Administered by National Research Council of Canada
NRC IRAP cost-shares part of a recent graduate's salary at an innovative SME. The amount is set with your IRAP advisor.
IRAP YEP funds SMEs to hire recent post-secondary grads into technical or business roles related to innovation. Requires an existing IRAP relationship (ITA sponsorship).
The total program pool, per-organization max, and what your contribution has to be.
This program does not publish an aggregate annual funding pool.
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