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New Competitions from Innovative Solutions Canada

Posted by Danielle Andres on October 18, 2018 in Announcements

罢丑别听Innovative Solutions Canada program聽aims to support innovation and growth of Canadian small businesses by providing funding to develop novel solutions to challenges proposed by federal departments. Universities can receive funding for these R&D challenges as a partner with business applicants or by applying through their own spinoff companies.

The nine new competitions are as follows:

  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is challenging small businesses to:
    • 1.听 soil sample collection to make it easier, and make testing more accurate.
    • 2.听 鈥渟mart farming鈥 technology cheaper so that smaller farms can use it.
  • Canadian Coast Guard is challenging small businesses to:
    • 3.听 the movement of ships in ocean waves to reduce fuel consumption and the need for external power sources.
  • Correctional Service Canada is challenging small businesses to:
    • 4.听 new technology to stop inmates from performing illegal activities using wireless devices.
    • 5.听 the life signs of inmates and identify critical conditions so that staff can respond more quickly in emergencies.
    • 6.听 an innovative and cost-effective way to stop contraband items from getting into prisons via drone or being thrown over the fence.
  • Public Services and Procurement Canada is challenging small businesses to:
    • 7.听 the sound quality for remote interpretation services so that service isn鈥檛 interrupted because the interpreters can鈥檛 hear.
  • Shared Services Canada is challenging small businesses to:
    • 听8.听 high-speed broadband Internet access to citizens and Government of Canada employees who work or live in remote areas of the country.
  • Transport Canada is challenging small businesses to:
    • 听9.听 the adoption of low-cost yet effective technologies that improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety around commercial vehicles, preventing injuries and saving lives.

Further details on the program can be found on the .