Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative in southern Ontario (IRRA)

The Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative (ARRI) will help the Canadian aerospace sector emerge from the pandemic with the capacity to compete on the global stage.

2024-03-31

Deadline not available

Incubator Accelerator

Aerospace, Aviation

For Profit, Non Profit

This grant is restricted to whole of Canada

This grant is age restricted from 18 to 100

The initiative will support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the following three objectives to:

green their operations and adopt environmentally sustainable practices
improve productivity
strengthen commercialization while furthering integration into regional and global supply chains

With a total budget of $250 million over three years (until March 31, 2024), this initiative is being delivered by Canada's regional development agencies (RDAs). It complements support for the aerospace industry provided through Canada's COVID-19 Economic Response Plan and by Industry, Science and Economic Development (ISED) through the Strategic Innovation Fund.

Businesses operating in the aerospace industry, as well as the organizations that support them, are eligible to apply. This includes:

Indigenous businesses and organizations are invited to apply through the process described below. Under the initiative, RDAs can contribute up to 100% of eligible project costs for projects with Indigenous clients.

The following are examples of activities for each objective that will be supported by the initiative:

transition towards greener products and operations or environmentally sustainable practices, such as adoption and commercialization of clean tech products and services or electrification to support a lower carbon footprint
improvement of productivity, such as advanced manufacturing and Industry 4.0, scale-up of high-potential firms, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity or workforce and skills development
commercialization and integration into supply chains such as integration of new start-ups and new technologies in key aspects of the value chain

Priority will be given to projects that contribute to at least one of the following:

the transition towards greener products and operations or environmentally sustainable practices
generating important economic benefits and promoting business development in regions, while improving resilience and international competitiveness of the aerospace sector
improving diversity and inclusion to address barriers faced by certain groups
supporting digital adoption by the aerospace industry and enhanced cybersecurity

Certain costs may be eligible on a retroactive basis up to 12 months before the receipt of a project application, but no earlier than April 19, 2021.

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