Contract Research

NRC has developed research strength in technologies that are the key to economic growth in the 21st Century – advanced manufacturing technologies, biotechnology and information and telecommunications technology. NRC conducts collaborative and fee-for-service research in facilities and offices across Canada. Examples of research areas and facilities include

• Construction materials evaluation
• Transgenic plant centre
• Medical device prototyping
• Bioprocessing
• DNA microarray facilities
• Mass spectrometry labs
• Nuclear magnetic resonance labs
• Aquaculture station
• Offshore engineering basin
• High-throughput sequencing
• Virtual environment technology centre
• Wind tunnels, engine test beds and numerous aerospace testing services

For more information on the capabilities and types of services offered by different NRC facilities, please contact a business development officer  at the institute or technology centre that best matches your research interest