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Program Information |
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| Eligibility |
| Incorporated, profit-oriented businesses with fewer than 500 employees |
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Program Details |
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The National Research Council's Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) is Canada's premier innovation assistance program for small and medium-sized Canadian enterprises (SMEs). It provides Canadian SMEs with value-added technological and business advice, financial assistance and a range of other innovation assistance. NRC-IRAP helps SMEs realize their full potential, turning knowledge and innovation into strategic opportunities, jobs and prosperity for all Canadians.
NRC-IRAP uses a field staff of professionals, widely recognized for their scientific, technical, business expertise and knowledge of the innovation process to provide its clients with value-added advice and financial services. NRC-IRAP's success stems from a long track record of service and the outstanding, highly skilled people that deliver the program at the local level.
Through a mix of services and support, NRC-IRAP provides innovation assistance to 12,000 firms each year, sharing the financial risk with some 3,300 of these R&D projects and precommercialization activities.
The Industrial Technology Advisors (ITAs) deliver customized services to NRC-IRAP clients through a national network of some 260 ITAs, located in 90 communities across Canada. They coach a client project through all stages of the innovation process, providing technical advice, referrals and other innovation services as needed. You can contact your ITA today by calling the IRAP Regional Office nearest you at 1-877-994-4727. |
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Last Reviewed/Revised on September 10, 2004.
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