Initiative |
Investment |
Purpose |
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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$47.8 million over 5 years, starting in 2023-24, and $20.1 million ongoing |
To launch a national lab-to-market platform to assist graduate students and researchers take their work to market |
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$35 million over 5 years, starting in 2022-23 |
To Global Affairs Canada for the CanExport program to help Canadian businesses secure their IP in foreign markets |
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$10.6 million over 5 years, starting in 2022-23, and $2 million ongoing |
To launch a survey to assess the government’s previous investments in science and research, and how knowledge created at post-secondary institutions generates commercial outcomes |
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$2.4 million over 5 years, starting in 2022-23, and $0.6 million ongoing |
To expand the use of Explore IP, Canada’s IP marketplace, so that more Canadian business can take advantage of public sector IP |
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$0.8 million over 5 years, starting in 2022-23, and $0.2 million ongoing |
To expand the Intellectual Property Legal Clinics Program, which serves to improve access to basic IP services |
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$1 billion over 6 years on a cash basis, starting in 2024-25 |
To support the Strategic Innovation Fund's efforts to support critical mineral projects with priority to manufacturing, processing, and recycling applications. This will also be used to support the growth of the solar panel industry |
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$45 million over 5 years on a cash basis, starting in 2022-23 |
To engage with stakeholders, conduct market analysis, and support projects that will strengthen Canada’s semiconductor industry |
National Resources Canada and the National Research Council |
$144.4 million over 5 years, starting in 2022-23 |
To support research, development, and deployment of technologies and materials to support critical mineral value chains |
Clean Agricultural Technology |
$329.4 million over 6 years, starting in 2022-23, with $0.6 million in remaining amortization |
To triple the size of the Agricultural Clean Technology Program and invest in technologies that reduce emissions and save farmers time and money |
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$100 million over 6 years, starting in 2022-23 |
To federal granting councils to support post-secondary research in developing technologies and crop varieties that will allow for net-zero emission agriculture |
Communication Security Establishment (CSE) |
$17.7 million over 5 years starting in 2022-23, and $5.5 million thereafter until 2031-32 |
To further protect Canada from cyberthreats by establishing a research chair program to fund research on cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies and other technology related to CSE activities |
Implementation of the National Security Guidelines for Research Partnership |
$125 million over 5 years, starting in 2022-23, and $25 million ongoing |
For the Research Support Fund to build capacity within post-secondary institutions to identify, assess, and mitigate potential risks to research security |
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$34.6 million over 5 years starting in 2022-23, and $8.4 million ongoing |
To enhance Canada’s ability to protect our research, and to establish a Research Security Centre to directly advise research institutions |
Coordinated Accessible Health Network |
$30 million over 4 years, starting in 2022-23 |
To expand the Network nationally to Quebec, the territories, and Indigenous communities, and invest in made-in-Canada health technologies and solutions |
Canadian Institute of Health Research |
$20 million over 5 years, starting in 2022-23 |
To support research on the long-term effects of COVID-19 infections, and the impacts of COVID-19 on health-care symptoms |
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$20 million over 5 years, starting in 2022-23 |
To support research on dementia and brain health, including treatment options and the mental health consequences for caregivers |
Canadian High Arctic Research Station |
$14.5 million over 5 years, starting in 2022-23, with $8.4 million in remaining amortization, and $2.5 million ongoing |
To support the completion and operation of the research station and strengthen Canadian leadership on Arctic issues |
The Lunar Gateway |
$1.9 billion over 24 years |
To build and operate the Canadarm3. The Civil Lunar Gateway Agreement Implementation Act was included in Bill C-19 to ratify the Canada-U.S. Lunar Gateway Treaty and enable Canadian astronauts to go to the moon |
Various federal granting councils |
$38.3 million over 4 years, starting in 2023-24, and $12.7 million ongoing |
For the federal granting councils to add 12 to 25 new, internationally recruited Canada Excellence Research Chairs in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
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$40.9 million over 5 years, starting in 2022-23, and $9.7 million ongoing |
To support target scholarships and fellowships for promising Black student researchers |