Administered by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Successor to the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) — large-scale contributions ($1M+) for strategic industrial and innovation projects.
SRF replaces the wound-down Strategic Innovation Fund and continues to support large-scale industrial and innovation projects with contributions typically starting at $1M and scaling to $100M+. Highly competitive.
The total program pool, per-organization max, and what your contribution has to be.
This program does not publish an aggregate annual funding pool.
No matching contribution required.
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Find your matches →Reserved for anchor projects with national strategic importance. Not accessible for SMEs. If you're not at $50M+ revenue with a project the Minister will announce, this isn't for you.
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