Science Impact Program

The program aims to encourage collaboration between the research community and startups with a social and environmental impact. More specifically for startups, the program helps to: - to strengthen the capacity for innovation and increase the societal and environmental impact of startups in Québec through collaborative research - to increase social and environmental benefits in Quebec. More specifically for the research ecosystem, the program helps to: - to make Quebec research expertise accessible and to promote the scientific approach in the entrepreneurial environment in Quebec

Grant Deadline

2025-03-02

Funding Amount

$10,000

Type of Grant

Funding, Research and Development

Sectors

All Sectors

Demographics

Incorporation

Perks

Region Restriction

This grant is restricted to whole of Canada

Keywords

startup, research, Research and development

Age Restriction

This grant is age restricted from 18 to 100

Eligibility and Requirements


This program is for you if :


  You have an entrepreneurial project, whether you are incorporated as an NPO, cooperative or corporation (inc.)


  The main team of your startup, including the founder (or the persons carrying the project), is located in Quebec.


 You are not yourself a researcher or a research professional affiliated with a Quebec research institution (Centre collégial de transfert de technologie, university, research center funded by the FRQ or the Quebec government, etc.). Research assistants and students are accepted if their project does not involve a research collaboration with their employer.


  ERRATUM! Your company was registered after January 8, 2019 2020.


  You are or have been accompanied by a business incubator or accelerator (minimum of 10 hours of support in a program with a selection process)



Grant Application website

https://esplanade.quebec/appels-a-projets/grants-science-impact-2025

Contact

914 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, bureau 404

Montréal, QC H3C 1J9

info@esplanade.quebec