CanExport Innovation

In plain language

Grants of up to $75K covering 75% of eligible costs to formalize an international R&D collaboration — travel, IP protection, prototype adaptation, partner meetings. Delivered jointly by the Trade Commissioner Service and NRC IRAP. Four intake windows a year (typically March, June, September, December). SMEs, academic institutions, and research centres qualify; sole proprietors do not. Good fit if you have an identified foreign research partner and need seed money to write the agreement — bad fit if you don't already know who you're collaborating with. Competitive, but less crushingly so than SIF.

Who qualifies

What you'll have to report

Interim and final reports on R&D partnership development; travel/IP-filing receipts against eligible costs; outcome tracking on the international partnership.