Capacity Building Program

In addition to supporting R&D in Canada’s plant-based sector, Protein Industries Canada strives to build out capacity in the ecosystem.

Grant Deadline

Deadline not available

Funding Amount

$25,000,000

Type of Grant

Grant

Sectors

Agri-Food, Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Food Processing, Industrial, Infrastructure

Demographics

Incorporation

For Profit

Perks

Region Restriction

This grant is restricted to whole of Canada

Keywords

Age Restriction

This grant is age restricted from 18 to 100

Eligibility and Requirements

With a particular focus on ensuring our sector has access to the tools and resources it needs to succeed, projects under the capacity building program will focus on the following priority areas:

• Market Knowledge: To be commercially relevant, our ecosystem requires deep insight into consumer trends and competitive intelligence about other jurisdictions.
• Innovation Infrastructure: Across the sector, there is a need for increased access to research and product-scaling infrastructure.
• Access to Talent, Labour and Skills: We estimate the sector needs an additional 17,000 people to achieve the goals set out in The Road to $25 Billion. This demonstrates both a need and a great opportunity.
• Supportive Regulatory Framework: There is an opportunity to modernize Canada’s regulatory system to support continued innovation of plant-based foods, specifically for it to be more responsive and timely and to offer harmonization of regulations with other jurisdictions.
• An Inclusive Sector that Brings Benefit to Every Canadian: Protein Industries Canada is committed to inclusion of Indigenous People and new Canadians into the economic opportunity presented by the growth of the plant-based sector.

The Project Selection Committee

The Project Selection Committee evaluates and makes the final decision regarding co-investment into a project. The committee may approve the project, decline the project, table the project for further information, or approve only a portion or specific aspect of the project.

Members of Protein Industries Canada’s Project Selection Committee have experience related to Protein Industries Canada’s Investment Thesis and expertise relevant to the technical areas for which Protein Industries Canada co-investments are available. Protein Industries Canada tasks the Project Selection Committee with reviewing Application Packages and selecting projects appropriate for co-investment.

At no time prior to, during, or following a project evaluation, may a member of a consortium attempt to influence or have a conversation about their project with any member of the Project Selection Committee. Doing so may result in the project being disqualified. 

Grant Application website

https://www.proteinindustriescanada.ca/capacity-building

Contact

200-1965 Broad Street

Regina, Saskatchewan

S4P 1Y1, Canada

 Phone: 1 (306) 949-0049

 Email: info@proteinsupercluster.ca