPP application template, budget template) will be provided to the lead organization. The project consortium is expected to collectively develop and submit their FPP package for consideration.

Successful teams will proceed to formalize and sign a Master Project Agreement (MPA) within 60 days of the selection decision. Each project partner is expected to confirm they have reviewed the MPA template and identify any specific areas of concern in their FPP submission.

Documentation Needed:

Applicants must submit:

  1. the EOI;
  2. the completed application template;
  3. the completed budget template.

The project consortium could be invited to present additional information.

Program Contact:

Digital Transformation in Canada – Digital Supercluster

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    About the author

    Maurice

    Maurice (Moe) Muise learned the ins-and-outs of government while an employee of the Government of Canada in Ottawa for 10 years. His current focus is helping small businesses in Ontario to identify and maximize government grants to grow their business. Click here to learn more about Moe’s background and how he can help your business.

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