Administered by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Cost-shared funding for pre-commercial agri-food research. Projects up to $5M ($10M per applicant); AAFC covers up to 50% for for-profit applicants.
AgriScience funds pre-commercial agri-food R&D through two streams: Projects (single-partner, $500K-$5M) and Clusters (multi-partner, industry-led, $5M+). Cost share is typically 70% government / 30% industry.
The total program pool, per-organization max, and what your contribution has to be.
This program does not publish an aggregate annual funding pool.
Matching contribution required from your organization (at least 50% of eligible costs).
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Find your matches →Highest-value R&D funding available to agri-food companies. Clusters are consortium-scale and take 12+ months to organize; Projects are more tractable for a single company.
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